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American Kennel Junior Series Dog Agility Weave Poles $24.99 * 8′ Overall Assembled Length, * Includes 6, 24″ Tall Weave Poles All PVC Hardware Necessary to Set-up * Dog Agility American Kennel Club Junior Series * Everything needed to set up this dog agility trainerAKC Junior Series Agility PVC Weave Poles. Everything needed to set up this dog agility training course 6 24″ vertical poles, 8 10″ horizontal poles, 2, 4 hole connectors, 1 cross … |
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Pacific Play Tents Find Me Multi Color 6′ Tunnel $32.92 Use this play tunnel alone or combine it with the Find Me, Hide Me or Me Too Play Tents, sold separately, for the ultimate play experience. It’s made of flame retardant 70 Denier nylon, and it meets CPAI-84 specifications. Features sturdy spring steel construction for lasting fun. Measures 6′ in length when extended and 19″ in diameter. Collapses down for easy storage…. |
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Breyer Dog Agility Play Set $15.99 Fun and fast are the words that best describe dog agility. These competitions, which are popular at horse shows and canine events, showcase the agility and obedience of a variety of breeds. Guided by their owners, dogs must negotiate a variety of obstacles as fast as they can. This set includes a Shetland Sheepdog as well as many of the obstacles a dog would encounter in an agility class such as a… |
Dog Agility Equipment: Where Do I Begin? by Brad Carlson
There is such a wide selection of dog agility equipment, where do I begin? There are several factors to consider when making your agility equipment purchases. Two major factors are your goals and your dog.
Are your goals to develop a deeper bonding with your dog by taking agility classes together, having fun, and seeing how far you and your dog can progress with agility skills? Do you have a timid dog and want to develop confidence in him? Or do you have a high drive dog and want to help him burn energy in a controlled manner? Do you want to do agility as a just for fun activity or are you setting your sights on making it to the nationals and becoming an agility instructor? All the previous factors are important to consider when purchasing your equipment.
An agility course has contact equipment, jumps, weaves, tunnels, closed tunnel, and possibly a pause table (depending on your agility venue). It would be wonderful have a full course of agility equipment in your backyard, but its not necessary to learn the sport. Contact equipment consists of dog-walks, A-frames, and teeters. It is a good idea to have at least one contact obstacle. Many people select to purchase a teeter because the motion often causes a dog hesitation. If you can’t fit a regulation piece of equipment in your yard, consider an 8′ dog-walk instead of a 12′ or even select from mini-contact equipment that is available to train your dog on.
Jumps. You can never have enough single jumps, but you also might think about a double jump or triple jump. If you cannot purchase a double or triple jump, you can place two or three single jumps together to practice. Eight single jumps give you lots of drills and exercises to practice and interchange.
Tunnels, chutes, and tables are variations to add to your course. Tire jumps are very popular to have in backyard training. Pause tables are essential in our agility training program. They are our center and focal point for developing our directional commands and building distance.
Weaves, critical for having at home. The type of weave to purchase depends on your method of teaching. Is your agility class using weave chutes, angled weaves, or straight lined weaves. If your instructor is teaching a specific method, than its easiest to purchase the same type of weaves. We have trained five different agility dogs, each with a different method and in the end they all have nice weaves.
There are a variety of training aids that can help you develop the behavior you want from your dog on the equipment. Buja boards are excellent for timid dogs that need to build confidence slowly. Contact trainers are great for back chaining your contact behavior, and they are smaller so you can bring them indoors for winter training also.
Brad Carlson is a Dog Trainer at Agility by Carlson. For more training details, visit our website at http://www.carlson-agility.com/
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