Dog Agility!

As part of Gus's "life of Reilly" programme, we splashed out on a set of Dog Agility toys for him: hurdles for him to hurdle, a hoop for him to go flying through (haven't tried the flames yet) and a tunnel for him to squirm through like a furry rocket-powered worm. He thinks it's brilliant. But then, Gus thinks everything is brilliant. That's part of his doggie charm. He's a bit like the dog on the Sky TV dog-and-duck advert. "That's brilliant. What is it?"

So, with little bits of dog-treat to coax him through the early stages before he got the hang of it, Debbie set him up at the start of his track, and... he got the hang of it straight away!

Over the hurdles, through the hoop. Through the hoop, over the hurdles. Anything to follow that little bit of dog-treat! Debbie had tried to get into the local dog agility class, but the people there were so rubbish they couldn't even return a phone call. So, taking matters into our own hands we now have a little dog agility school of our own. I'm just wondering, once Debbie has Gus trained, how long will it be before she works her way down the hierarchy to me. Then the cats.


We haven't tried him with the tunnel yet, but I am confident that he will think that's brilliant, too. Watch out for the doggie Olympics on the telly: Gus and Debbie may be there!