Borzois And Agility?

[pixie_meg]

As the title says, do they have tunnels big enough for borzois in comps?

Also Borzoi seem a little different in their movement so can they get down low like the other dogs and do it fast?

[Tassie]

Haven't seen a Borzoi competing, but I have seen a very successful Great Dane boy - who somehow managed to fit in the tunnels. As you say, though, the Borzoi are structured a bit differently. Try the dog getting through a hula hoop of the same diameter to check the movement, maybe.

[poodlefan]

Basically the really tall dogs commando crawl the tunnel and the chute.

[sas]

Danes can do agility.

Tunnels come in a standard size so just because you're a bigger dog doesn't mean you get a bigger tunnel.

Typically you would teach the dog tunnels as a pup and as they grow they learn to duck.

You can teach them to them as adults by collapsing the tunnel so it's effectively just a hoop and then let it out more and more slowly.

Edited August 31, 2010 by sas

[pixie_meg]

cool thanks for the info. thinking of the future.

[tianakaesha]

<---- borzoi doing agility with a tunnel

<---- borzoi doing agility without a tunnel

[pixie_meg]

I watched those the other day when i wanted to check out borzois doing agility. nice videos.

[Meea]

Deerhounds do it!