Articles Tagged: games

Wildcard tests the handler’s and dog’s abilities to discriminate between and maneuver around obstacles set closely together. The planning and thinking required for success in Wildcard is applicable to other agility classes, especially the ability to navigate tight spaces with many obstacle traps.

With some preparation and some thinking on the fly, you can be prepared to accumulate a house full of points and a qualifying score. The planning and thinking required for success in FullHouse is also applicable to other agility games.

Colors, played in CPE and TDAA trials, is a handling game consisting of multiple overlapping short courses on the field. The objective is to successfully complete one of these courses. In this article you’ll get some tips for planning your game strategy.

In this article we’ll look at how the technical skills developed for other venues can help to solve NADAC puzzles too. The author describes a handling approach that works for NADACstyle puzzles, but also translates well to other venues where you can handle your dog along an ideal path and the obstacles are presented to the dog because they are in his way. You’ll learn about managing your dog’s path and controlling the variable performance obstacles (jumps, tunnels, running contacts).

To your pup, almost any activity that doesn’t hurt or scare him can be turned into a game. Take advantage of his early learning ability to incorporate a lot of training-related fun stuff into your game chest, which will support your goal of a winning performance dog.

Descriptions of the CPE games Wildcard, Colors, Fullhouse