For people who intend to participate in obedience trials, dog sports, or proceed on into protection work, advanced obedience and agilities are recommended. Lessons include the following:

• Sit and down at a distance


• Drop on recall
• Food refusal
• Sit stay out of sight
• Down stay out of sight
• Sit in motion
• Down in motion
• Directed jumps
• Wall jumps (high jump)
• Cat walk
• Barrels
• Retrieving (optional)

Agilities build confidence in the dog and allow for a release of stress that can build in obedience due to the inhibitory nature of the tasks.