Rally Obedience is a good starting point for people new to dog sports.  You and your dog navigate a course that contains a varying number of signs.  You work as a team, performing the skill required at each sign.  Communication with your dog and cheering her/him on is allowed.  Rally requires a functional heel (i.e. a tight leash at any point through the course will result in points off and even a Not Qualified as a final score).       Rally obedience as a sport has multiple titling levels: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Excellent and Master.  The Novice and Intermediate levels are performed on leash, any level above that is off leash - hence the requirement for a functional heel.      Our weekly run throughs offers a multi level course for you to run your dog perform.  You can pick the signs that you're familiar with and/or learn new signs to help advance your skill set.  You get multiple chances to run the course and can work on improving your heel work during the sessions.     Check out the video below of Sailor doing an Excellent level rally course.