Action Dogs Victoria - Agility Club

[megan_]

I've been on the waiting list for ages and our name has finally come up. Does anyone have any feedback on the club?

[Tassie]

I've been on the waiting list for ages and our name has finally come up. Does anyone have any feedback on the club?

Probably time to go buy a lotto ticket! I think places are scarce. No personal knowledge, but I know several of the instructors and people who train there - there are some awesome people, so I think it will be great for you.

[megan_]

Ta! I had forgotten that I had put my name down, it was that long ago.

I'll have to take some caffeine tablets to stay awake from 9 - 10pm though.

[leopuppy04]

Some love it. Can be a bit like K9 though as class numbers could be 'high' and you only get 1-2 runs in the higher classes.

My guys HATED running on the sawdust

It's great coz if it's raining you can still train

They can't split groups up like K9 can with a 'smaller' section for doing GD boxwork or something like that.

There are some fabulous trainers there, but they are sort of across the board and instruct at multiple clubs anyway

Give it a go - it didn't suit us, but you don't know until you try

[megan_]

thanks leopuppy. Who is the "K9" you are referring to?

I looked at a lot of clubs but every other one wanted us to pass many of their obedience courses before we could even try agility.

[Staff'n'Toller]

My Toller had trouble with the enclosed space + amount of dogs, I think it was heavily distracting for him.

The club is really nice but my back had a lot of trouble carrying the heavy equipment on the uneven sawdust every week. The great thing about Altona is EVERYTHING is on a trolley of some sort.

I also had a dog that repeatedly rushed up to Geordie and the owner knew it had probs with other males and wouldn't desex it - that's the issue with being admitted without much of an obedience test. To be fair though Geordie seems to attract other entire males.

If you got in though I wouldn't be passing up the opportunity!

[leopuppy04]

Hehe - sorry Megan, might have mistaken you for someone else

K9 is another Agility specific club that trains in Cranbourne at KCC park .

Their waiting list is currently closed, although I switched there from AD a few years ago, and it suits us better