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	Agility-in-a-Bag Set Sale Price: $174.95
	Description The Agility in a Bag set is the perfect solution for everyone just starting off in the fun sport of dog agility. Practice at home, or take it on the road. Everything you need in one convenient carrying bag! Comes with 5 popular agility obstacles that can be used indoors or out...

	PetSafe Agility Weave Poles List Price: $69.99 Sale Price: $54.64 You save: $15.35 (22%)
	Description PDT00-11032 The weave poles can be one of the most enjoyable parts of an obstacle course for you and your dog. The poles not only test your pal's agility, they also test his speed - and when he's mastered the poles, you can feel his pride...

	Ask Receive Celebrate Training With Your Puppy Sale Price: $29.95
	Description Are you thinking about getting a puppy? Have you recently brought a new puppy Home? Even if you've raised a puppy before you will learn new positive training techniques with our new Ask Receive Celebrate Training with your Puppy 2 disk DVD Set...

Dog Agility Equipment Construction Instructions: YOU CAN! Build Better Training Obstacles for your Dog Sale Price: $14.99

Description In this new, revised step-by-step guide to building agility obstacles for your dog I took comments from YOU and have created a Better guide to building Dog Agility Equipment. This easy to understand booklet includes: improved color coded diagrams and full color photos of the equipment as works in progress and completed, a list of all materials, which are easily available at hardware stores or home improvement warehouse stores (no expensive specialty pieces that you would have to order on-line) and a list of the common household tools needed...

	Do-it-yourself agility equipment: Constructing agility obstacles for training or competition Sale Price: $39.95

	Dog Agility Training And Equipment List Price: $7.99
	Description Have more fun with your dog by turning him into a high-performance athlete, and increase his life span at the same time with these easy-to-learn dog agility training routines.Under-active dogs have less endurance and stamina and are almost always overweight...

	World Sport Set of 6 Yellow 60" Coaching Sticks Sale Price: $44.99
	Description Used by top coaches around the world. These sticks are used to mark boundaries or set up a slalom run forcing change of speed . Coaching sticks are utilized by the coaching staff of many pro teams in the training of top level elite athletes.

	World Sport Set of 6 Orange 60" Coaching Sticks Sale Price: $44.99
	Description Used by top coaches around the world. These sticks are used to mark boundaries or set up a slalom run forcing change of speed . Coaching sticks are utilized by the coaching staff of many pro teams in the training of top level elite athletes.

	World Sport Set of 6 Orange Coaching Sticks / Slalom Poles Sale Price: $49.99
	Description Used by top coaches around the world. These sticks are used to mark boundaries or set up a slalom run forcing change of speed . Coaching sticks are utilized by the coaching staff of many pro teams in the training of top level elite athletes.

Dog Agility Training Issues

Teaching your dog basic execution and obedience requires simple training techniques, a little amount of time and patience. The course familiarization depends on the ability of a dog while the physical responses will depend on the dog’s age. There are several dogs that can be enthusiastically convinced to run through a short and straight tunnel to chase a toy or to go to the pet owner.

In training your dog, it is important that you know your goals. Set your objectives prior buying any obstacle training equipment. Basically, an agility course or training helps you as pet owner teach your dog basic obedience and follow your simple commands. It even allows you both, you and your pet to have to great, fun and quality time together.

There are actually several ways to train your dog. Setting up an agility course within your home is one of the natural and exciting ways to impose the obedience you want from your dear pooch friend. Make sure that you are physically and emotionally ready before taking the course with your dog.

Your role as his trainer or handler is very important. This is because as your dog moves, you are also required to make some movement to get along with his excitement and enthusiasm.

You also need to prepare a prize for a job well done by your dog. Make sure that you have something for him upon finishing any obstacle challenge to encourage him more in his training. This is also a one way of convincing him that something great is waiting for him.

Dogs are intelligent animals and they can absolutely finish their training in a small span of time. They can also practically do strategic plans just to know what’s in store for them in the other end of the obstacle. All you need to do is to encourage them more and build the most important element of teaching them, trust.

There are also some cases that dogs become traumatic instead of being enthusiastic in taking the course due to some unwanted problems or events. In case you can’t handle your dog’s fear or trauma, you must see your most trusted veterinarian and see what he has to give you as an advice.

Dog training using the dog agility and obstacle challenges is just like playing around with your pet. You as pet owner must give your instructions in an inviting yet firm voice so that he won’t be afraid to you while enjoying his training. Remember a careful and step by step training process will help you in achieving all your goals.

About the Author

The author is a dog owner and writer connected to a company that provides modern and effective dog agility training equipment, patio dog doors and underground fences at affordable prices.

DIY Dog Agility equipment?

i want to make my own dog agility training equipment
so i can make it custom and a its a fun weekend fun project
were can i find i site were i can make these at home?
dog walk, collapsed tunnel, A-Frame, Tire Jump, AND I NEED A site were i can train my dog to use this equipment

First, the best resource out there for making your own agility equipment is "Do it yourself agility equipment" by Jim Hutchins. I have that book and it's great. Blueprints, several options (like a aluminum vs. plywood vs. composite A-frame). He covers all agility equipment except for a couple of the UKC obstacles.

Second, get some PVC and a PVC cutter. With that you can make all of your jumps, most of a pause table, the base for a teeter, frames for a tire, frames to hold the chute.

Third, in terms of actually how to use the equipment, my first and best advice is to take an agility class. Here's why: without a good instructor you're likely to learn a lot of bad habits. Habits which turn dogs off to particular equipment (like the teeter or A-frame or dog walk or chute or even the tunnel). Besides, learning how to use the equipment is the easy part. And for most dogs, doing the obstacles isn't really that fun--it's the combination of doing a full course and taking your instructions at speed. The real test to agility isn't doing obstacles it's working as a team. And just doing obstacles won't give that for you.

There really aren't any free websites that will teach you how to do agility. Steve Schwarz' website (agilitynerd) is the single best resource out there for learning agility but it assumes at least a basic knowledge. Otherwise, he talks about the merits of a front-cross vs. a rear cross vs. a blind cross or pushing the line as a particular handling manuever and a novice would be "huh?!?" Helix Fairweather has a cyber agility course but you have to pay money to sign up for it. The two best intro agility books I can think of are by Laurie Leach and Margaret Bonham (available through Borders, Am.azon)

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