ACT Companion Dog Club

Agility Trials

The Club encourages members to participate in official trials - once you have successfully completed our basic classes you are ready to start training and competing.

Tommy

There are a number of organisations that conduct such trials around Australia. CDC conducts Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC) trials. If you wish to compete in an official ANKC trial you will have to join Dogs ACT and register your dog - if you live in NSW then you will have to join Dogs NSW instead. Forms to join Dogs ACT are available from the CDC office. You also need official entry forms for every trial you enter and these also are available from the CDC shop.

ANKC Trials offer several formats - Agility, Jumping and Games. The titles to be gained in Agility are: Agility Dog (AD), Agility Dog Excellent (ADX), Agility Dog Masters (ADM) and Agility Dog Open (ADO). The corresponding titles for Jumping are: Jumping Dog (JD), Jumping Dog Excellent (JDX), Jumping Dog Masters (JDM) and Jumping Dog Open (JDO). Three different Games are offered - Gamblers, Snooker and Strategic Pairs - and titles at Novice, Excellent and Masters level can be achieved in all three of these too.

Oscar

Getting such a title means that your dog will officially get the letters concerned appended to the end of their name and this qualification is recognised Australia-wide.

You will need patience and perseverance to succeed in all trials - not just Agility Trials. The satisfaction of having a highly trained, companionable dog and the many friends you both will make along the way are ample rewards for the time and effort involved.

ANKC Agility Rules 2006

PDF Document view/download the ANKC Rules for the Conduct of Agility Trials (dated 13/01/2006).

ANKC Agility Games Rules 2006

PDF Document view/download the ANKC Rules for the Conduct of Agility Games (dated 01/07/2006).

You may find it helpful to join the ACT CDC Agility Yahoo email list. This is an announcement list that any member of CDC interested in agility can join