Book of Agility Games, 4

593 Pages·2016·4.02 MB·English

by  Marsha Houston

HOUSTON’S
Agility Games
BOOK OF
th
4 edition

Research and writing
and most of the drawings
by Bud Houston

Dog
AGILITY
IDEA
BOOK
Bud’s Ink
Copyright 2012
Bud and Marsha Houston
Topdog Agility Players, LLC
Waterford, OH
Table of Contents
AGILITY ................................................................................................................................................ 7
AGILITY WITH A TWIST ................................................................................................................. 12
AGILITY Y .......................................................................................................................................... 15
APRIL’S FOOL.................................................................................................................................... 17
BARREL RACING .............................................................................................................................. 20
BASEBALL .......................................................................................................................................... 24
BASKETBALL .................................................................................................................................... 28
BATTERS UP ....................................................................................................................................... 31
BEAT THE CLOCK ............................................................................................................................ 32
BIATHLON .......................................................................................................................................... 37
BLACK HOLE ..................................................................................................................................... 40
BLACKJACK ...................................................................................................................................... 44
BLIND MAN’S BLUFF ....................................................................................................................... 50
BOSTON BOWLING .......................................................................................................................... 52
BOXED PAIRS..................................................................................................................................... 56
BOX GAME ......................................................................................................................................... 59
BRACE ................................................................................................................................................. 62
CALL, DIRECT & SEND .................................................................................................................... 64
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN .................................................................................................................. 71
CHA-CHA ............................................................................................................................................ 74
CHERRY PICKING ............................................................................................................................ 79
CHUTES AND LADDERS................................................................................................................... 84
CLOCKWATCHERS .......................................................................................................................... 88
COLORS .............................................................................................................................................. 91
COMIN’ AND GOIN’ .......................................................................................................................... 99
CONCENTRATION .......................................................................................................................... 102
CONNECT THE DOTS ..................................................................................................................... 106
CONTACT DONUT ........................................................................................................................... 110
COPYCAT .......................................................................................................................................... 115
COWBOY DOG ................................................................................................................................. 117
THE DAISY GAME ........................................................................................................................... 119
DARE TO DOUBLE .......................................................................................................................... 122
DEALER’S CHOICE ......................................................................................................................... 127
DEALER’S GAMBIT ........................................................................................................................ 130
DOGWOOD’S WHITE ELEPHANT................................................................................................ 132
DON’T SIT ON THE DOG................................................................................................................ 135
DOUBLE JOKER .............................................................................................................................. 137
DOUBLE OR NOTHING .................................................................................................................. 142
EASTER EGG HUNT ........................................................................................................................ 146
EGG-IN-SPOON RELAY .................................................................................................................. 149
EXTRA-CREDIT GAME .................................................................................................................. 152
FAST ................................................................................................................................................... 153
FLYGILITY ....................................................................................................................................... 158
FORTY-YARD DASH ....................................................................................................................... 162
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER ..................................................................................................................... 163
FULL HOUSE .................................................................................................................................... 167
FUTBOL ............................................................................................................................................. 170
GAMBLERS....................................................................................................................................... 173
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS ............................................................................................................ 181
GAMBLERS BLESSING .................................................................................................................. 184
GAMBLERS CHOICE ...................................................................................................................... 187
GO FOR BROKE............................................................................................................................... 192
GO HAWAIIAN ................................................................................................................................. 195
GROUP CHOICE .............................................................................................................................. 196
HALLOWEEN RACE ....................................................................................................................... 200
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HANDLER GO JUMP ....................................................................................................................... 203
HANDLER’S CHOICE ...................................................................................................................... 205
HEINZ 57 ........................................................................................................................................... 208
HELTER SKELTER.......................................................................................................................... 214
IMPOSSIBLE TUNNEL GAME ....................................................................................................... 222
IN AND OUT ...................................................................................................................................... 226
JACKPOT .......................................................................................................................................... 229
JACKPOT GAMBLERS ................................................................................................................... 237
JC & HAZEL’S STAND IN THE MIDDLE ..................................................................................... 241
JOKERS WILD .................................................................................................................................. 245
JUMP .................................................................................................................................................. 249
JUMPERS........................................................................................................................................... 251
JUMPLERS ........................................................................................................................................ 261
JUNNEL ............................................................................................................................................. 265
JUST IN TIME ................................................................................................................................... 267
KENTUCKY DERBY DAY ............................................................................................................... 271
KING OF THE HILL ........................................................................................................................ 273
KNOCKOUT ...................................................................................................................................... 275
LAST OF THE MOHICANS ............................................................................................................. 279
LAS VEGAS ....................................................................................................................................... 285
LET’S DANCE ................................................................................................................................... 288
LONDON BRIDGES.......................................................................................................................... 291
LOUGANIS ........................................................................................................................................ 293
LUCKY 13 .......................................................................................................................................... 297
LUCK OF THE DRAW ..................................................................................................................... 301
BRIEFING .......................................................................................................................................... 301
MEET IN THE MIDDLE .................................................................................................................. 304
MIKEY’S GAME ............................................................................................................................... 306
MINIATURE GOLF .......................................................................................................................... 308
MINUET ............................................................................................................................................. 311
MULLIGAN STEW ........................................................................................................................... 315
MUSICAL CHAIRS ........................................................................................................................... 317
MUSICAL PAIRS .............................................................................................................................. 319
MUTE AGILITY ............................................................................................................................... 322
NEAR AND FAR ................................................................................................................................ 325
NESTED GAMBLERS ...................................................................................................................... 327
NEVER A DULL MOMENT ............................................................................................................. 330
OCTAGON GAME ............................................................................................................................ 332
ODD DOG .......................................................................................................................................... 335
PAIRS EGGSTRAVAGANZA .......................................................................................................... 338
PAIRS PURSUIT ................................................................................................................................ 340
PASS THE SECRET .......................................................................................................................... 343
PENNY ARCADE .............................................................................................................................. 346
PILLOW DASH ................................................................................................................................. 349
PINBALL WIZARD........................................................................................................................... 351
POISON .............................................................................................................................................. 355
POKER ............................................................................................................................................... 358
POLE JACKS ..................................................................................................................................... 361
POTLUCK .......................................................................................................................................... 364
POWER AND SPEED ........................................................................................................................ 367
PUISSANCE ....................................................................................................................................... 372
PUPPY CANNON! ............................................................................................................................. 374
QUIDDITCH ...................................................................................................................................... 377
RABBIT EXPRESS ............................................................................................................................ 384
RED ROVER RELAY ....................................................................................................................... 387
REKOONS ......................................................................................................................................... 390
RELAY ............................................................................................................................................... 393
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REVERSAL OF FORTUNE .............................................................................................................. 398
RIDDLE OF TWO JUMPS ............................................................................................................... 401
ROADSIDE ........................................................................................................................................ 403
ROCK, PAPER, AND SCISSORS ..................................................................................................... 405
RONDO .............................................................................................................................................. 408
RODEO .............................................................................................................................................. 411
ROULETTE ....................................................................................................................................... 414
RUN ‘TIL YOU DROP ...................................................................................................................... 417
SCAMPER .......................................................................................................................................... 420
SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND ........................................................................................................... 424
SENILITY AGILITY ......................................................................................................................... 426
SIMUL-MATCH ................................................................................................................................ 428
SINKING SHIP .................................................................................................................................. 430
SIXTY WEAVE POLE CHALLENGE ............................................................................................. 434
SLITHER............................................................................................................................................ 436
SNOOKER ......................................................................................................................................... 439
SNOOKER SCRAMBLE ................................................................................................................... 445
SNOOKLERS ..................................................................................................................................... 448
SPAGHETTI JUNCTION ................................................................................................................. 451
STAY OUT OF JAIL ......................................................................................................................... 454
STEEPLECHASE .............................................................................................................................. 456
STICKY WICKET ............................................................................................................................. 459
STOP ON THE CONTACT ............................................................................................................... 461
STOP THE CLOCK .......................................................................................................................... 463
STRATEGIC PAIRS .......................................................................................................................... 465
STRATEGIC TEAMS........................................................................................................................ 468
STRIP PAIRS ..................................................................................................................................... 471
SUPERDOG ....................................................................................................................................... 473
SWINGERS RELAY .......................................................................................................................... 479
TABLE IN THE MIDDLE................................................................................................................. 481
TABLE TAG ...................................................................................................................................... 484
TAG 10 ............................................................................................................................................... 486
TAG TEAM ........................................................................................................................................ 489
TEAM RELAY – MIXED LEVELS .................................................................................................. 491
THREE-DAY EVENTING ................................................................................................................ 493
THINK INSIDE THE BOX ............................................................................................................... 495
THREE STRIKES .............................................................................................................................. 498
THREE-TUNNEL BARREL RACING ............................................................................................. 502
TIME AND SCORE ........................................................................................................................... 504
TIME TO BEAT ................................................................................................................................ 507
TIME GAMBLE ................................................................................................................................ 510
TIME STANDS STILL ...................................................................................................................... 512
TIME WARP ...................................................................................................................................... 514
TOUCH ’N GO .................................................................................................................................. 518
TRIATHLON ..................................................................................................................................... 520
TRIGILITY ........................................................................................................................................ 523
TRIM THE TREE .............................................................................................................................. 526
TRIPLE TRUE TEAM BATON RELAY ......................................................................................... 528
TRUTH OR DARE ............................................................................................................................ 531
TUNNEL-CROSSOVER GAME ....................................................................................................... 534
TUNNELERS ..................................................................................................................................... 537
TUNNEL JACKS ............................................................................................................................... 539
TUNNEL SNOOKER......................................................................................................................... 541
TUNNEL VISION .............................................................................................................................. 544
TWELVE-TONE ROW ..................................................................................................................... 546
TWISTER ........................................................................................................................................... 551
TWO BY TWO .................................................................................................................................. 554
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WARPED HELTER SKELTER......................................................................................................... 558
WEAKEST LINK .............................................................................................................................. 560
WEAVERS ......................................................................................................................................... 565
WHAT’S MY LINE? ......................................................................................................................... 567
WHICH WAY DO I GO? .................................................................................................................. 573
WHO DARES WINS .......................................................................................................................... 576
WILDCARD ....................................................................................................................................... 581
WILD STRATEGIC TUNNELS ........................................................................................................ 584
WILD WEAVERS .............................................................................................................................. 587
WILD WEST PINBALL .................................................................................................................... 590
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Agility
Nearly forty years ago the game of dog agility was introduced to the U.S. The sport has grown steadily
since then and is played today by more than tens of thousands of enthusiasts of the game. It is played by
people of all ages, sizes, and degrees of fitness. By all indications the sport will continue to be one of the
most popular canine sports in the U.S. because it is instant fun for both handler and dog. The handler
gets to play and bond with the canine member of his family and pack. For the dogs, agility provides an
outlet to perform honest work and contribute to the pack.
Many variations of agility are played. The most common form of the game is the standard course. In the
standard course, the judge lays out a pattern of obstacles, designates the order in which they must be
performed, and sets a minimum course time for performing them. It’s significant that none of the
exhibitors have ever seen the course that the judge lays out on a given day. Courses are never the same.
Briefing
The dog is required to perform each obstacle on the course at the handler’s direction in
the sequence designated by the judge. The handler may use voice commands and signals
but may not touch the dog or any obstacle.
The competition is between dogs at a given jump height and skill level.
Prior to running the course the exhibitors are allowed to walk the course without their
dogs to determine their handling strategies. After the course walk-through, the
competition begins.
Scoring
Agility is typically scored Faults, Then Time. However, in some renditions of the game
(like the National Dog Agility League) Agility might be scored Time, Plus Faults.
Faults are assessed for exceeding the standard course time as well as for a number of
performance errors.
We will not attempt to summarize performance faults for agility in the various
organizations. Each organization has its own rational system. And we will presume that
the fan of each organization will be acquainted with what constitutes a fault in their
favorite form of the game.

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Course Design
The design of agility courses varies greatly, depending on the design criteria specified by
the sanctioning organization and the level of competition. The courses shown here were
designed by AKC judge Lori Schultz for three levels of Standard agility.
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This Novice Standard course was designed by Lori Schulz. The flow is simple and easy
with wide open spaces between the obstacles, consistent with the AKC course design
philosophy.
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This Open Standard course was designed by Lori Schulz. A few more obstacles have been
added and the challenges made a bit more interesting.
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This Excellent Standard course was designed by Lori Schulz. Now there are 20 obstacles
on the course and the challenges are considerably more technical. These courses were
presented at the Columbus All Breed AKC trial on April 7, 2002.
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