For information on the new location of the Pawsitively Dogs classes, please contact Becky Saltwick at (347-9808 or bsaltwick@gmail.com). Classes are no longer held at the Lyons Agility field. You can also visit the Becky's website for more information (www.pawsitivelydogsagility.com).
To help prepare you for taking an agility class, you can start training your dog in some basic behaviors such as attention to you, quick name response, sit, down, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, a RECALL (calling your dog to you and they actually come!). A great recall is ESSENTIAL in agility - you should train your dog for it every day (in several short sessions) and make it fun! Although we don't require any formal training to start agility classes, the more training your dog has, the more successful you'll be in agility. If your dog won't come to you in the park when you call him, he's probably not ready for agility yet. In the registration/information packet, there is a handout on teaching a recall to your dog. On the "Links" page of the website (under Dog Training), there are some useful training websites with both videos and articles.
