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11-28-2010, 04:34 AM | #1 |
Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades
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| Making an Agility Course in the backyard Was thinking it'd be nice to have a play area for the dogs in the yard...that worked out okay, the kids ended up using some of their gymnastics equipment for the dogs to play with, tunnel etc and now I was thinking I'd like an agility course. How does one go about making one? Do I just imitate and copy the items I see in other agility courses or does anyone know about a do-it-yourself design or anything? Totally open to any suggestions on places to purchase equipment or on how to or blue prints. |
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11-28-2010, 09:30 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Sounds like fun. Here is a good link for building your own agility course: Build Your Own Agility Course For Your Dog There are quite a few home agility equipment packages available online. I have seen a couple of smaller ones at pet boutiques. They are a bit pricey. You can also buy pieces of the equipment individually. |
11-28-2010, 05:40 PM | #3 |
Ringo (1) and Lucy too! Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: On the Edge of Glory
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| Target had a pretty good one last year at a very reasonable price.
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11-28-2010, 05:49 PM | #4 | |
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11-28-2010, 05:50 PM | #5 |
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11-28-2010, 08:14 PM | #6 |
Ringo (1) and Lucy too! Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: On the Edge of Glory
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| I can tell! I 'm waaay too lazy for that.
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11-28-2010, 09:22 PM | #7 |
Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades
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| Oh I'm not that motivated, LOL, but I'm pregnant and not working right now so I'm getting really lazy and need to get some regular exercise and project completion for that feeling of accomplishment. Also with money being so tight while I'm not working (we're definitely on a budget right now) I'm coming up with alternatives to continue our activities...like we can't drive a town over to go to the dog park like we used to so we walk in the neighborhood more and try to get together with other neighbors walking at the same time and building out own agility course on a budget...it might be a larger one time expense but once it's built we don't have to pay for every visit and we save on the cost of gas driving two towns over to the agility center here...we're also taking our own Dog Christmas pictures instead of having them professionally done-recycling last years costumes when we can and using the kids radio-flyer wagon to create our own Santa's sleigh just like the photography studios theme this year...I'll post the pics as soon as we have 'em done here. |
11-28-2010, 09:42 PM | #8 |
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| Here's a link to the thread about the equipment I made for mine. I just kind of made it up as I went along. PVC is really cheap and easy to work with. It would have been great to have those instructions but it isn't really that difficult. I'll also add the link to the video I made of her on it at the park. Now that Beemer is a year old I need to get back to it. I've been waiting till he could participate too. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/agi...at-i-made.html http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/agi...equipment.html |
11-28-2010, 10:11 PM | #9 | |
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11-29-2010, 08:41 AM | #10 | |
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You're right - PVC is great stuff. My husband teases me now about making everything out of PVC. If you do much with it I would recommend getting a cutter made to cut PVC. It wasn't expensive and made it much easier. | |
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