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Dogs love to exercise and sport is a great way to keep healthy, fit and have fun at the same time. Over dog sports, in fact, games always come before competition.

In order to practice any type of sport, the four-legged friends will have to perceive the activity as a something positivewhich perhaps also guarantees them a prize (such as kibble) e some cuddles by the handler, all things useful for training purposes.

One of the most popular dog sports is undoubtedly dog ​​agility, but there are dozens of dog sports that are excellent for the health of your 4-legged friend, all different from each other, which can be practiced individually (such as obedience and the disc dog), or in a team with other dogs (such as the fly ball).

What are the most common dog sports?

Almost all dog sports involve the presence of the owner for training. This will give orders to the dog, so that the exercises are done in the correct way, without distractions during training that could cause errors.

Agility dog

L’agility dog it is now the dog sport par excellence. Born as entertainment showin a very few years this obstacle course for dogs has become a discipline with rules and competitions at national and international level.

In a dog agility test, the dog, accompanied by its owner, will have to overcome a series of obstacles (such as the tunnello slalom o to catwalk) in the shortest possible time, avoiding making mistakes.

The main point of dog agility is not so much the speed (which in any case has its weight), how much thedog skills in overcoming obstacles.

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Fly ball

Fly ball is a dog sport in which they compete two teamswhich will have to go through a kind of relay race and catch a ball from one shoot dog ballsand then take it to the handler.

Every time a dog has brought back the ball, the other will start and will have to follow the same route both outward and return. The first team to bring the four balls will be the winner.

Disc dog

The disc dog, as well as the agility dog, is a sport that involves a great collaboration between dog and owner.

In this sport, the dog will have to retrieve a frisbee on the fly performing stunts.

In addition to this version of dog fitness freestyle there is also a call “of recovery”, in which the dog will have to retrieve the greatest number of Frisbees, thrown at different distances, within a maximum time.

The disc dog, as well as ball games, is one of the most loved sports by dogs. ©Pixabay

Obedience e rally obedience

During obedience training sessions, your dog will be required to perform a series of owner commands. The obedience competitions are open to all breeds, as long as the 4-legged friend is older than 12 months.

This sport for dogs, as the word itself says, has the aim of evaluate obedience of a dog in carrying out specific commands from the handler. Also in this case the dog-owner relationship must be perfect and is useful for training purposes

Il rally obedienceon the other hand, is very similar to the basic version, only that the dog will have to follow a precise path and then follow the orders at each station.

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Dog dance

Among dog sports, dog dance is one of the funniest activities. It’s about dancing with your dogperforming choreographies together and in coordination on the music you like best.

It is one sport freestylewhich has no restrictions regarding dog breeds, but is open to any 4-legged friend, even mestizos and crossbreeds.

Like other dog sports, dog dance also has one set of rules and steps that the dog must perform without errors.

Other types of dog sports

The list of dog sports would be very long, but in any case there are other sports such as:

  • lo sled dog (i.e. the sled dog race, therefore suitable only for some breeds);
  • il mondioringdiscipline for attack/defense/obedience;
  • lo sheepdog trialfor dogs who have to manage a flock of sheep;
  • il dog divingan aquatic discipline, or the diving of dogs;
  • il canicross, a sport open to everyone and not only to racing dogs, in which the owner will have to run with his own dog, tied to his belt by the animal’s leash. We have already seen it during all our editions of the Todocat Run!
Dog sledding is a sport practiced above all in cold countries, with the help of towed Huskies. ​​​​©Pixabay

All activities, if done at a competitive level with competitions national and international, they have their own strict rules that must be complied with.

In each of these disciplines, however, fun and full cooperation between dog and owner together are of fundamental importance for the success of training and training.