Agility Training

Ready for some quick tips on teaching your dog some groovy moves? Not only can all dogs learn clever trick sequences and active sporting adventures — they love getting involved! The time you spend positively teaching them maneuvers like “Paw” and “Jump over,”.

Tips for training the agile dog about overcoming obstacles.

Whether you can attribute this energy level to his breed type or to his personality, if he's got it, he's got to use it. You can choose to commit to giving him plenty of outdoor play time, or...you can make the most of that inherent ability...by involving him in dog agility training.

The idea of introducing dogs in a competition of agility, first appeared in England in 1978 when Crufts annual dog show presented an agility display as a half time entertainment. These days, these sorts of competitions are a standalone event with competitive trials taking place worldwide. This is why agility training for dogs for competitions or simply for fun, is quickly becoming a popular activity among owners and their pooches.

Dog agility is a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs run off leash with no food or toys as incentives, and the handler can touch neither dog nor obstacles.

At the Zoom Room, we don’t train dogs. We train the people who love them! We’ve redefined dog training, with classes specially designed to build confidence.

Agility is a competitive dog sport. Learn how to train your dog to master each obstacle and compete in canine agility.

So, the weather is really bad again, the days are short, but you still want to pep up yourself and your dog? Turn your living room into a temporary adventure playground! Don’t worry—you don’t have to rearrange your house. Just use things that you already have to set up a course.

“I think if every dog owner engaged in agility training with his or her dog, the dog world would be a better place. Agility is that good, that fun, and that important.” – Sue Sternberg, dog trainer, shelter founder, author

Agility training tips for each obstacle.

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Agility competitions are exciting events for pups and people alike. But before you and your dog hit the ring, here are 10 training tips to get you started.