Quote Originally Posted by Ravette
Thanks I'll bookmark that site in my agility folder.

Crikit -
Thats a really good point. There is a doberman in my class that drags his owner through all the equipment and she can barely control him.
I was asking because my golden retriever has gotten to the point that he LOVES doing my homemade objects but when I took him to an agility class 3yrs ago he did not show a lot of promise but now at 6 hes showing so much more that I am considering putting him back in classes. I'm just afraid that he will not stand a chance against bigger border collies because he stands around 25' at the withers.

When I go out to work with him and my pitbull mix who is more then likely my main agility doggie. I'll keep in mind my own speed and see how they both respond to it.

Do you know how much PVC pipe is needed to make the weave polls? Also when I have them made should I buy guide wires or just teach them? In class my pitbull mix just runs right straight down the middle when my instructor has them set up and I feel like she will never learn to weave that way lmao!

Thanks guys
The reason your golden might have seemed slugish when you first tried it was because it was a new place, with new sights and sounds. I've seen a lot of dogs in classes that always seem kind of put off when they first start taking the classes because they aren't used to the setting.

As for the height thing although you might have to compete against the border collies all you have to keep in mind is that border collies aren't always the top dogs in the sport. The border collies can be fast but because of the speed that some have they don't always have the control that is needed and tend to go off course or miss contacts all of which matters in the end.

I can't quite remember how much pvc was needed for the poles but if you search the net you can find plans for them somewhere. The teaching of the poles varies on the person and the dog really. I know about three or four different methods of teaching weave poles all of which having different advantages and disadvantages. One method might work really well for one dog but not for the other and so on and so forth.