[Michael Romanos]

Amanda - the only Corgi I have actually seen in action in agility is my own. Two of my agility instructers (husband and wife) attended the 2006 world agility champs in Europe and there were several Corgis who competed and all with some distinction. At least one was a Japanese entry and most of the others were American. But I can't recall either of them telling me how they were or were not handled. They did say that the Corgis were thin! I must ask them on Wednesday night. These people are of the opinion that the leading New Zealand dogs in agility could hold their own at world champs.
I must say this though: the very top agility handlers in NZ (apart frpm one) keep very much with their dogs on a course and they are the most athletic and speedy handlers - the very top handler is a 15 year old girl who had clear rounds with her owned trained dogs at age seven. OUr top performing dogs are usually Border Collies or farm type dogs called heading dogs who all have some Border Collie in their makeup.