Dog agility is a dog spot in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs run off leash with no food or toys as incentives, and the handler can touch neither dog nor obstacles. Consequently, the handler's controls are limited to voice, movement, and various body signals, requiring exceptional training of the animal and coordination of the handler. There are several Associations that govern Agility Trials. For more information you can Google, Dog Agility.

Barn Hunt is a titling event to most closely mimic what farm dogs were originally bred to do: hunt vermin around their homes, farms, and barns. The titling system is as follows in order of least to most difficult: Barn Hunt Instinct (RATI), Novice Barn Hunt (RATN), Open Barn Hunt (RATO), Senior Barn Hunt (RATS), Master Barn Hunt (RATM), Barn Hunt Champion (RATCH), and Barn Hunt Champion X (RATCHX). At each level, the dog must find the correct number of rats that are hidden in tubes amongst the hay bales, ignore the empty and bedding filled tubes, execute a climb (put all four feet on a hay bale), and go through a tunnel that is straight in the novice level and has turns in the higher levels. If your dog completes all of this within the time limit your dog has earned a qualifying leg. There are serious consequences from the Barn Hunt Association if the rats are mishandled, and at every trial and practice I have been to, the rules for proper handling have all been followed. for more info contact www.barnhunt.com

Flyball is a dog sport in which teams of dogs race against each other from a start/finish line, over a line of hurdles, to a box that releases a tennis ball to be caught when the dog presses the spring-loaded pad, then back to their handlers while carrying the ball. Flyball is run in teams of four dogs, as a relay.

Racing is perhaps the most exciting of all the terrier trial events. There are two types of races: flat and hurdles (also known as Steeplechase). A JRTCA sanctioned trials, the track must be minimum of 150 feet long (200+ feet is recommended), and is a straight course with a starting box, designed to hold up to six Terriers at a time, at one end and with a foam barrier with a 9" by 9" hole at the other end. A lure (usually a piece of scented fur) is attached to a piece of string that is pulled along by a Lure machine. For Terrier and catcher safety; all sanctioned trials require that the Terriers be muzzled using either a plastic basket style or a softie muzzle. If a dog's muzzle should come off at anytime during a race that dog is disqualified. The first dog to cross the finish line (behind the foam barrier at the entry to the catch pen) is the winner. That is not always the dog that was first as they entered the hole in the foam barrier! Each race may be a series of heats, semis, and finals. A championship race is run in each division and is a competition between the winners of the flat and hurdle races. To qualify for the championships those dogs MUST have run in BOTH their flat and hurdle races. All the dogs wear colored fabric collars used to determine the order of finish.