Agility
A lively exercise featuring focus, speed and accuracy, agility is basically a timed obstacle course for dogs including A-frames, board walks, jumps, teeter-totters, open and collapsed tunnels, weave poles, pause table etc... Havanese are perfectly suited to this activity as they are nimble and quick. Agility can be a just-for-fun activity for you and your dog or an exiting competitive sport.
Mitzi, Rags and Cricket
Three wonderful little Havanese, but each with their own aptitudes and unique style. Mitzi adored tunnels above all, and would go out of her way to take a few extras. When over excited, course design came into play, with her enthusiastically taking any obstacle in her path. Once the sillies were cleared out of her system, she became a very consistent qualifier. Cricket, a happy fun-loving dog, truly anjoyed agility because it gave her the chance to play one-on-one with her human doing a favourite activity. She and Mitzi went to a lot of trials together, lovingly referred to as my "flying furballs".
Ragamuffin was a dog unto himself. He certainly did enjoy agility but with a personal twist. Rags was renowned for all sorts of silly antics on course. On rainy days, he would run into the nearest tunnel and not come out, on very hot sweltery days, he would scoot under the A-frame into the shade. He also loved to stop in the middle of the Dog Walk for a scratch or just to look around from the high vantage point. At a memorable CKC trial, Rags outdid himself with some new tricks to entertain the crowd. As he crossed the start line (starting the clock) he stopped and had a good scratch. He then took the first jump but soon stopped dead, finding a lovely spot to roll and rub in. Then he took off and blazed through the next 4 obstacles. Next was the table where he very thoroughly sniffed all the way around and underneath hunting for frogs before deciding to jump up onto it. After all this excitement, he was ready to complete his run. Needless to say, we were well over time.
Mimosa's flying furballs
