Penang Event: Dog Agility Competition 2008

Dear readers,

The Persatuan Agiliti Anjing (PAA) is organizing the Dog Agility Competition 2008 on this coming weekend at Silver Jubilee Home, Sungai Dua, Penang. This is the first event held by the association in 2008.

Date/Time:

5th January, 2008- 2pm to 8pm

6th January, 2008- 9am to 2pm

Venue: Sliver Jubilee Hall- Badminton court, Sungai Dua. Here is the map

There are 21 dogs for agility and 19 dogs for obedience. 50% of the dogs are from KL and Ipoh.This is the biggest entry so far for PAA.

For those wishing to join a Dog Fancy Dress show, they can bring their dogs to sign up at 12 noon on 6th January. Entry fee is RM10 per dog. Judging of the Fancy dress show is at 1.30pm

Frankly, I don't know much about the Dog Agility Sport until this post. If you are not familiar with this sport or you have not even heard about the sports and would like to know more, here are some explanation to help to understand more about the sports which quoted from the PAA web.

On the above figure is an agility course consisting of an A-frame followed by a tunnel, a tyre jump, a see-saw, a dog walk, a winged jump and weaving poles. The handler and his dog work as a team. The dog is required to climb up the A-frame, run through the tunnel, jump through the tyre jump, walk on the see-saw, walk on the dog-walk, jump over the winged jump and weave in and out of the weaving poles. What will the handler do in the meantime? The handler has to command the dog using his voice and body language to negotiate the obstacles in the correct manner.

The game is such- the team who clears the obstacles with NO faults and the fastest to reach the finishing line wins.

In this example, the course is a simple one. The agility course increase in complexity from Basic Jumpers->Elementary->Novice->Open levels. Total number of obstacles are from a minimum of 16 to a maximum of 20 obstacles. Below is an example of a Novice Course. ... quoted from PAA web

This is the first time, we help to promote the dog agility competition in 2008 and the first time for this web. Personally I had seen a lot of the competition on TV and never seen this in person. This is a good opportunity for us to know more about this sport in person.

If you are the dog lover and would like to know more about this sport, you are welcome to join this event and the admission is FREE.....

Here are the event schedule (click to get larger view)

More info about the PAA as below:

PAA promotes the dog agility sport in Malaysia. We are a non-profit organization, providing a platform for people who want to enjoy a healthy and fun sport together with their dogs! The sport can be enjoyed by people of all ages. All healthy dogs can be trained in this sport. Come to see us train our dogs and if you feel this is a sport you'll like to participate in, you and your dog is most welcome to join PAA.

Contact us by e-mail PAAPP- paapp@agility-penang.com

For more information, please visit their web.
PAA: http://www.agility-penang.com/
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_agility

Here are some photos about the dog agility sport.