AGILITY DOODLES

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Comment by Joan and Rags on January 16, 2009 at 7:06pm

I would love to get Rags in some real agility classes. I need a place to go in New York. I know about LIA(Long Island Agility) but they only do it on Sunday Mornings and it's out doors. So if the weather isn't good, the class isn't on. Anyway I could never get there. Anybody know of another agility class in New York?

Comment by Linda and Murphy on January 16, 2009 at 6:43pm

Nancy, I would like to hear about your cattle dog training. I want to try to get Murphy into a herding class here....not that I think he will be that good. Just curious.

When we were at the agility trial a beautiful Australian shepherd was next to us quite often. He kept kinda nipping at Murphy's heels and his owner would pull him away, embarrased.
In retrospect, I think Thurnder thought Murphy was a sheep (like small children in Petsmart).

Comment by Linda and Murphy on January 16, 2009 at 6:28pm

Hi All
Murphy and I have been doing agility for about a year and a half. We did our first competition in November.( this was after 2 hurricanes so we hadn't been practicing a lot.)
Murphy is quite enthusiastic and VERY fast. It was a NADAC trial and there was an event called Tunnelers. Nothing but Tunnels. Murphy's favorite. I thought we would give it a shot. 14 Tunnels to be exact.
(It reminded me of taking my ADHD son to open gym at gymnastics)
Oh, and did I mention that Murphy is 28 inches at the withers and tunnels are 22-24 inches.
Murphy did the first 4 tunnels with great enthusiasm. and then it was "TUNNEL!!!!" he did every tunnel...some more than once. just not in the right order.
The people were soo nice (95% AKC people). The lady heading up the event said that she shouldn't charge us because he was so entertaining.
I asked the photographer about pictures. She apologized for not taking any because she was laughing so hard.
We didn;t win any prizes but we met some really nice people and had a wonderful time. They loved Murphy and his enthusiasm.
And now they know what a Goldendoodle is.

Comment by Nancy - Opal, Meadow & Tariki on January 3, 2009 at 3:58pm

Wow a Maltese... that would be interesting and FUN to watch!! Meadow (my phantom) loves to run plus she has managed to jump through a hole in the gate on the fly no less. SO while I am not keen on the jumping through the gate part her ability to fit herself through small holes while running leads me to believe she might be pretty good at agility.

Comment by Richard Crowe on January 2, 2009 at 10:25pm

I would like to begin Holly with agility training. I love to see dogs doing agility. A friend of mine has a Maltese which she got from our breeding prgram (we have since retired from breedings) which she seriously expects to become the top Maltese in agility.

Comment by Barb @ Gemstone Labradoodles on January 2, 2009 at 10:04pm

I have done agility with my f1 Citrine. She is the hyper-type and very focused so we did well in class.
I am looking forward to starting again with one of my Australian Labradoodles. So far, I haven't had one that wants to run fast, or try hard...so mellow....I am looking for a candidate amongst my puppies.

Comment by Nancy - Opal, Meadow & Tariki on January 2, 2009 at 7:05pm

Okay I will go first. I I am on the waiting list for our local agility group. SO I am going to work with a cattle dog trainer for a bit. I have one dog that I think will benefit immensley from this type of trianing... who knows maybe both will. I would like to hear more about your experiences with your dog and agility. I think one of my doodles would be very good at it!

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