Your first agility show

How do you know when you are ready?

You have been having a great time training your dog at agility class, and you think you are ready to take the next big step into the world of agility competition. There's a lot to be excited about, and a lot of questions you’ll need to answer before you fill out your first agility competition entry form.

• Know the rules,
• Recall & stay
• Have run a course
• No problems on any one piece of equipment
• You have done some training at a park & had no problems
• Your instructor says you are ready

Sending in your entry

• What's in the premium?
• Who can enter?
• Jump height, dog height?
• Novice A or B
• Food available
• Directions
• What time does your class start

Getting to the show

• What you need, make a checklist
• Dog comfort & confinement
• People comfort
• Video

Getting set up at the show

• When to arrive
• Checking in
• Questions, who do you talk to?
• Show etiquette
• The start line
• Warming up
• What the rule book doesn’t tell you

Nancy Gyes, Power Paws Agility, © 1997

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