1.   A typical Esrey workout, five days a week, includes up to an hour on a bike or elliptical trainer and another hour of weight and agility training.

2.   Agility training was part of her early efforts at dog handling.

3.   Pups chase balls in the outdoor playpen and are treated to massages and agility training.

4.   She had grown up competing in softball, basketball, volleyball and track, so the competition and teamwork rewarded by agility training attracted her.

5.   The acting dogs of Underwood and Barto do agility training, which involves taking quick commands from the trainer.