List of dog sports
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Dog sports are activities that involve dogs.
There is much discussion about what exactly defines a sport for dogs. Some issues:
- If a human companion isn't actively involved, is it actually a sport? Take greyhound racing, for example, or hunting from, say, a duck blind, from which the dog retrieves the game.
- Is any activity a sport? For example, a conformation show, where the handler and dog walk or trot around a ring for a judge to evaluate the dog's appearance and structure.
- Agility
- Bikejoring
- Canicross
- Carting
- Dog hiking
- Earthdog trials (or go to ground trials; see [American Working Terrier Association] and [List of earth dog links])
- Field trials
- Flyball
- Disc dog
- Musical freestyle
- Mushing
- Obedience training
- Protection sports (including Schutzhund and Ring sports)
- Pulka
- Scootering
- Sled dog racing
- Skijoring
- Sheepdog trials
- Sighthound racing, including Greyhound racing, coursing, and lure coursing
- Tracking trials (see also Tracking (dog))
- Weight pulling
See also
- Dog fighting (Legally and Illegally dependent on country)
- Greyhound racing
- Hunting
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