Why Agility?

This is Tyler. Tyler and I are training to compete in a dog sport called Agility. Tyler is rather agile. I am not. I am 50 some years old and would rather be sitting than standing. Now Tyler sleeps 16 to 20 hours a day, but when he is moving he is really moving on the other hand I do not.

Tyler came to stay with me on November 4th 2006 when he was 4 months old. He was out at the Humane Society and just needed a better place to live. I had never had an Australian Cattle Dog before, so I did what I usually do when I just don't know and I bought books about the subject. One of the re-occurring themes from all three authors was that these dogs need a job to do and if you do not give them one they will find one and most likely you will not like it.

I set up a dog crate at my office and took Tyler to work with me everyday just so that he would not have the chance to be destructive and he never was. He is death on some of his toys, but he has never destroyed anything that was his to do so with. That boy can “skin” a tennis ball in about 3 minutes.

The next spring I had heard of an agility class forming through the local parks and recreation department and as they say “the rest is history”. We are not great at it, but we have collected a few qualifying rounds called “Q's”, but more important than that we have a great time.