Agility web links
From BayTeam
Links that are of particular use to The Bay Team.
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California Agility Clubs (Mostly Northern)
Note: The Bay Team promotes agility for all dogs, no matter their breeding.
Trainers
We have a separate list of Bay Teamers offering agility classes; they might also offer seminars and fun matches but usually don't host full events. On this page: Clubs that host full agility events; they might also offer training.
Northern and Central CA and NV
Note: Karey's Calendar also lists AKC events; historically, we don't provide info on AKC events and so clubs that do only AKC are not listed on this page.
- Agility Acres (AARF): Santa Rosa. Fun matches, trials (NADAC).
- Bay Team: Club. San Francisco Bay area. Trials (USDAA, CPE).
- CAT (Canine Agility Team): Club. Fresno/Clovis area. Trials (used to do USDAA and NADAC, but starting in 2009 seems to be in hiatus).
- "Elk Grove": Several clubs hold trials at the WAG facility in Elk Grove; refer to WAG's site for more information.
- Golden Gate Corgi Club: Club. San Francisco Bay area. Trials (NADAC)
- Haute Dawgs Agility Group: Club. Central Valley. Training and trials (USDAA, NADAC, CPE).
- Haute TRACS: Haute Dawgs and TRACS combine for one big trial a year. Contact either club for info about the spring event.
- Heart Dog Agility: School (K. Alles). Santa Cruz mountains. Training and fun matches.
- HumDOG (Humboldt Dog Obedience Group/Eureka): Club. Very northern CA. CPE trials.
- MDT Agility: School (Battaglias). Reno/Sparks area. Training, seminars, trials (NADAC).
- NAF (Nunes Agility Field): School. Training, trials (USDAA).
- PASA (Peninsula Australian Shepherd Club): Club. South San Francisco Bay area. ASCA trials (old-style NADAC).
- Precision Chaos: School (Obermillers). Central Valley. Training, trials.
- QAC (Quicksilver Agility Club/Carson City): Club. Northern Nevada. Trials (CPE, USDAA)
- Ready 2 Run Agility: Nevada and northern CA. Trials (NADAC).
- STKC (Sierra-Tuolumne Kennel Club): They do host NADAC trials, although their page doesn't say so (yet).
- SMART (Salinas-Monterey Agility Racing Team): Club. Central Coast. Trials (USDAA, NADAC).
- Starfleet agility : No longer active. WAG purchased their property and continues to do agility (see WAG below).
- TRACS (Two Rivers Agility Club of Sacramento): Club. Sacramento area. Trials (USDAA,CPE?)
- VAST (Valley Agility Sports Team): Club. Central valley (turlock). Trials (USDAA, NADAC, CPE)
- WAG (Western Agility Group) at Starfleet Arena: School. Elk Grove (south of Sacramento). Training, trials (NADAC, CPE), agility site for rent (their site has a complete calendar of all events at their site, even ones they're not hosting. Check it out), dogs-in-need foundation.
- Workin Paws: School. Hollister. Training, fun matches, trials (NADAC, ASCA).
Southern California
- Agility Club of San Diego: Trials (USDAA).
- Contact Point Agility: School. Southern Cal. Trials (USDAA).
- DART (Dog Agility Racing Team of Chino): Club. Southern Cal. Trials (USDAA, NADAC).
- Driven Dogs: School. Southern Cal. Training, seminars, trials (USDAA).
- Happy Dog Agility: School. Southern Cal. Trials (USDAA), seminars, training.
- West Valley Dog Sports (WVDS) : Club. Los Angeles area. Trials (USDAA), training.
Other SF Bay-Area-ish Agility Pages
- Beardie Agility Web Page : General agility info plus specific aimed at Bearded Collies
- Dog Play: Agility just for fun : Bay Team member's extensive page on general agility stuff.
General Info on Agility
- Agility Ability: This site has grown and expanded so that it is now in the same class as Dogpatch. Too much information to list here - check it out.
- Clean Run: Clean Run publishes a great monthly magazine and sells a wide range of agility products, book and videos. They also maintain a comprehensive Info Center with trial calendars, approved judges, clubs and schools, organizations, and more.
- Agile Dogs E-mail List: If you don't mind sifting through an extra 50 or so e-mail messages per day, there's a very active Agility mailing list available to which you can subscribe. This is a great source of information, with topics ranging from joint care to hydration to canopy selection to simple brags from individuals. To subscribe, send mail to [[mailto: LISTSERV@APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM LISTSERV@APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM]] with the command: SUBSCRIBE AGILEDOGS. Be sure to read the guidelines when you are accepted -- the Admins really try hard to keep the list on topic.
- Johann the Dog's Squidoo lens on dog agility: Info, tons of links, videos, plus stuff you can buy.
Sanctioning Organizations
The following organizations sanction events (provide rules for & authorize clubs) that allow all able-bodied dogs to participate:
- Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA): Follow the original NADAC rules; wider-open courses, three classes.
- Canine Performance Events (CPE): A newer organization, friendlier to newcomers, less-motivated dogs, or less-agile dogs, but a variety of games that become more challenging at higher levels.
- Dogs On Course North America (DOCNA): Started in mid-2000s.
- North American Dog Agility Club (NADAC): Primarily for fast dogs who work well at a distance. Rules and equipment are somewhat different from other organizations.
- UK Agility International (UKI): Imported from England in 2010. Similar to USDAA but with some rules and equipment configurations eased.
- United States Dog Agility Organization (USDAA): The original, and biggest, North American all-dog agility organization.
Equipment and supplies
- Identi-tape.com - Dozens of colors of duct tape and flagging tape ("ring tape")
Photos
Photographers, amateur and pro, who sometimes have photos from Bay Team events:
- Erika Maurer's dog photos
- Ellen Finch's dog photos
- Doghouse Arts
- Dynamic Dog Photos
- Flash Point Photography
- FogDogPhoto
- Just A Moment Photo on Photoreflect
- Off the Beaten Path
- Richard Todd photography, or see his new Moving Pet Portrait business.
- Topflight Photography
