The Purina Pro Plan Dog Stars Show features the famous McCann Dogs in a spectacular demonstration of the canine sports of Flyball and Agility.

Flyball is a highly energized canine team relay competition that's "noisy, fast, exciting and ball racing crazy!!" that earns the enthusiastic roar of the crowd and set the dogs' tails to wagging as well. You will be amazed and entertained by this relay race between 2 teams of four dogs. The object of the sport is for each dog to jump over a set of four hurdles as fast as possible and at the far end, grab a tennis ball from a spring-loaded box. Banking off the box to reverse direction, they race back to cross the start line at which point their canine teammate rockets out for their lap! Whether you're cheering for the top dogs or the underdogs, many races come down to the wire and its always entertaining.

Agility competitions are the rage these days and for good reason. This canine sport was born in England and its no accident that the obstacles are miniature versions of the jumps and barriers on a horse-jumping course. The agility scores reflect speed and accuracy, as the dogs are coaxed to climb, jump or crawl through a series of obstacles. Basic obedience is a must as the dogs are off collar during the trials and their handlers "talk" them through the course. With the order of obstacles on each course being different and the pathway between the obstacles twisting and turning, the dogs must be in-sync with their handlers so they don't run up the A-frame when they should be headed for the weave poles! It's a race against the clock with dog, handler and elapsed time being the critical components as judges add fault points to the score for each obstacle that is not taken cleanly. The most popular agility breeds are the medium to large dogs but almost any dog, including mixed breeds, can do well if they're game.