Agility Training
Tuesday evenings
- 6.40-7.30 Class 1: Dogs new to agility
- 6.40-7.30 Class 2: Inexperienced dogs
- 7.40-8.30 Class 3: Inexperienced Grade 1 dogs and handlers/non-competing dogs
- 7.40-8.30 Class 4: Competing Grade 1 dogs
- 8.40-9.30 Class 5: Experienced Grade 1 and 2 dogs and handlers
- 8.40-9.30 Class 6: Grades 3-7 dogs
For further details talk to an instructor.
There is a waiting list for all classes. We will try to slot people in to classes 2-6, space permitting, following an assessment.
There is a long waiting list for Class 1 (dogs new to agility). Please contact us for details.
£3.50 per class, £2.50 Senior (over 60) and Junior (under 16), Second dog £2.50
plus £6.00 Annual Membership (£3.00 under 16s)
50% reduction if joining after 1st September
Contact us for more details.
Agility training takes place on Tuesday evenings at Mount Pleasant Equine Centre.
Agility FAQs
Venue
- We train at an indoor venue (although it isn't heated, so wrap up warm in winter!) on a wax/sand surface.
- Suitable footwear includes trainers, astroturf shoes and hockey shoes.
- Please do not let your dog run off lead on the paths and in the woodland around the centre. Keep it on a lead at all times except when you are working your dog.
- Pick up after your dog at all times.
- Toilets are located to the right after entering through the narrow door between the white building and the metal shutters from outside. From the smaller arena, go straight on through the stables until you come to the back wall of the building at the far end. The toilets are through the door at the bottom of a ramp with rails.
- If your dog has a long coat, you can use dog grooming spray or a horse product: Canter® Mane and Tail Conditioner to prevent the surface sticking to the dog's coat. These products are available at pet shops and equestrian supply shops and are pictured below:
Dog Grooming Spray is available from most pet shops.
Canter® Mane and Tail Conditioner is available from G&M Growers, near Biggleswade and Pet's Corner, near Hitchin.
Training
- We need help setting up the equipment before the start of the first session and putting it away after the last session. It takes between 15 and 20 minutes. If you train in the first session, could you arrive as close to 6.20pm as possible.
- Please pay for your lesson before getting your dog out of the car.
- Allow handlers and dogs training in the previous session to leave the arena before you enter it.
- Only work your dog on the equipment when directed to do so by an instructor.
- Keep your dog on a lead at all times except when you are working it. Keep your dog under control at all times when around other dogs; not all of them like other dogs.
- We would appreciate it (as would our neighbours!) if you could keep your dog's barking to a minimum when it isn't being worked.
- We have a long waiting list of dogs and handlers who want to join the club. If you have not trained for 3 weeks and have not let us know why not, your place will be given to someone else. If you can't come to training, either temporarily or permanently, please let us know. You can do this using the Contact us form.
Equipment
- Our equipment is supplied by JDA Agility Equipment who also supply shows locally. It is of Kennel Club competition standard and includes weave poles using the new spacings and rubberised surfaces on the contact equipment.