I've been doing agility for 5 years with Jed, the other 2 dogs have dabbled in it but we do it just for fun. I've been to 3 agility clubs, one I wanted to stay with and trained at the most but it clashed with obedience so I tried somewhere else. Wasnt happy with that so i'm still looking.

Anyway, it took me a good 3 years to actually get the hang of handling a dog correctly, understanding where I was going wrong, how to overcome problems etc. Many people think it's easy but it's not because it's all about co-ordination, understanding your own body language as well as training the dog!

I'm an impatient person and just wanted to get stuck in but it takes time for everything to come together for you and the dog. When I started agility with the other 2 dogs, Jed was already trained and I found it even more difficult to adjust to starting from scratch again instead of taking a dog round who knew what he was doing!

It's brilliant fun though and so rewarding when it clicks with your dog. Jed spent the first few months just running off to other dogs and then avoiding being caught but then one day he seemed to realise what he was there to do and although he's not the fastest, he gets clear rounds.