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Top 5 Fun Puppy Sports for a Healthy and Happy Pup

November 26, 2020
10 min read
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November 26, 2020
10 min read
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Dog agility is a very popular modern sports for dogs, and it’s exactly what it sounds like: the training and testing of your dog’s agility skills, as well as the way your dog responds to your commands.

The name comes from a mixture of ‘canine’ and ‘cross country’ and the sport is exactly that - running off-road with your puppy. The dog runs out in front following directional commands while wearing a comfortable padded harness attached to a waistband of the owner by a 2m bungee.

The sport got its start in the early 1970s, when Frisbee was a popular sport for humans. The definitive moment came in August of 1974 when US college student Alex Stein jumped the fence at a nationally broadcast baseball game with an amazing dog named Ashley Whippet!