Why do Agility?

People are attracted to agility for a wide variety of reasons. Some simply want to spend some "quality time" with their dogs, doing something that's fun. The only thing that's more fun than watching dogs do agility, is doing it with your own dog!

Thinking About Doing Agility?Some Things You Should Know

Peter Lewis on the founding history of agility

Interview with Dawn Weaver, British agility hotshot

How to Teach Your Dog Left and Right Why would you want to teach your dog this? So he knows which way to turn once he runs to the end of the driveway or in agility

Training for Agility with Your Boxer Puppy Nicely illustrated

Silvia Trkman, agility guru
Internationally accomplished handler, known for her running contacts. Web site has some videos worth watching if you have broadband.

Guy Blancke's agility coaching by video You send him a videotape of your run, and he sends you back a commentary keyed to particular frames

Agility advice:
Sending the Dog to the Tunnel
Advice for the Novice Gambler
Blind Crosses vs. Front Crosses

Agility Bits Speeding Up a Slow Dog

So You Want to be a Handler? Personal reflections on agility training

Agility commands in Spanish:
* back = parte posteriora
* walk on = camine encendido
* here = aqui
* right = la derecha
* tunnel = túnel
* tire = neumático
* weave = armadura
* over = encima
* go on = enciéndase
* good dog = buen perro

Three Basic Rules in Agility
(from "My System of Handling" by Greg Derrett):

1. Always keep your eye on your dog. How can you react instantly if you have your back to your dog?

2. Use the arm and the leg nearest to your dog to direct it. This will not only be far clearer for the dog to see but also far easier and quicker for the handler to run without twisting his or her body.

3. Face the way the dog is going until it is fully committed to an obstacle.
First, this will keep your dog powering forward to each obstacle due to the clear body signal but will also prevent many faults (classically, poles down and refusals), Commitment of your dog to an obstacle will mean that whatever you do, the dog will take the piece of equipment successfully. This will vary from dog to dog and can also change as the dog progresses through training.

Agility: Training the Contact Obstacles

Four-on-the-Floor Contacts: Speed, Accuracy, Comfort, and Fun

Clip and GO Agility -- easy to assemble equipment

A Light Weight Dog Walk - made of gutter pipe!

Free Agility Dog Walks And Dog Teeter Building Plans The dog walk is a very daunting obstacle in an agility course, it's also the most expensive to purchase. 

Learning the Agility Dog Walk - YouTube

Build Your Own Agility Course For Your Dog

Wrinkles demonstrating a fast dogwalk! Before you begin building your dogwalk you need to make a trip to the hardware store and buy the following things...

Agility Unscrambled -- software for trial secretaries

Agility iLog Agility iLog is an iPhone / iPad app that is available on iTunes

Jumps With Wings Check out the homemade contraption

The Effects of Jumping on Forelimb Injuries

Why are Jumping Drills So Important?

Agilite -- very lightweight agility equipment

Weaves Without Worries PDF file which requires the (free) Adobe Acrobat reader

Way to Weave -- agility weave poles

Achieving Fast, Reliable and Independent Weaves

Training Agility Weave Poles for PWCs

Weave Pole Wires

Weave Poles Training

Linda Mecklenburg's advice

Clicker training the weave poles

Teaching Dog Agility Weaves with a Weave Chute