Agility training

em_cat

I want to try our rescue yorkie mix a go at agility. Does anyone have any pointers on how to begin?

Cheers

All My Stars Aligned

Where are you based OP?

Dublin Dog Training are great.

http://dublindogtraining.com

em_cat

I’m in D8. I’ve never participated in agility with any of my dogs, but our lil’ chap seems like he would love it. Bearing in mind; I’m not terribly agile myself though;(

VonVix

em_cat wrote: »

Bearing in mind; I’m not terribly agile myself though;(

Nothing wrong with that, agility is actually great for building fitness in humans, too. As well as building a stronger relationship between yourself and your dog. Win-win all round.

All My Stars Aligned

John in DDT welcomes all levels. With him you pay per class so theres no commitment should it not work out.

NiceLynchi

If you have a car, I'd recommend King of Paws. And all the profit goes to the <snip> shelter, so you'd be doing something good at the same time
http://kingofpaws.com/classes/agility-training-classes/

aonb

If you have a garden you could build a little agility course of your own to try him out? My daughter used all sorts for our dogs - flowerpots to zig-zag through, brush handles balanced on buckets, her old slide, a childrens tunnel from a charity shop, carboard boxes to squeeze through etc etc

em_cat

aonb wrote: »

If you have a garden you could build a little agility course of your own to try him out? My daughter used all sorts for our dogs - flowerpots to zig-zag through, brush handles balanced on buckets, her old slide, a childrens tunnel from a charity shop, carboard boxes to squeeze through etc etc

That would be great; if we had a garden. I’ve kind of set up some small obstacles in our hallway out to the communal hallway to see how he would take to it. He’s kind of confused by it. But he’s gotten pretty good at some of the nose work.

aonb

em_cat wrote: »

That would be great; if we had a garden. I’ve kind of set up some small obstacles in our hallway out to the communal hallway to see how he would take to it. He’s kind of confused by it. But he’s gotten pretty good at some of the nose work.

check out a facebook page called CANINE ENRICHMENT - some great ideas on there

Bells21

aonb wrote:

check out a facebook page called CANINE ENRICHMENT - some great ideas on there

I really love that page, excellent ideas for absolutely everything.

3dogs

There are a couple of places in the Greater Dublin area that you could look into
As mentioned already
Dublin Dog Training https://www.facebook.com/Dublin-Dog-Training-112078718830992/
WTCI http://www.wtci.ie/
Doggie All Sorts in Slane https://www.facebook.com/Doggieallsorts-1377278179176092/

I have competed for the last few years and from May to Oct I am away competing most weekends, absolutely love it

em_cat

Bells21 wrote: »

I really love that page, excellent ideas for absolutely everything.

totally ‘wasted the day away’ reading the articles... so thanks for that Found some really interesting ideas; only I’m pretty sure our lil’ chap would eat through some of them if given half the chance.

Absolutely love listening to the Glasgow Dog Trainer!!!!

Woof woof

shakencat

Em_cat, did you ever go to agility?

I did with Ralph. He loved it.
It was me who couldn't grasp it..

Kept turning the wrong way and getting so frustrated.

Didn't matter how many times I was shown, I'd turn the wrong way.

Hahaha

em_cat

shakencat wrote: »

Em_cat, did you ever go to agility?

I did with Ralph. He loved it.
It was me who couldn't grasp it..

Kept turning the wrong way and getting so frustrated.

Didn't matter how many times I was shown, I'd turn the wrong way.

Hahaha

Hehehe... Do they not lay out coloured tape for the route?

We’re working on the exercises that Anne <snip> set out to help Mr C with some of his ‘distraction’ issues & target training at the moment. We use his first toy from us, an xtra small Kong bear, so now we have like 20 or so of them dotted around, all the same...kind of creepy... it’s ‘touch the bear’ instead of look at me...

I watched the agility bits on Crufts this year & was like, ehh I gotta move faster or learn to whistle...I’m running around going whoo whoo whoo & Mr C cocks his head to the side like what’s wrong with her...