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Dutch Rules
A look at how the Dutch handle the matter of
grades and progression in agiity. An article by Relinde Peschier.
(26/01/06) |
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French v. German Agility Compared
Australian
Matt Tovey and his German wife Stella Moeller lived together, first in Germany and
then in Rhones-Alpes region of France. Now they've now moved back to Germany. On the way,
they discovered agility. Matt explains in an Internet interview...
(25/07/00) |
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Finishing Touches
Jonathan Watts braved icy conditions to return to
Finland to teach a series of training days to the 'agility mad' Finns.
(19/12/04) |
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Finnish First
The eyes of the agility world will be on Finland this month where
the Fifth Agility World Championships are being held. Mari Hurskainen of Jyväskylä
Agility Team has translated - and enriched this article - which appeared in the Finnish
agility press. (12/09/00) |
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German Dogs in Danger
Most of you are probably aware of recent developments in German
regarding certain breeds of dogs that have been singled out for specific discrimination.
These 16 breeds of dog (including all the 'Bull' breeds) face an outright ban or severe
restrictions under new legislation enacted by German States. The Kennel Club is urging
everyone to lobby against anti-dog legislation which may follow. This is what you can do.
(24/07/00) |
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Going Dutch
Kat Nicholl's first impressions of dog
training in The Netherlands now that she has moved to The Netherlands to be with her
Dutch boyfriend. (24/10/04) |
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Hungary for Agility
In Hungary, agility began in the early 1990s. At first only former
obedience and guard dogs were doing it. After a while, it became the most popular dog
sport, and that's when a lot of handlers bought our their future agility puppies.
Bernadett Fellag explains... (11/05/00) |
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Italian Agility: More Fun Than Pizza
Agility came into Italy through the French border in October 1988 when some obedience
trainers from some schools in Turin saw agility for the first time in France. Soon this
new sport became a fast growing alternative discipline with recognition by ENCI. (the
Italian Kennel Club). Various top International trainers were invited over to give
training sessions. Italy now has well over 2000 participants representing a vast number
of different breeds, but this was not achieved without problems. Nicky Rowley
reports. (14/01/00) |
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Norway - What
to Do in Agility Black Holes
Mike and Else Theiss live in beautiful SW Norway with their two
Cairn Terriers and Flat-coated Retriever. Because they live so far out in the country,
they don't have the possibility of participating in organised agility training on a
regular basis, so they had to find 'alternatives.' (26/9/99) |
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On the
Costa Agility of Spain
In what he calls his former life, Belgian
Bruno Goffin was a very busy business man. Seven years ago he left his country and
went to Spain where he and his wife manage a dog-friendly B&B. There he started a dog
training club because he wanted to show his Spanish neighbours that you can do something
else with a dog other than chain it up in a cage. And he did it his way!
(28/01/01) |
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Portugal: Costa del'Agility
Luís Silvério is very keen on Agility and has done a lot to get it going so well in
Portugal. He doesn’t know exactly when the sport began in Portugal, but he remembers how
much fun it was in those first days. At that time they used a lot of different and
'unofficial' obstacles. Be safe and have fun - those were the rules. To do a jump or the
slalom without the dog running off was a victory! (08/03/00) |
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Slovakia: Agility in the Heart of Europe
Mishka Mrackova, an enthusiastic young handler, writes
about Agility in one of the newest members of the EU.
(21/05/04) |
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Slovenia Revisited: It's a Small
Small World
You may remember a pretty blonde girl with a
small black dog on the cover of the Agility Voice (Sept. 1999). At the time, she
wrote an article for Agilitynet on agility in the tiny country of Slovenia. Silvia
Trkman is now a 21 year old student at University and is a member of the Slovenia World
Cup Team. She updates us on the situation in that small small world.
(03/06/01) |
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Starting
Agility In Brittany
Theresa
Lawrence arrived at her new home in Northern France, determined to get into agility as
soon as possible. She found it wasn't as easy as she
thought to do but ending up representing her region.
(12/04/07) |
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Swedish Success; A Sport for
Everybody
Swedish
agility developed
over time as a sport for everybody. Emelie Johnson and
Eva Bertilsson explain how Swedish agility has developed.
The demand for clean runs at top speed have given them some of the best handling the
world including the former World Champion, Jenny Damm
and the bronze medal-winning team at Porto.
(04/03/02) |
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Switzerland: TheHills are Alive with the Sound of Agility
When Veronica Hanmer of the Union Canine
de Trelex invited Mary Ann Nester to give a week-end agility course, she yodeled
yes, yes, yes! Although she would have to leave her own dogs at home, she felt the
opportunity to meet agility enthusiasts abroad was too good to be missed. Did she find a
dog called 'Maria?' (20/10/00) |
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Switzerland: Alpine
Agility
Mary Ann Nester had lots
of fun in Switzerland last year when she conducted an agility training course for Union
Canine de Trelex and was surprised to be asked to do a repeat visit. After all, they had
heard her repertoire of jokes already - in English and French! Now the big question is
will her next dog be a black and white.... Schapendoes? (04/10/01) |
