Intro to agility 101, part one of two!

I had too many pics to post in one posting so this is part 1!

So, I bought an "agility in the bag" starter kit before we brought Winston home. We were not thinking that we would compete with any of the dogs with agility, we just thought it would be fun for the dogs and allow us more play time with them. Here Winston helps with the "bag" that contains the equipment. Since Winston will not be able to do any jumping yet (have to wait for the growth plates to grow first) we thought it would be fun to introduce all the dogs to the tunnel and chute. We started at first with just having all the doggies enter the tunnel (blue section) first and adding tasty treats inside for them to find. Next we added the chute at the bottom (red part) which makes it a little more intimidating since it is darker at that end. We really do hope Winston will be able to compete in Earthdog so we want him to be used to overhead environments.

Carly checks out the tunnel.

Carly exists the chute--"that was nuttin'! Where is my treat?!""


Next, Mark guides Winston to enter the tunnel.

I had too many pics to fit them all in one post so I have to make 2 posts so see the part 2 post for more pics!!!