After obedience training, people often ask us what else they can do with their dogs. Agility is a sport where dog and handler must work together to complete an obstacle course made up of jumps, weave poles, teeter-totters, elevated ramps called dog walks, tunnels and more. You can work towards a goal of competing in trials or you can just participate for fun - either way, both you and your dog will love it.

Agility is a fantastic way to strengthen the bond between you and your dog. Due to the nature of the sport, you will learn to read and understand your dog in more depth and your dog will learn to focus on you. After predominantly working on obedience and tricks, agility was a refreshing change for our dogs, Kayla and Peppy. It gave us a new challenges that were fun and different from the norm.

You will find that having a foundation of obedience training will help you progress faster in agility. You will have better control of your dog in a high-distraction environment, you will understand and be able to read your dog better, and your dog will have learned to focus on you.

Organized classes are the best way to get started. Traci and Glen of T.A.G. Team agility have been competing in agility for years and have a wealth of knowledge and experience. They run classes weekly - for more information, contact Traci @ 897-0246.

COME WATCH!
On April 29th and 30th, T.A.G. Team Agility will be hosting an Agility Trial (Sanctioned by the Agility Association of Canada). This is a perfect way to see what agility is all about while watching some of the best handler/dog teams on the island. The event will be held at Pacific Playgrounds on Miracle Beach in Black Creek. On Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th, trials will run between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, rain or shine. Spectating dogs must be on a leash. For more information call Traci: 897-0246 or Glen:337-8122.

Check out the following links for info on agility:

Clean Run Magazine - www.cleanrun.com
Agility Association of Canada -: www.aac.ca

Upcoming Classes

Basic Obedience: June 15 - July 23, 2009 (Mon & Thurs, 6:30 and 7:30pm) Location: Courtenay Fairgrounds. August 6 - September 17, 2009 (Mon & Thurs, 6:30 and 7:30pm) Location: Courtenay Fairgrounds. September 28 - November 9 2009 (Mon & Thurs, 6:30 and 7:30pm)* Location: Courtenay Fairgrounds. * This is the last session of this year; classes will resume January 2010. Advanced Level 1: Starting soon please email for more information. Tricks: Starting soon. Please email or call for more information. Free Saturday Classes: Keep up with your training at our free monthly class, open to all Poochies graduates. This class is held the first Saturday of each month at 10 am. Watch your email for location, or call us for more information. If you are a graduate and are not receiving email notification for the Saturday classes please let us know.   • Dates subject to change

Contact Info

250-898-9022 Send us an Email Mail: 185-2401 Cliffe Avenue Courtenay, BC V9N 2L5