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    If we lived closer to where we adopted Ethan, I'd love to get him into an agility class. He loves to run, but he would need some work, since he is a slow learner and shy in new places.

    Frisk isn't much for an activity that deals with running or any kind of movement. Plus he's stubborn. He is a people dog, and he might do good as a therapy dog. That would be fun.

    We don't live close to any places where we could do that kind of stuff, though.

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    zoey and t.j show in agility, and obedience t.j also does hunting, zoey doesn't because i don't belive in killing animals.
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    I'd love to compete in disc but unfortunetly it is not common at all near me. So I'll be showing Kaige in obedience for a couple years then move onto agility.
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    There are several that I'm interested in. I would like to be able to test the waters, so to speak...in dock diving, agility, flying disc, and, flyball. I have briefly attempted dock diving (there's not really one Finn can get a running start on) and he can catch a flying disc once in awhile, but, I think he'd catch it more if I was a better disc thrower. I've never really had the chance to try the other two, though. I just want to see what he would enjoy the most!
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    I've done agility with Oz and we may go back to it for fun. I don't know if we'll ever compete though. He really loves frisbee better and woo he's been making some spectacular catches lately. There is a frisbee club downtown, so we might consider joining that.

    Gull loves dancing and frisbee. For a Collie, he's pretty good at fetch too, so I could see him liking flyball. But really, his true love is the dancing. He gets so excited, whenever I get up and dance. I've taught him a couple moves, but I need to be more disciplined to train him something everyday.

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    I do agility with Hunter and he loves it, I've thought about testing him for herding, but I'm not sure, he's seen sheep and seemed interested but it's about a 45 min drive whereas agility is 5 min, so that wins for now. Nikka has had hip surgery because of hip dysplasia, Bear arthritis, and Savannah can be dog aggressive so he's pretty much my only shot.

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    I did agility with Nebo for a while. It was fun and he was doing quite well in it. I'd like to do it again but I haven't found any place close.

    Showing dogs does sound like fun, but I don't think I could ever have an unaltered dog.

    Nebo has little interest in frisbees, he likes water but won't swim let alone jump off a dock, and he loves to run but I think he'd just run off with flyball...so that's about it... Oh yeah and I really did want to have him be a therapy dog but he's just not that fond of people petting him and he's afraid of strangers most of the time so it wouldn't work! Hmm Sydney likes people though maybe I could try it with her...

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    I love all the dog sports and activities. I admire all of you who take so much time to work with your pups. I have no clue how to get involved in such things and I don't think my girls would be interested in it. When Katie and I did obedience school we did have a day where we did agility and she was extremely stubborn. I'm just a lazy dog owner though

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