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NEWS

Training Places
These clubs have some training spaces available at the time of posting.

  • Pioneer (Kent)
  • CC Agility (Surrey)
  • Barking Needs (Staffs)
  • West Suffolk (Suffolk)
  • Devon Dogs (Devon)

Kennel Club Policy
With more shows needing to be cancelled due to the wet weather conditions, the Kennel Club has re-iterated it's Cancellation Policy for agility, obedience, Heelwork to Music, Bloodhound and Working Trials.

KC Council
Here's a chance to read the Agenda for the next KC Liaison meeting in June and let your area rep know your views on various discussion items. Stop press... The Kennel Club has introduced some minor changes to the draft Agility Regulations, which will be discussed at the Agility Liaison Council meeting on 7 June 2012.

Show News & Other Snippets

  • Correction: Tuffley closing date is 19 May
  • Blackdown show refunds will be sorted and sent out soon.
  • Blackdown has decided not to reschedule the 13 May show that was rained out.
  • The Merrist Wood Summer Show will be taking pay on the day entries.
  • Due to the demise of the WBSDS show, the Olympia ABC qualifier has been rescheduled for the August WBSDS show.
  • Following the cancellation of the WBSD Show, Surrey DTS has agreed to host the 2012 Skinner's 7  final.
  • Live streaming video of the WAO in Belgium will be available from www.agilityvision.com

League of Leagues
In addition to the major competitions - Olympia, Crufts and the Worlds - there are a number of breed, rescue and other agility leagues where handlers can complete against their peers. Such as...

QUALIFIERS

Skinner's 7 Steeplechase
Will seven be your lucky number this year? Find out by entering the new Skinner's Seven Steeplechase Pairs competition.

The Alpha Agility Challenge
The results first two heats of the 2012 Challenge are now available.

OTHER NEWS

Charity News
More than £85.00 was raised by donations for training on the First Contact aluminium/rubber contact equipment at Wallingford show. A defibrillator has been purchased from donations from the agility community in memory of Don Nunn who died last year at the KC Festival while Marc Saunders has announced a new final in memory of Don. Louise Mallett's cake stall at TAG raised an incredible £1035 for Greyhound Gap over the Easter weekend.

Suppliers News
This month has seen the launch of Ace Canine exciting new health supplement for dogs, Trimega, based on new technology that extracts the Omega 3 oil (fatty acids EPA and DHA) from salmon in its natural state as a phospholipid.

Rescue News
The first year of Rescue Agility Scotland has come to a successful end. It The first year of Rescue Agility Scotland provided us with a lot of information on the rescue agility scene in Scotland.

E-VENTS

'The Agilitynet site has really helped me in the past to find training courses for me to attend. I have done training courses all over the country and thoroughly enjoyed them.' Marianne Tembey

New events added in the past two weeks.


RESCUE

Rescue Me
We've re-launched the popular Rescue page so that you can now add potential agility dogs direct. It's still a free service, just faster. You can now preview (above) some of the latest arrivals. Another new features is a Google map so you can see where the dog is located. Wales may not be THAT far away!

SCHEDULES

Sorry but it's not be practical to list ALL the schedules available here for space reasons so we've opted for those that we've received in the last two weeks. There are no direct links to the actual schedule at this time but we hope to have them soon. The shows in red are closing this week so hurry hurry if you want to enter. Schedules can now be downloaded direct from the Show Diary page.

A Grade Change Form is available
via a link on the front page of iSS

Show Schedule Archives
There is now a direct link to past 2010 schedules on the New Show Diary page. If you want to see any of the previous schedules from 2004 -2009, however, you will need to access them by clicking on these links. 2004  2005  2007 20082009


Attention: Show Organisers
Click here to input your essential show details onto the Show Diary.


SPECIALS

Changes, Changes & More Changes
Top competitor Nicola Garrett has witnessed the evolution of current agility equipment and likes what she sees. Change is needed, agrees Katarina Ulltsen, but let's manage it sensibly.

Crufts 2012 Judges' Reports
To be asked to judge at Crufts is the crème de la crème of agility judging, the ultimate accolade. Lynne Shore and Bill Glover talk about their experiences in the Main Arena.

Dinky Demon of Downunder
Helen Anderson saw Demon (formerly Kye) on the Agilitynet Rescue page and now he is an Agility Champion and the Agilitynet Rescue Dog of the Year 2011. Now that's why I call success!

Understanding Omega Oils
Omega 3 fatty acids are called 'essential' fatty acids because it is important that our dog's diet contains adequate amounts for health. Jon Szegota of Ace-Canine give explains how to choose a supplement for your dog.

Training Days & Workshops
For those of you who think that workshops and guest trainers are only for experienced handlers, think again. Take courage and sign up for a course today.  Lesley Hughes of MegAgility tells us what to expect.

Happy Anniversary Mt T.
Over Easter weekend, Ian Dobison and his rescue dog Tyler (Ag. Ch, Call me Mr T) will be celebrating 10 years of success in the agility ring

Chicken Clicker Training
Chicken training workshops have been in existence in America for years and are considered to be useful for dog trainers. After all, if you can train a chicken, you can train just about any animal. Julie Love explains why they are so popular with agility handlers.

Jumping for Joy
Jump training is not just about teaching a dog to move from one side of an obstacle to the other. Award-winning author and consultant vet, Dr Chris Zink explains.

Emergency First Aid
Know what to do before you need to do it because things don’t always go according to plan in agility and the odd accident or mishap can happen.

The Jersey European Agility Festival
Plans are now well under way for the 2012 Festival with the event moving to a new venue, the Royal Jersey Showground in Trinity. But how did it begin?

Mr & Mrs Bray Renew Their Vows
Having been given the bad news that Jayne had less than six months to live, Alan and Jayne Bray decided to celebrate their 10th anniversary by renewing their vows surrounded by their friends and family. A good time was had by all and £1000 was donated to MK MacMillan Cancer, too.

Peter Lewis Founding Father
With the agility season poised to start again, Lindy Margach spoke to one of the 'founding fathers' of our sport – the legendary Peter Lewis about what he remembers about the early days, how it developed and what he thinks is the future.

INTER-ACTIVE

Welcome to Rainbows BridgeRainbow Bridge
Fudge (Sanrougue One to Treasure) had a wonderful career with Kiri in the Junior handling ring. Sadly age has caught up Barbara Banks' Cally (Crazymaesy Ginger Nuts) who once came 2nd to Greg Derrett in the Longleat Derby! Denise and Martin Clayton's collie Beckie was a quiet girl except when she was in the ring.

BGT - Page 3
Very well done to our own Ashleigh Butler and Pudsey who won the Finals of Britain's Got Talent. You'll always be our Agility Champions but now the whole world knows how good you are. Watch their amazing performance on YouTube

Desperately Seeking...

  • Dogs for film / video work
  • Travelodge room for BATS for sale.
  • Partner for Rugby Skinner's Sevens - SORTED
  • Demo team wanted for polo match
  • Pairs partner for Wellingborough
  • Lyn Howard - Please get in touch
  • Team members for Dog Vegas
  • Team for Golden Valley and / or TAG
  • Pairs partner for Wellingborough
  • Small Pairs partner for Wellingborough and / or Axstane
  • Someone to share twin room for Shuttleworth

In Memory
We have just heard that Phyl Bunyan sadly passed away this morning, Saturday 28 April, after losing her battle with leukaemia. Mary Baker (87) was a long time member of Tenterden DTC Agility Club and  Stour Valley. Her energy and enthusiasm for life were greatly admired.

Canine Cook
More scrummy recipes to make at home for your favourite dogs - Peanut Butter Poppers and Doggie Doughnuts. They're tasty and healthy treats your dogs will love.

Numb3rs
An eclectic selection of facts and figures to make your agility life more interesting.

  • 1006 people like iSS on Facebook
  • 21st anniversary of Dogs in Need
  • £85.38 raised by First Contact Agility at their trade stand at Wallingford
  • £12,518.40 raised for Greyhound Gap since 2009 by Louise Mallett's cake stall
  • 1024 points to win the Winter League 11 -12
  • Mr T's 10th anniversary of competing
  • 25th anniversary of Caerphilly AC
  • 60 years of Rugby DTC
  • 305 wins for Portia the Poodle in her career
  • 25th anniversary of Wye Valley DTC
  • 557,875 visitors to Agilitynet in 2011

Judge's A-List
Roll up... roll up and add your name to the Judge's A- List. It's a good time of year to update your entry if you are already there.

Canine Cook
Pupcakes are quick and easy to make and will be a real winner at any doggie party. And they look just like 'people food.' Thanks to the Carlow DTC newsletter for another tasty winner.

A-Z of Clubs
Time to update those club listings. We've emailed almost 550 clubs asking them to check their free listings on the site but there are more than 200 that  don't have contact email addresses so if you are one of those, please get in touch.

AGILITY WAREHOUSE

Resolve to be a better agility handler and dog owner with some of these new products from the Warehouse. Dita Ultimate shoes for men

REVIEWS

DK9 Training Ladder
The DK9 Training Ladder is a simple yet versatile training aid which you can use to improve the movement of your agility dog. Reviewed by Hannah Banks who puts on special workshops designed to provide training and exercises to promote correct movement and core strength, balance and co-ordination.

Fresh, raw dog foodGreen Dog Deli Sausages
Rose Burrow's found them to be a high quality raw food product, packaged to make feeding a raw diet, clean and very simple.

DK9 Wobble Board
Angela Lucas liked the Wobble Board she bought for her agility and obedience training groups so much that she wrote this review.

iMove
Tamzin Grimes reviews iMove, a joint supplement designed to provide the body with key ingredients to maintain movement and suppleness.

SWAG Head Collar Review
It's a simple but effective training aid says Dani Jeffery. In fact, she believes it is a miracle as she can walk all five dogs on lead at the same time.

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