#dog agility

[fayeandknight]

Today I learned that a dog can come into the weaves so hot that they actually snap a weave pole.

[blueboyluca]

Small dogs are the best!!!!

[fawnduu]

Sorry, yeah, I'm making you look at me and my dog compete in agility!!!

[lloonlloon]

My beautiful dog in my beautiful car with all her beautiful ribbons and she is so soggy and pathetic and wants to go home right now very bad

[pawsitivevibe]

Bree, the 13-year-old superdog, had her last competitive agility run at AAC Nationals recently. Happy Retirement, Bug dog!

Photo by Nancy Miller DVM.

[twobigears]

more flying fur appreciation

📷 Happy Kampa Photography

[sammythesheltie]

Our first agility "training" after years (really years, when I remember right ca. 5 years).

Sammy had so super much fun ❤️.

He was a bit pushy the first minutes but he did an amazing job.

I really need to be faster and my body langauge and commands are bad - I need to help Sammy more.

I hope we can train soon again ☺️.

[trubluebecca]

Finished this fun border collie commission last week. The source photo had lovely fall colors in the background that I just had to incorporate into my image. This was the last order in my current queue, so I'm open for more.

Commission Info

[caninections]

We want to share your good news! Your brags! Your achievements! Your LET’S F#CKING GOOOOO’S 📢 Big or small, we want to hear about them all 🥰 Email your wins to Caninections@eqdogs.com and keep your ears perked when new episodes drop! 👂 Remember to listen to the end of every episode; you might recognize your own LET’S F#CKING GOOOOO 🤩‼️

[myshelties]

[fayeandknight]

Eagerly awaiting his turn to run.

[blueboyluca]

This dog is in pain. It is not happy at the startline despite the commentary, it looks extremely uncomfortable. Its movement is not healthy and it avoids obstacles. This handler should not have run this dog and they eliminated because it was not able to do the course.

It’s important to not let our desires about the sport trump our dogs’ comfort and safety.

[lloonlloon]

New agility first today… while bar setting I watched a dog on course stop in front of a jump, pull an entire weed out of the ground, eat it roots and all, then jump and continue on the course

[pawsitivevibe]

I've been seeing a rise in popularity of sporting breeds (retrievers, pointers, spaniels, etc) in agility of late, and I think that's great. This all is probably a regional thing, as I imagine different breeds are more or less popular in different places, but this is what it's like for my area.

For agility, we see a lot of "phases" of breed or type popularity. Border Collies and Aussies are pretty much always popular, but other breeds fluctuate. For a few years, around when I first started, it seemed like EVERYONE was getting Shelties. The last few years, sport mixes like Border Paps and Border Whippets have been "the thing." And handlers have started preferring then smaller and smaller (Borderstaffywhippaps anyone?). Recently I've noticed a lot of German Short-Haired Pointers specifically, but also more Goldens and Labs and spaniels. I think this is great, as I personally think these breeds are generally a lot "easier" to live with for a lot of people than a Border Collie. And I personally know several people with herding breeds who probably would have been happier with Labs or spaniels. Like, they love their dogs, but uhhh ... Maybe the herdy behaviours aren't the best fit for them, and their dogs are "problem dogs" these days. I just think some handlers shouldn't necessarily jump to "I'll get a sport-line Australian Shepherd or a farm-bred Border Collie for my next agility dog!" I'd like to see more people say "you know what would be good for me? A Lab! They'll do well in agility too!" or "I want a small agility dog ... But let's get a Cocker Spaniel instead of a Sheltie."

Anyway. I know several people doing awesome stuff in agility with Labs specifically. I've had several Labs in my Hoopers classes lately (some of them happened to be the ones who are amazing in agility). I adore them. Labs are so cool! So many people - me included, once upon a time - think they're boring. But gosh the work ethic! The commitment! The food drive! The tankiness! We love. Hoping more people see these Labs doing awesome and get more agility Labs.

Spaniels I find are coming along a bit slower. But! Have seen more Springers coming into sports. More and more Cavaliers. Some Field Spaniels. I suspect we might be seeing a little boom in Wockers the next few years. Personally I intend to show off how great my English Cocker is at agility to push people along to spaniels lol.

Anyway ... Any trends in breed popularity you find interesting in your dog agility community?

[twobigears]

sometimes she does actually look like she enjoys agility 😊

📷 Happy Kampa Photography

[briothebrittany]

I climd the dog waik