Rally

Rally, often referred to as Rally Obedience and sometimes Rally-O is a fun and relatively new sport in the world of dogdom. One might refer to it as a hybrid sport. If traditional Obedience and Agility had a child, that child might look something like Rally!

A Rally course consists of a collection of signs. Each sign is a station that gives direction about the skills that need to be performed. The Canadian Kennel Club has 95 possible signs that are spread out over 4 levels: Novice, Advanced, Excellent and Masters. The different levels include tasks that the dog has to perform. Dogs must complete all stations successfully in order to receive a qualifying score.

Skills include things like turns to the right or left, halts with a sit at your side, weaving through a set of cones, or you may have to have your dog sit as you walk around them in a circle before heading off to the next station. Higher levels of Rally also include jumping skills.

Come out and try this fast and fun sport with your dog!