good agility website?

[dearing]

Hi-
I am interested in starting with agility with my little chihuahua and was wondering if there are any good websites to start learning about it. Also, any good sites on how to build equipment? Any books? I just want to learn as much as possible and give my dog something extra to do.
Thanks for your help!
-Dearing & Puppy

[szecsuani]

Here are some links:

About agility:
http://www.silvia.trkman.net/

Building equipment:
http://www.mountainviewdogs.com/store/ubuildit.html
http://www.caninecrib.com/dog/traini...ity-course.asp
http://www.dogplay.com/Activities/Agility/agilitye.html

These are what I have found.

[dearing]

Those are great sites! They will definitely start me in the right direction. Thank you so much! Hopefully this weekend I can recruit my boyfriend to help me build some equipment! =)

I was reading somewhere about different theories on how to teach the different obstacles? Is there more than one general school of thought on agility? If so, are there some good names to start googling? Or should I just plunge in?
Thanks!
-Dearing & Puppy

[szecsuani]

I think you should find omeone, who can help you with teaching the obstacles, and handling.
And be very careful, homemade agility obstacles can be dangerous to the dog.
Try to find a "dog-school" (don't know if this is the right word...), and find an agility trainer! Then, you can't teach anything in a "bad" way.

But if you don't want to do it competitively, you can try anything...