Sports with dogs.

Sport with dogs is very popular all over the world. There are a lot of competitions held. They can be of different levels: national, international, European Competitions. Sport with dogs is very popular and available for all people of all ages who have dogs. Going in for sports with your pet is also a way to communicate with it more often and to maintain mutual respect and love. Physical exercises will be good as for the owner of a dog as for the dog itself.

Sport with a dog is the best way to keep fit and it is a good therapy at the same time. Pills and doctors won't bring you so much good as every-day physical exercises with a pet.

Besides, tests and examines won't give you the correct information about the level of the dog's state, but sport can help you to receive such information and to make the conclusions according to it.

To go in for sports with a dog it is not necessary to take part in some competitions. You can simply play with your pet. You can take a ball and play football or volleyball with a dog. You can just run together while walking and simply attend special parks where your dog can jump and run.

According to researches 66% of children play with their dogs during their free time. They invent different games just while walking with their dogs.

Some owners make the next step and start to participate in the competitions. To win them it is necessary to prepare your dog for them. Like every real sportsman a dog should have special feeding and special care. It should be trained in a certain way.

There are a lot of kinds of sports. Every person can choose the one for himself/herself. Every day more and more sports appear: freestyle (dances with dogs), pitch and go, iron dog, snowboard, surfing etc.

The most spread kind of sports for dogs is Agility. It means that a dog runs the track equipped with different kinds of obstacles that are barriers, slides, seesaw, tunnels etc., the owner gives orders. The track is unknown as to the sportsman as to the dog. There are obstacles of different height and size that depend on the breed and the size of a dog. There are standard, mini and medium categories.

Nowadays one of the most spread sports for dogs is running. The distance is chosen for a group of dogs and they run it, the dog that comes the first is the winner. As a rule these competitions are very popular and the prize for a winner is very high.

There are also "professional sports". For example competitions held among dogs-rescuers, dogs-hunters, dogs-guarders, dogs-shepherds etc.

It doesn't matter what kind of sports you and your dog go in for. The most important thing is that you are doing it together. It is especially good for your children because they will have a thing they are interested in. Sports will teach them to be organized, punctual and responsible.

A dog will like it too. The usual apartment or a house don't allow it to run and jump. If you have a yard or a patio, play more with your pet.