Watch Crufts dog agility live March 5-8, 2015!

Today starts all the activities at Crufts being held in Birmingham, UK, March 5-8, 2015.

Founded in 1891, Crufts is the world's largest dog show featuring confirmation, flyball, agility, freestyle heelwork, obedience, heelwork to music, demonstrations and much more.

From the Crufts YouTube channel you can watch all the festivities live, including dog agility.

The full schedule for dog agility includes (click for running orders):

Thursday 5th	Friday 6th	Saturday 7th	Sunday 8th
Large Team Semis	Medium Team Semis	Small Team Semis	Championship Jumping
Novice Cup	Singles Heat	International Jumping	Championship Agility
British Open	Large Novice & Medium ABC	International Agility
Flyball QF1	Flyball QF2
YKC Senior Jumping	YKC Senior Agility	YKC Team
YKC ADOY Semis	YKC Small Agility	YKC U18 Jumping
	YKC Medium ABC
	YKC Large ABC

Times include:

Thu 5 Mar
0900 LG Agility – Crufts Team – Large Semi Finals – Agility 7 teams
0945 LG Agility – Kennel Club Novice Cup Final – S/M/L – Agility 24 dogs
1035 DJ Agility – Kennel Club British Open Final – S/M/L – Agility 29 dogs
1355 DJ Agility – Crufts Team – Large Final – Agility 4 teams
1715 LG YKC Agility Dog of the Year – Agility Max 18 dogs

Fri 6 Mar
0845 DJ Agility – Crufts Team – Medium Semi Finals – Agility 8 teams
0930 DJ Agility – Crufts Singles Heat – M/L/S – Jumping 36 dogs
1025 DJ Agility – Crufts Large Novice & Medium ABC Final – Agility 20 dogs
1105 Rescue Dog Agility
1335 LG Agility – Crufts Team – Medium Final – Agility 4 teams
1405 LG Agility – Crufts Singles Heat – L/S/M – Agility 36 dogs
1715 DJ Agility – Crufts Singles Final: S/M/L – Agility Max 19 dogs

Sat 7 Mar
1030 LG Agility – Crufts Team – Small Semi Final – Agility 8 teams
1130 LG Agility – International Invitation – Large – Jumping 20 dogs
1400 DJ Agility – International Invitation – Large – Agility 20 dogs
1430 DJ Agility – Crufts Team – Small Final – Agility 4 teams
1710 LG Agility – International Invitation – Large – Agility Final 16 dogs

Sun 8 Mar
0900 AB Agility – Championship – Round 1 - Jumping M/L/S 47 dogs
1105 AB Agility – Championship – Round 2 – Agility L/S/M 47 dogs
1655 AB Agility – Championship – Final – Agility S/M/L Max 24 dogs

Remember UK time is 5 hours later than ET time; and 8 hours later than PT. To use a time converter, click here.

The events include:

Kennel Club Agility Championships - for Large, Medium and Small dogs which have won an Agility Certificate at a Championship Show in the previous year. The winner of this event at each height immediately gains the title of Agility Champion. 

Kennel Club 'British Open' - International event for the top Large, Medium and Small dogs from different countries which have qualified by competing at the KC International Agility Festival (Grades 6 or 7, or the equivalent)

Kennel Club Festival Novice Agility - for the top Large, Medium and Small dogs from the Novice Cup competition held at the KC International Agility Festival (Grades 3, 4 or 5)

Kennel Club Team Agility - for Large, Medium and Small teams from KC registered clubs which qualified at a series of heats in the previous year

Kennel Club Singles Agility - for Small, Medium and Large dogs which qualified at heats in the previous year

Kennel Club International Agility - invitational events for Large dogs from GB and overseas (Watch for Desiree Snelleman, representing the US, first on the line at 1400 UK time (2 PM UK, 9 AM ET, 6 AM PT).

Kennel Club Large Novice ABC Agility - for Large dogs other than border collies and working sheepdogs (Anything But Collies) which qualified at heats held during the previous year. Semi-finals at Discover Dogs in November 2014.

Kennel Club Medium ABC Agility - for Medium dogs other than border collies and working sheepdogs (Anything But Collies) which qualified at heats held during the previous year. Semi-finals at Discover Dogs in November 2014.

Other links of importance include:

See the dog agility results here and here.

Good luck to all the competitors!