Hoopers

Hoopers is an agility style sport that is low impact to the dog with minimal risk for injury and yet very challenging for the handler. The goal is to build distance handling using hoops, barrels and gates as ground-level obstacles. Handlers can train for more distance and less running or they can move with the dog.

Hoopers is a great introduction to how movement from the handler affects the dog’s path and is a perfect foundation sport for young dogs wanting to get into agility later.

It is also a great sport for retired agility dogs that still want to run and work with their handler but find the jumping in agility too hard.