[Michael Romanos]

KatC- Corgis are generally only as quick racing around an agility course as you are. That's the type of dog they are. German Shepherds are much the same and that is why they don't rate highly as a breed for agility. Corgis want you to be at their side as they encounter each obstacle. But, except in NZ, Corgis are in among the minis who haven't got the big dog legs and so are not as quick. It pays for you to be sufficiently fit to enable you to give your Corgi the max he/she can perform to. If Abby is going great guns with the lead, lead-free she'll be just as good. No problem a long as you direct her OUT LOUD. She'll soon learn "left, right, lets go, this way, faster" apart from the names you give the obstacles - and I have always called a spade a spade eg jump (for hurdles), tire, tunnell, walk on (for the contacts), long jump), weave. Most times I say weave as Taylor encounters each weave pole - so its weave, weave, weave etc And sometimes I say go faster instead of weave in an effort to get him to speed up. The hardest thing to learn is ultra fast and accurate weaving. Needs lots of training on a regular basis - three -four times a week. The next most difficult is the seasaw and Taylor has had very little practice with this and needs to have his confidence built up slowly.