Agility for Enrichment and Fun - Dog Training

This video goes over some fun agility enrichment games to play with your dog. This video isn’t a beginning video to get into the competitive sport of agility. Most trainers have specific ways they like to begin training new students to train specific equipment, so I suggest if you are getting into the actual competitive sport to check out the work of your favorite competitor for information on how to begin.

This video is about playing fun games with your dog, building your relationship, navigating obstacles safely and mindfully and ideas for obstacles that you can find around the house, at the dollar store or while out and about on a walk.


This video is dedicated to one of my #1 Kikopup Sponsors Sarah Dyar at the Santa Barbara Humane Society.

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[justagirlandherdogs]

I’m a balanced trainer but adore kiko it’s like she’s one of the few with actual skill and needs to be more famous then zak George

[carrie]

Zip tieing the pool noodles to grass is genius.

[tedjack]

This is how agility started.
We should always bear this in mind:
The joy we had back then.
Thanks for remindng us.

[Peekboo]

The bloopers are superadorable and heartwarming ☺🥰

[thCobweb]

love to hear that you have sponsors! get that bag sis you're doing god's work providing content for free

[zsofiaszabo]

English isn't my native language, but you speak very clearly! I love your videos! So helpful!

[roscotrigatoni]

Great ideas. My pup "Star" created her own course through the woods where we walk every day. It consists of 11 different sized boulders, from 5 ft. high to flat on the ground. Some have names...standing rock, resting rock, rock star, pointed rock, big rock, etc. She's two now and still loves her course, as well as jumps, weaves, tunnels and planks in the yard. Total cost...$0.

[YA-qoxq]

LOVE the bloopers 😃❤️. Thats how real life is 😍😉

[cjp]

After watching this I drove to Dollar Tree and bought the baskets and noodles and spent $11. My dog loved it and caught on immediately. This setup is easy for house as well as outside which is important in my hot summer temps which he doesn’t like, so little play outside. Thank you for sharing.

[stonecoldcougar]

Such great fun for all of us, not just those with a ton of equipment and athleticism! Thank you for the great video!

[heathermanion]

I have a 4-year-old Alaskan malamutes that I rescued at 5 months and I have a 12-year-old Shih Tzu that was rescued at 3 years old and I wanted them to do agility but it's very expensive even if you get a trainer usually so I decided to just do the pool noodles in the backyard and they both loved it but I can see that I can do more stuff for agility ideas so that's great 😊🐺

[sussyc]

Love this, great ideas and love the bloopers

[gracieandrex]

thank you so much just got 2 dogs rescued

[midlifemom]

Such a lovely large yard! Love the bloopers

[pamelawilson]

some great ideas there .... thank you . looking for an old ironing board now ! :-)

[carolrudd]

I just took pics of each of the enrichment games you have on your video and I will be shopping and going to the dollar store tomorrow to get all this wonderful stuff. I think my Jack Russel terrier would love the obstacle course. Thank you for this really inspiring video!

[Jenily]

Agility is so awesome. It's really helped build confidence in one of our rescue dogs. She loves it so much!

[PanickingPat]

Holy smokes!!! I LOVE THIS. Basic things that you can use at home to train your dog. Thank you so much for this video. This is GOLD!

[LLewis-vuqf]

Oh, this video was definitely fun!! I'm a great proponent for doing fun agility with your dog. I trained my previous pomeranian to do agility; he really seemed to enjoy it. We never competed and our practice sessions were in my backyard using completely non regulation obstacles, just as in the video. I do admit I never thought of using pool noodles. 🤦
My first tunnel was a long box from an upright vacuum. I did eventually graduate to a child's tunnel. I used plungers as weave poles which had the advantage of being able to use them indoors as well as outside.
It's always possible that training fun agility could lead to wanting to try learning actual competitive agility. So I would recommend that even 'for fun' agility follow the rules as much as possible so as not to instill bad habits, for example, having your pup always enter the weaves with the first pole at the dog's left shoulder.
Teaching a dog to go around an object has practical applications too. While out walking your leashed dog it could wrap the leash around a pole, tree or something. Giving your cue will allow the dog to unwrap himself.

[xhogun]

Loved your bloopers! Thank you for sharing.