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There are a number of activities normally pursued by different breeds of dogs that are available to Weimaraners.

Carting.

The sport of carting is offered by the Canadian Kennel Club. While historically breeds like the Bernese Mountain Dog or Rottweiler were only permitted in this sport it is now open to many breeds, including Weimaraners. In this sport, the dogs pull a wheeled and loaded cart around a prescribed course including negotiation of bridges, having to back up and turning and stopping according to the direction of their handler.

Lure Coursing.

Similarly, the American Kennel Club recently opened up the sport of Lure Coursing, formerly available only to Whippets, Salukis and their other sighthound cousins, to all breeds and some Weimaraners have discovered the true joy to be had in chasing full tilt a plastic bag that is whipping down a lure course field on a line.

Retriever Tests.

The American Kennel club now permits a few of the continental pointing breeds, including Weimaraners, to participate in their Retriever Hunt Tests, where the dogs are required to demonstrate such skills as being steady thru the shot and fall of ducks in land and water to perform polished and mannerly blind retrieves, marked retrieves, multiple retrieves as well as honoring the retrieves made by another dog.

There are several activities new on the scene or just available regionally in some areas.

K9 Nosework is a new sport in which the same fundamental detection skills that would be taught to contraband, drug, weapons, or bomb sniffing dogs are taught to any dogs for fun. The dogs ability to search, detect, and alert in urban areas including buildings and vehicles is developed by providing the dog with food and toy rewards for successfully locating and indicating small containers holding distinct aromatic oil scents such as birch or clove that have been hidden in the search area.

Flyball and Scent Hurdling

Flyball is a relay race for a team of dogs that run head to head against another team down a straight line course over low hurdles at the end of which is a box that ejects a tennis ball once the dogs front feet hit it. The dog must take the ball back down the line of hurdles back to it's handler and once it crosses the start/finish line the next dog is released. In scent hurdling the set up is the same except that at the end of the line of hurdles is a collected of identical articles, only one of which has the scent of each dog handler rubbed onto it ahead of time. The dog must correctly select the article scented by it's own master before racing back.

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