Agility Unleashed
From first steps to your first show
Agility looks fast and complicated from the outside, but at beginner level it's simpler than it looks. With a healthy adult dog, a little safe equipment and a few minutes a day, you can start this week.
This guide takes you from the first foundation games to jumps, tunnels, handling and short sequences, with a clear look at weaves and contacts and what to learn with an instructor. It also covers warm-ups, fitness, signs of soreness, your first competition and plans to follow.
I've been training dogs for over 30 years, and I wrote this the way I'd explain it if we were sat at your kitchen table together.
What's inside
Checking your dog is ready, and setting up safe equipment
Foundation games: hand target, start-line wait, toy play and body awareness
Jumps and tunnels, step by step, with the safety rules built in
What to know about weaves, contacts and the tyre
Handling, crosses, cue words and linking obstacles into sequences
Speed, drive, warm-ups, cool-downs and signs your dog may be sore
Your first competition, a sample week, an eight-week plan and a glossary
Pages to print and keep
A session log to track progress
A course planner for walking sequences
A quick-reference page with the safety rules
Why this guide is different
Safety comes first, with growth, ground and equipment checks in every chapter
Every exercise is broken into small, clear steps
It's honest about which obstacles need an instructor
It's written by a trainer who has competed at Crufts and Olympia
It's built on games plus structure, with reward-based training
Who it's for
Families with a healthy adult dog who'd like to try agility for fun or for competition, wherever they live, and anyone starting at a club who wants to understand the why behind each step.
What you get
A 72-page PDF and an EPUB in one ZIP file, emailed to you straight after checkout. Read it on your phone, tablet, e-reader or computer, and print the pages at the back.
