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Now for the overachievers! As a handler, do you
enjoy moving fast? Enjoy teaching new tricks?
Have a good memory for a sequence of obstacles?
Then Agility may be for you and your Chow!
Many handlers play agility just for the fun of it and
never get in a trial. However, once you have run a
few courses in a trial, you may be hooked! If you
have an intelligent Chow who enjoys doing tricks
(performing obstacles) while moving fast (for them
at least!), he may enjoy playing agility. Prior to doing
complete courses, many skills need to be learned,
jumping, climbing an A-frame, tipping a teeter,
running through a tunnel (helps with Barn Hunt )
all while working with you and taking direction
from you! It is fun, fast and works well with ADD Agility - D & M's Gypsy Whirlwind Baila RM3 RAE2 CAX
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of getting bored. It is easy to make Agility fun by
training with toys and food to start and my Chows
and Chow mix get very excited when they just see
the course.

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Are you detail oriented? Love the challenge of
making repetitive excercises fun and motivating?
Have a dog who likes to be right? Traditional
obedience and Rally Obedience may be the sport for
your team. Rally Obedience is considered an intro
to Traditional Obedience but is a challenge in and
of itself. In Rally, there is a course set up with signs,
less in the lowest levels and increasing in the highest
levels. The signs and the course change for each trial.
You and your Chow start heeling at the start line,
follow the course and do each exercise as outlined
on the sign. Lower levels allow multiple commands,
patting a leg and other ways to encourage the dog,
with the two first levels on leash. AKC Rally does
not allow food or toys in the ring for a trial, but
other venues do allow limited rewards in the ring.
This can be a good transition to AKC trials if you

Agility - D & M's Gypsy Whirlwind Baila RM3 are interested in competing. Practicing Rally signs
RAE2 CAX FCAT SCA SEN SBN THDA in stores that allow dogs such as Lowe’s, Tractor
Supply Company and others allows you to add new
RATS CZ8B CGCA CGCU TKP environments and increase the team’s confidence.
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