Agility/Flyball?

[bellabri287]

I am wondering, how/when would you know if your dog would like to do one of these? Star LOVES to retrieve, well... we throw, she gets it and runs back to us and either plows into us, or tries to play keep away until she decides she ready for another throw. You should see her run down the hall... its amazing and reminds me so much of watching dogs do flyball! However... it is uausally a toy like her fox or loofa or holee roller and not a tennis ball. How old and what kind of obedience level would be needed for this?

Agility looks fun, I am just curious how you would know a dog would like it and same with age and obedience level? Our OB class runs agility classes every now and then, I have thought about letting Star watch... but at 6 months I think she would bark too much wanting to play. Maybe not if it was after oB class LOL.

I would assume she needs to be 1 year before trying either due to the 'forced activity' of each and her maturing joints. Would she not be allowed due to her breed/mix?

Anyone know of a flyball team in central cali? Maybe we could watch.