Talyn Australian Cattle Dogs Intro to Intl Agility

In response to a question regarding agility in other countries, Tracy wrote this reply for an internet list for ACDs in Agility:

At the World Championships last month in Dortmund,
Germany, there were 32 teams from around the world.
Continents represented included Europe, Africa, Asia,
North America and South America. While not appearing
at the World Championships, I know there is agility in
Australia and New Zealand too, so that just leaves
Antarctica ;-). Clean Run magazine frequently has
courses from other countries.

Dog agility started back in the 1980s as something to
entertain people between classes at the big horse
shows in England, and as with other English sports
like soccer and rugby, agility soon spread across the
world.

The FCI (French language initials for Federation
Canine International or something like that), the
world wide purebred dog organization has international
rules for dog agility, but each country has their own
as well. Just do a Google search on FCI dog agility
and you'll probably find their web page.

Here's the web page for the results of the World
Championships held in September-

http://www.dvg-luenen.de/agility-wm/englisch/index.htm

Tracy Lorraine Smith - November 2002