Today Kathy and I went to the Brookfield Indoor Soccer Complex to watch the Dog Agility competition. On two fields, obstacles were set up and dogs and handlers ran through the course. It was listed that there would be different levels of Snookers, Jumpers and Gamblers. What is a Snooker and a Gambler? Both are the kinds of courses at a Dog Agility competition. A Snooker course is when a dog and handler devise a strategy to gather as many points as possible by alternating between "red" obstacles and obstacles of other colors. Red is typically hurdles, and other obstacles would be tunnels, chutes, seesaws, weave poles, or bridges. The dog (off leash) does red-color-red-color ...etc, until a mistake is made or time runs out. A Gambler run is when the dog and handler completes a number of obstacles, all of which have a point value. After an opening time frame they must complete a "gamble" which is a series of obstacles the dog must run at a distance from the handler to make the points count.
We saw many Border Collies, but we also saw a couple Dobermans, a giant Schnauzer, some German Shepard mix dogs, a Dalmation, a Pointer, and a Golden Retriever that looked exactly what Bandit looked like when he was a young dog.
The competition was fun to watch, and I would like to go back with Bogart, to see if he likes the entertainment. It runs all day today and tomorrow at the BISC.
Pointer on Bridge
Bandit Look-Alike
Pointer on Bridge
Bandit Look-Alike
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