What is a dog walk?
What are the two types of faults?
Time and course
What is duration?
An animal’s ability to sustain any given behavior for an increasing period of time
12" class
Dogs over 11” and up to 14”
What are bar jumps?
Who determines course faults?
The judge
Standard agility classes include what?
All the agility obstacles
16" class
Dogs over 14” and up to 18”
What is a closed tunnel?
Running around is an example of what?
Course fault
What is a behavior chain?
A series of behaviors linked together in a continuous sequence by cues, delivered by the handler or from the environment, and maintained by a reinforcer at the end of the chain.
20" class
Dogs over 18” and up to 22”
What is a triple bar jump?
What are time faults?
Time Faults are given for every second a dog goes over the Standard Course Time as set by the length of the course
What is squencing?
The process of teaching a dog to perform two or more obstacles in a series.
24" class
Dogs over 22"
What is a tire jump?
Name three possible course faults
Taking an obstacle out of sequence
Missing a contact zone
Displacing a bar or panel on a jump
Jumping off the pause table before the judge is through counting
Running around or refusing the next obstacle
Touching either the dog or any obstacle by the handler while running the course
What is latency?
refers to the lag time between the moment the cue is given and the moment the animal begins to respond
26" class
Dogs may be entered at this height at their owner’s discretion