Agility is a fun, competitive sport testing for speed and accuracy of handler and dog.
Dogs are individually timed as they are directed by their handler to negotiate a course of jumps, obstacles, tunnels and weave poles, similar to many equestrian events. Qualifying scores are awarded to those dogs finishing the course without disqualifying mistakes, and within a predetermined amount of time. The difficulty of the course increases as dogs advance to higher levels of competition. Ribbons are awarded to the first four places in each jump height, for each level. There are three different organizations that award agility titles.