WORKING QUALITIES OF DOGS OF DIFFERENT BREEDS TRAINED IN AGILITY
The analysis of the results of agility competitions in different "growth " categories, as well as depending on the section occupied by the breed in the FCI classification, is carried out. In the "Large" and "Medium" categories, the border collies were the best in terms of both agility and jumping time - 38.4 and 35.7 seconds; 35.1 and 29.3 seconds, respectively. According to the FCI classification, the border Collie belongs to group 1 - sheepdogs and shepherd dogs. In the "Small" category, the best result was shown by dogs of the German Spitz breed - 42.8 and 39.2 seconds, respectively, belonging to group 5 - spitz, northern riding husky dogs, primitive. Based on the analysis of the sums of time and penalty points, border collies of the "Large" category received an assessment of working qualities "excellent", in the "Medium" category - "very good", German Spitz in the "Small" category -"excellent".