List of dog sports
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Dog sports are activities that involve dogs. Image:TrainingSchutzhundRetrieveOverWall.jpg
There is much discussion about what exactly defines a sport for dogs. Some issues:
- If a human companion isn't actively involved, is it actually a sport? Take greyhound racing, for example, or hunting from, say, a duck blind, from which the dog retrieves the game.
- Is any activity a sport? For example, a conformation show, where the handler and dog walk or trot around a ring for a judge to evaluate the dog's appearance and structure.
This list is intended only to represent anything that anyone is likely to refer to as a dog sport, not to argue its validity as sport. Clearly, there are more sports to add to this list:
- Agility
- Bikejoring
- Canicross
- Carting
- Dog packing
- Earthdog trials (or go to ground trials; see American Working Terrier Association and List of earth dog links)
- Field trials
- Flyball
- Frisbee dog
- Musical freestyle
- Mushing
- Obedience training
- Protection sports (including Schutzhund and Ring sports)
- Pulka
- Scootering
- Sled dog racing
- Skijoring
- Sheepdog trials
- Sighthound racing, including Greyhound racing, coursing, and lure coursing
- Tracking competition (see also Tracking (dog))
- Weight pulling
See also
- Dog fighting (Legally and Illegally dependent on country)
- Dog show (conformation show)
- Greyhound racing
- Hunting
Sources of more information:
- American Kennel Club
- United Kennel Club
- The Dog Patch
- Small Dog Info Center
- Dog Sports Medicine
- Working Dog Web
