Dougal and Riot

DOUGAL & RIOT'S AGILITY TRAINING

Hi, I'm Dougal (an English Springer Spaniel) and I live with Christina who has had dogs for the last 15 years or so, all rescues apart from me. Christina has seven other dogs at the moment and they range in size from a Jack Russell to a Labrador with various ages, sizes and crosses in between. Christina has been involved in agility for about five years and has been competing for the last three. She has been teaching agility for a couple of years and is an Approved Basic Instructor. Christina does lots of clicker training with me at home either agility exercises, canine freestyle moves or just tricks, (there are some fantastic books from the USA and New Zealand about clicker training for agility).

Christina spent last year working full time as a professional dog trainer with a behaviourist in Norwich teaching obedience, agility and doing some behaviour rehabilitation as well, she enjoyed the work but it didn't leave very much time for us dogs and especially for training me, so she returned to part-time work.

Hello, I'm Riot (a Border Collie) and I own Sue who is an Approved Agility Club Instructor and has been involved in teaching pet obedience and agility for longer than she cares to remember. In addition to me, Sue owns two Jack Russell Terriers, a rescued collie and my cousin Zoot who is the baby of the family. Her oldest Jack Russell qualified to run at Crufts in 2004 and came fourth in his class. She also qualified to run in 2007, with another Jack Russell, this one belonging to her friend and with the same dog qualified to run at Crufts in 2008.

Sue has experience with many different breeds having owned a German Shepherd, a Greyhound, a Lurcher, a Staffie cross, a Boxer and even a little Wirehaired Dachshund. Before you ask, she has managed to fit all these in because she is very old and has always owned more than one dog at a time!