The Best Shoes for Dog Agility Training

Dog agility is one of the most exciting things that you can do with your dog! It is fun, it is fast! You love it, your dog loves it, the crowd loves it... and if you can win! For most competitors it is just a matter of getting a better round than last time, or finally getting that first clear round.

I remember how I threw away a clear round and a possible win, just because I didn't wear the proper shoes. Actually I was not prepared at all, I was not planning on entering. I just went to the show as a spectator, but a friend of mine asked me to run with her dog. I had shoes on that wanted to fall off of my feet when I started to run. I lost time trying to not loose my shoes, and then at one of the very last obstacles the dog lost points, but it was all my fault.

I realised there and then had I had my correct agility shoes on, we could have had a win. Do not make the same mistake I did. It is better to buy the best shoes for dog agility and to wear it when training and when competing. Remember you must always train as if it is a competition and compete as if it is training. What I mean by that is, try to do the training as best you can and when you compete, have fun.

Wearing the right shoes will give you a great advantage, you do not have to be afraid of slipping especially when competing indoors or outdoors after or in rainy conditions.

I found this website where you can find the very best agility shoes, CleanRun. They also sell other agility clothes, training tools, videos, DVDs, books and more.

Where to buy agility equipment?

Dog agility is such great fun that most of us want to have some agility equipment at home to practice more often. Yes, I know you can make it yourself, it is possible. BUT, remember, your dog's safety comes first. So you need to have well constructed equipment. You do not want your dog to get injured just because you wanted to save some money. Rather buy one or two pieces of equipment per month.

There are many places (online and off-line) where you can buy equipment from, but I found that at Affordable Agility you will find everything you need at AFFORDABLE Prices.

They have the following agility equipment

Pause Tables
Also pause table and contact trainer combo

Jumps
Adjustable bar jumps, wings, tire jumps, long jumps, travel jump set, window jump, etc.

Agility Tunnels and chutes with accessories

Weave poles ( now also a set you won't find anywhere else! It is versatile, full-fledged competition or practice weave pole set that easily converts into a channel weave set or a 2x2 weave set.)

See-saws with different variasions

A-frames and dog walks

They also stock dog agility practice equipment and not just equipment for competitions.

Then they also have:
Unusual obstacles like Cavalettis and ladders etc.
Agility course accessories like cones, equipment bags, tabs etc
Books, videos and DVD on dog agility training
Travel gear and other interesting stuff.

To view all the equipment and other products at Affordable Agility, just click on their name or on their banner.