Opinions regarding agility

[Tralee]

I think it has nothing to do with the breed or size of the dog. In my agility class their is a chichi and she does very very well. I think to real issue is the lady with the GR needs to work of her recall and focus. Lady will do the same thing when my mom goes to the agility class, she will run over to her. When the GR does run over to your class it should be completely ignored and not be allowed to play with any dogs, then it may realize that coming to your group isn't that fun. When the owner gets her GR to come back she needs to reward it either by treats or tuggie.

[Alysser]

I don't think it should be determined on breed either. Dogs are dogs and they all have the same rights. I don't think it would be fair that the small dogs our banned from agility because the big dogs prey on them.

[pnance]

I have to agree with everyone else in that the little dogs have as much right as the larger ones and the Goldie owner needs to work on her dogs recall. I also have a problem in that in each of the 3 times last night she never once corrected him, instead she was upset that the pom's were there "distracting" her dog.

[jackie]

Opinion One - The owner of the golden was upset saying small dogs like that should not be allowed in agility because they seem like prey to larger dogs (which make up the majority in our group) and are a distraction.

She was probably embarassed and was trying to cover it up by blaming the poms. I think she is completely in the wrong, agility should be fun for everyone involved, big and small.

[king2005]

I have to agree with everyone else in that the little dogs have as much right as the larger ones and the Goldie owner needs to work on her dogs recall. I also have a problem in that in each of the 3 times last night she never once corrected him, instead she was upset that the pom's were there "distracting" her dog.

Thats when you roll your eyes & say I'm sorry your dog doesn't listen to you & turn your back on her & ignore her.


When I watched flyball with Audrey in PEI last summer there were ALL kinds of small dogs, some slow & some fast. All the dogs were quite behaved & I thought it was really neat watching tiny & HUGE dogs playing the same game. It was great

[CathyBogart]

The owner of the Golden was totally in the wrong blaming the poms. If she can't gontrol her dog she needs to do some more work on recall and focus before bringing her dog to agility.

[Dixieland Dancer]

I understand agility is a fun sport. My pet peeve with it though is letting the dogs do agility before they have reliable obedience commands down. If the Golden had a reliable recall non of this would of happened.