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Apparently Bullmastiffs should be jumped at a lower height than their wither height would normally recommend because of their heavy stocky build. I guess it depends what you want out of agility - they perhaps will not compete at the high levels, but I am sure you could have a lot of fun at...

Definitely ask around - there are a number of places you can try - your veterinarian, pet stores, other people you know who train dogs, animal magazines, various breeders (esp Border collie breeders as a number of dogs doing agility of of that breed), if you know of an obedience club you could...

Those are really cute pictures - and that IS a lot of energy. Tanis is doing a bit better on the recalls, but I need to take him to more varied areas to practice to get him even better. He seems to be enjoying the outings a lot.

I built a tire jump out of PVC and pool pipes (the pipes for the creepy crawly) and some weave poles out of electrical wiring (its plastic and thinner than PVC) with steel pegs to hold the poles - with T pieces in the poles I can use the same steel pegs to create jumps with adjustable height...

My dog Tanis and I have been doing agility for about three months although I can only go to class every second weekend because of work. He did well at the beginning and has advanced and knows all the obstacles pretty well, but he has started running away during sequences. I've been told he needs...

I am a vet and I do not like docking puppies tails - its just unpleasant for me. We are not taught ear cropping and I do not do it at all - where I live there are very few vets who will even do ear cropping. Then again, I'd rather dock the tails myself and do it properly then have the owners do...

All three of my dogs I got for nothing - Skyla was an old lady's puppy and she needed a home for her as she was going overseas after her husband died. Tanis I got from the rescue society for which our veterinary practice did the spays and neutering so I got him for nothing too (and he was sick...

I'd say as long as her elbows and hips are ok and healthy and she is generally in good shape then it would be a good idea. Even old dogs can learn new tricks and have a lot of fun.

I have a Daschund and she has been to an agility class only once (when my boyfriend came to pick me up after the class he brought her along) I will not let her jump - with her long back she is likely to get a disc prolapse. The tunnels, Aframe, dogwalk and see-saw are all I'll allow her on...

Tanis is doing the weave poles better now. With the wire method he has succeeded in getting the entrance correct almost all the time (and I stopped using wires early on) He can send to the poles and run through them, but I am still having difficulty when poles are in a stright line and upright...

I started training my dog the weave poles using the channel and wire method approximately three weeks ago. Everything has gone really well and the poles are now in a straight line with the wires down. However, the wires pulled the poles apart slightly so that in essence he is doing a very late...

Most of the simplest agility equipment to build can be made with PVC - weave poles and jumps. A tyre jump can also be made with a PVC support and drain piping. Go to a hardware store and ask for some help - they are usually quite keen to help.

For jumps I just use bricks and bought some broomsticks from a hardware store. I don't want to train my dog on high jumps yet, so the bricks work fine and I can train sequencing that way. The weave poles were a little more difficult cause I wanted to train the wore method - I got a friend to...

Hi, I'm Tamrick from South Africa. I have three dogs and two cats - Tanis is a crossbred GSD who I started in agility this month (he's about two years old), Kitiara is a cross Boxer (I think!) and she's about three years old. Skyla is my Daschund about 20 months old. And then there are the cats...