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Congrats on your new pup and I am thrilled with the goals you have set for her.
I have never felt the need or urge to formally ie puppy school train, my Corgis in obedience. I've done it at home and from home incorporating all the real important things. I have never been interested in the sport of obedience.
Before I even got my latest Corgi into agility, he knew all the basics of obedience type commands, so that when he went off-lead, it was real easy.
The learning curve for a puppy starts from eight weeks but slowly,slowly.
A Corgi should be able to walk with a leash (I always use a chocker chain) from three months as well as sit and stay. If you're into conformation shows, in NZ you can't enter your pup into these until they are four months old. So I have always trained my Corgis to be up to a reasonable obedience standard by this time ie sit, stay, stand, walk to heel, stand still on a table, allow for inspection and handling by the judge - mouth, feet and body, stand to attention, ears alert, head up. So basically all this is learnt to some extent in a little more than four weeks.
With agility in New Zealand, the minuum age for competing is 18 months but you can start taking your dog for basic (light) agility training from aged 12 months.
It is important for Corgis to be well developed before allowing them to even climb stairs. So a Corgi should not be climbing up and down stairs or do jumping from any height until they are six months old.
Agility requires a fit dog, in no way overweight and one that is well exercised - lots of walking/running. If your Corgi is controllable. bold, physical, intelligent, fit and loves whoever is her handler, then that's all the ingredience for her to be successful at agility. Jumping, going through collapsed tunnels, weaving, going over A frames, onto (scary) seesaws etc will all fit into place.
Besides, females are better than males at agility.
That's all I have to say at present. But I'm sure your subject matter will interest others.
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