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Recommended Agility Books


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 [...]

Obstacle Training: The hoop or tire jump


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 [...]

Allie

Allie is the primary caretaker and trainer of border collies Tess and Kipp. Tess is the tricolor, and Kipp is the black & white with ticking. These three spend their time jogging, walking, hiking, learning tricks, playing agility & RallyO, and learning tracking.