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Michael Romanos · 03-09-2006, 03:18 PM

Hi Linda
Are there many Corgis of either breed, doing agility and flyball in Aussie?
In NZ, Taylor is the only Corgi involved with agility. And there are none doing flyball. Yet agility has attracted good numbers and is a growing sport.
I don't think it is because all dogs here - micros, minis, midis and maxis - are lumped together in single competitons, though this is a crazy situation and definitely restricts the growth of agility here for owners of the smaller breeds.
It must be that Corgi owners are not been pointed in the direction of agility - they don't know the potential of their (often overweight) dogs - and that the most common denominator of a Corgi owner here, is age - the owners are older in years than in other grouping who participate in agility. The ideal agility handler is an athletic or reasonably athletic person under the age of 60. In the USA, Corgis dominate the minis competition in at least one of their three major organisations.

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Michael Romanos Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ) Posts: 5,066	Hi Linda Are there many Corgis of either breed, doing agility and flyball in Aussie? In NZ, Taylor is the only Corgi involved with agility. And there are none doing flyball. Yet agility has attracted good numbers and is a growing sport. I don't think it is because all dogs here - micros, minis, midis and maxis - are lumped together in single competitons, though this is a crazy situation and definitely restricts the growth of agility here for owners of the smaller breeds. It must be that Corgi owners are not been pointed in the direction of agility - they don't know the potential of their (often overweight) dogs - and that the most common denominator of a Corgi owner here, is age - the owners are older in years than in other grouping who participate in agility. The ideal agility handler is an athletic or reasonably athletic person under the age of 60. In the USA, Corgis dominate the minis competition in at least one of their three major organisations.