Dog agilitY RUN THRU’S

Agility run thru’s are a great way to prepare your dog for competition. There will be a set course- one numbered in a sequence that is easier, and one that will be more challenging. Your run is timed as well, mimicking the “ring stress” that handlers and dogs can sometimes feel when the pressure is on at an agility trial!

But unlike a real agility competition, you are encouraged to bring a few treats or your dog’s favorite toy (or both!) into the ring so you can use your time to practice and reward whatever skills you’d like to work on. Want to use your whole run time to just practice your start line behavior at different points around the ring? Great! Need to practice running contacts? Fun!

Or you can run the whole course as numbered and see how it goes. The world is your oyster!

Each handler will get one minute in the ring. Your time will start as soon as you set your dog up for their first obstacle, and you will get a 10 second warning before your time is up. To keep things running smoothly and timely, please begin finishing whatever obstacle your dog is currently on and start making your way towards the exit when you get your 10 second warning.

We will have a run order according to jump height, and will be calling out the run order as we go. Please make sure you & your dog are ready & waiting by the gate 2-3 dogs ahead of time.

We will go through the run order twice, so each handler will get two runs per hour.

You are welcome to run two different dogs in the hour if you would like, please just indicate as such on the registration form.
Handlers can only sign up ONCE for each hour time slot, but you may sign up for a spot in as many 1-hour time slots as you’d like.

Any other questions or concerns, please contact taylor@puptoperfection.com