Instant Agility

This is the most basic of agility obstacles. It’s easy to make, will only take you about an hour and will cost about $12 in materials. You will need two adjustable jump cups in addition to the materials listed below for every jump bar on your hurdle.

This is the easiest of all obstacles to train. You just put your dog on leash and lead them over, then reward. A piece of cake!
Here are tips from Tess & Kipp:
Start low, so your dog does not cheat and go under it.
Use a variety of things as jumps, so that nothing will be a [...]

Adjustable cups for holding cross-bars make constructing standard jumping obstacles a piece of cake. The secret to our cups is to raid the do-it-yourself irrigation section at Home Depot. Each cup will take just a few minutes to make and cost about $1.

Having Fun with Agility by Margaret H. Bonham
This book explains how to teach your dog the obstacles and handling. It is meant for fun (which is what we do here), and provides some fun ideas for simple courses in the yard that include things other than regulation agility equipment (Tess loves the wading pool on [...]

Look at that smile! This sturdy octagon jumping hoop is simple to make and will take you about two hours to assemble. Material costs will be around $20 per hoop.

Once your dog will jump over something, it is easier to get them to jump through the hoop, so teach the bar jump first.
Lower your tire or hoop all the way to the ground. You can’t do this with the hoop jumps described here, but you can make very short supports and have several heights [...]