GDA31: The Benefits of Dog Agility - a podcast by Fernando Camacho
from 2014-04-29T02:06:35
Doing agility with your dog is good in so many ways. It increases your ability to communicate with your dog, helps them gain confidence, is great mental and physical exercise and it’s tons of fun. Every single client I recommend agility to ends up loving it and telling me how much their dogs enjoys it.
I’ve also seen agility really improve some behavior issues as well. Learning the agility equipment is a big confidence boost for dogs, so if you dog is shy or has some anxieties doing agility can help them overcome it. Even dog reactivity can be improved upon with the help of agility.
To fill you in on the wonders of dog agility I’ve invited on dog trainer and agility instructor Tracy Sklenar. Listen in and I think you’ll be looking to give this great dog sport a try.
In this episode
2:00Â Â iTunes love
7:10Â Â Exactly what is dog agility
12:18Â Â How agility can help some behavior issues
14:19Â Â What dogs are good for agility
21:41Â Â What do dogs do in agility
31:20Â Â How to make your own agility equipment
35:21Â Â The dog agility community
37:28Â Â Dog agility online
43:26Â Â Weekly training tip
Links
Agility UÂ – online dog agility
Clean Run – online agility magazine
Here’s 2 videos of Tracy doing some agility with her dogs
Home made interactive toy
Further episodes of FernDog Podcast: Dog Training
Further podcasts by Fernando Camacho
Website of Fernando Camacho