List of dog sports
Dog sports are activities that involve dogs.
Training a retrieve in Schutzhund, a dog sport
There is much discussion about what exactly defines a sport for dogs. Some issues are:
- Must a sport be entertaining to watch? Agility, Disc dog, and Dock Jumping are very entertaining to spectators, and often televised.
- If a human companion is not actively involved, is it actually a sport? Take greyhound racing, for example, or hunting from a duck blind, from which the dog retrieves the game.
- Is 'any' activity a sport if a casual observer does not understand the nature of the competition? For example, in a conformation show, the handler and dog move around a ring for a judge to evaluate the dog's appearance and structure; the skill and knowledge required are not obvious to those uninterested in the sport.
This list is intended only to represent anything that anyone is likely to refer to as a dog sport, not to argue its validity as sport.
A Golden Retriever dock jumping into a pool
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- Agility
- Barn Hunt[1]
- Bikejoring
- Cani cross
- Caniteering
- Carting
- Competition obedience
- Conformation showing
- Catchball (a variation on flyball)
- Dog Parkour (Urban agility)
- Degility
- Disc dog
- Dock jumping
- Dog hiking, pack hiking
- Dog scootering
- Earthdog trials
- Field trials
- Flyball Racing
- French Ring sport
- Greyhound racing
- Greyhound jockey
- Hare coursing
- Herding or stock dog
- Hunting
- Hound trailing
- Junior showmanship
- Jack Russell hurdle racing
- Lure coursing
- Dog mushing
- Musical canine freestyle, canine dressage, heelwork to music
- Nosework
- Obedience training
- Protection sports (including Schutzhund, PSA - Protection Sports Association, Service Dogs Of America and French Ring sport)
- Rally obedience
- Retrieving trials
- Rule
- Schutzhund
- Scootering
- Sheepdog trials (or herding)
- Sighthound disc sport
- Sighthound racing (including Greyhound and Whippet racing, coursing, and lure coursing)
- Skijoring
- Skip dog
- Sled dog racing
- Dog surfing
- Terrier racing
- Tracking trials (see also Tracking (dog))
- Treibball
- Water work and water rescue
- Weight pulling
- Dachshund racing (or Wiener racing)
- Wheelchair mushing
- High jumping
References
- ↑ Barnhunt.com
Notes
- Sundance, K. (2010). 101 Ways to Do More With Your Dog: Make Your Dog a Superdog with Sports, Games, Exercises, Tricks, Mental Challenges, Crafts, and Bonding. Beverly, MA: Quarry Books
See also
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