General sport resources
Links referring to multiple dog sports, or to dog sports in general.
- Cynophylia: Flyball and Agility Dutch certification board (in Dutch)
- Dog sports (Wikipedia entry)
- Diverse dog sports: Sport possibilities for your dog in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
- FHN (Federatie Hondensports Nederland, Dutch Dog Sports Federation) Point of information for dog sports in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
- KNJV (Vereniging van Keurmeesters op Kynologisch Gebied in Nederland, Dutch Society of Dog Competition Judges)
Purely for fun
Agility-type sports
Agility
- Agility: Wikipedia entry
- Agility information page: A wealth of links on dog agility.
Broad Agility (Breitensport)
- Breitensport: aka ‘Broad Agility’: Point of contact for schools and competitions in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
Flyball
- Cynophylia: Point of contact for schools and competitions in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
- Flyball: Wikipedia entry
Frisbee
- Dogfrisbee Nederland Point of contact for schools and competitions in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
Obedience
- Competition obedience: Wikipedia entry
- Obedience training: Wikipedia entry
- Obedience.nl: Point of contact for schools and competitions in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
Working dogs (can be fun too!)
- Werkhondentraining: Short definition of many working dog sports and their rules in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
Herding (Schapendrijven, aka Sheepdog trials)
- Border Collies.nl: Dutch homepage for border collies, includes trials agenda for herding
- Border Collie Club Nederland: Dutch breed club for border collies. Information about herding courses and trials
- Border Collies en Schapen.nl: Dutch training school (in Middelbeers)
- Herding: Wikipedia entry
- Schapendrijven.com: Dutch training school (in Bleiswijk)
- That’ll do: Dutch training school (in Zuidschermer)
Hunting
General hunting dogs resources
Links dealing with multiple hunting dog disciplines or with hunting dogs in general.
- Jachthonden commissie Apeldoorn (hunting dogs training): Training school (in Dutch)
- Jachthonden startpagina: Links portal leading to countless Dutch websites related to hunting dogs.
- KNJV (Koninklijke Nederlandse Jagersvereniging, Royal Dutch Hunters Society): Includes a point of contact for gun dog and hunting dog schools and competitions in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
Flushing
- Flushing dogs: Wikipedia entry
- Jachthonden commissie Apeldoorn Zweethonden training school (in Dutch)
- SZN (Stichting Zweethonden Nederland, Dutch Association for Dogs)
- Zweetwerk.nl: Blog from competition winner about zweetwerk (in Dutch)
Gundogs
- Gun dogs: Wikipedia entry
Scent-tracking
- Definition of scent-tracking (speuren) sport and rules : From ‘Kynethologie’ (in Dutch)
- KNPV (Koninklijke Nederlandse Politiehonden Vereniging): Point of contact for scent-tracking (speuren) schools and competitions in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
- Speurhonden.nl: Scent-tracking school (in Dutch)
Mushing
- Mushing: Wikipedia entry
Protection
Internationale Prufungs Ordnung (IPO): meaning “International Regulatory Examinations”
- IPO: Article about IPO by Hondensporten (in Dutch)
- IPO: Article about IPO by the Duitse Herder Vereniging (in Dutch)
Police dogs
- KNPV: Dutch Police Dog Association
- You’re under arrest (by Canis bonus): Blog article about a KNPV certification event (short version)
- You’re under arrest (by Canis bonus): Blog article about a KNPV certification event (detailed version)
Mondioring
- Mondioring: Very young canine sport. Involves advanced obedience exercises and an element of defense work. Fun for dog and owner play a central role in this sport.
Shutzhund
This sport covers tracking, obedience and protection (not just protection). It originated in Germany, where it is still used as a compulsory test to allow German Shepherds to breed.
Search and rescue
- Search and rescue dogs in the Netherlands (redding honden): Point of contact for schools, clubs and competitions in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
Water rescue
- Splash! (by Canis bonus) Blog article about a water rescue club in the Netherlands. Mainly for Newfoundlanders.