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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
Hi Linda
Are there many Corgis of either breed, doing agility and flyball in Aussie?
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Well I pretty much just keep up with the North American Flyball Association so I really don't know if there are any corgis doing flyball in Australia. I do know that flyball is done there but I think it's a pretty small group.
As far as agility I really don't know. I haven't really kept up with agility for several years now.
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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
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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I agree, a lot of people who aren't into dog sports have very fat corgis. I often would hear wow, your corgi is so fit; how do you keep them that way" and I'd have to explain they are performance dogs and need to be kept in shape. And as you stated it helps to have a relatively young and fit person doing agility although I have seen people of all shapes and sizes and ages and even with handicaps doing agility. Where there is a will there is a way..
Linda