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Dog agility

The best fun most dogs will ever have, and one of the few sports where a rescue crossbreed can beat a pedigree on the day. You do not need a big garden, an athletic dog or any equipment at all to start. You need a club and a dog that likes food.

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Starting out

Agility is a timed obstacle course run by a dog and a handler together, with faults for knocked poles and missed contacts. What makes it worth doing has very little to do with competing: it is a sport built on a dog reading a person at speed, and the relationship that comes out of it tends to show up everywhere else.

Almost any healthy dog can do it. Size is irrelevant, since jump heights are set by the dog. Breed matters less than people assume. What does matter is age: dogs should not jump at full height until their growth plates have closed, which is around twelve months for a small breed and up to eighteen for a large one. A good club will insist on this, and one that does not is a reason to try a different club.

Start with a club rather than a garden. Contact equipment in particular is not something to improvise, and the first few sessions are about foundations rather than obstacles.

The obstacles

  • Jumps

    The bulk of any course. Height is set by the dog’s measurement, not by ambition.

  • Tunnels

    Usually the first thing a dog learns to love, and the easiest to practise at home.

  • Weave poles

    The hardest to teach well and the one that separates clubs from garden setups.

  • A-frame and dog walk

    Contact obstacles, with painted zones the dog must touch. Rarely practical at home.

  • Seesaw

    Needs careful introduction: it moves, and a bad first experience lasts.

  • Tyre and table

    Less common than they were, but still appear in some rounds.

Practising at home

Jumps, tunnels and weave poles are all reasonable to have in a garden, and they are where most of the useful repetition happens. Contact obstacles are not: an A-frame or dog walk that is not properly built or sited is how dogs get hurt.

Keep sessions short. Agility is high-impact, and a dog that is tired is a dog that lands badly. Five focused minutes beats half an hour, and a soft, level surface matters more than the kit does.

Kit

UK dog agility clubs

353 clubs across 75 counties. Every link here was checked on 10 August 2026, and clubs whose websites had gone were left out. Where a club shows no link, its site was unreachable but the club itself may still be running.

Showing 353 of 353 clubs

ClubWhereContact
Island Dog Training ClubSt Peter Port, Channel IslandsWebsite
Paws Agility Club - JerseyBel Royal, Channel IslandsWebsite
Bedfordshire All Breeds Training SocietyLuton, BedfordshireWebsite
Jessica Smith Agility TrainingSandy, BedfordshireFacebook page
Letchworth DTCBiggleswade, BedfordshireWebsite
The Canine HubOakley, BedfordshireWebsite
Wrayfield DACBaldock, BedfordshireWebsite
Absolutely Anna Dog Training & AgilityReading, BerkshireWebsite
Berkshire Dog TrainingReading, BerkshireWebsite
Fidos AgilityBinfield, BerkshireWebsite · 07946 451629
K-9 CapersSlough, BerkshireFacebook page
Reading BAGSDTwyford, BerkshireFacebook page
BTAC Dog Training (formerly Bulliesden Training DaHorton cum Studley, BuckinghamshireWebsite
CKT Dog TrainingTring, BuckinghamshireFacebook page
Chesvale Dog Training ClubLey Hill, BuckinghamshireWebsite
Cleaver Dog TrainingBuckinghamshireWebsite
DD Dog TrainingAylesbury, BuckinghamshireFacebook page
Diamond Dogz DACAylesbury, BuckinghamshireWebsite
Estelle Wingrove Dog TrainingHigh Wycombe, BuckinghamshireWebsite
FRACASChesham, BuckinghamshireWebsite
Fair Weather DACBicester, OxfordshireWebsite
INCA Dog Training & CommuicationLittle Kimble, BuckinghamshireWebsite
Keyne KaninesMilton Keynes, BuckinghamshireWebsite
Marianne Tembey Patchwork TrainingOlney, BuckinghamshireWebsite
Ridinghood Dog Agility ClubUxbridge, BuckinghamshireWebsite
Swan School of Dog TrainingMilton Keynes, BuckinghamshireFacebook page
Whirlwind AgilityStoke Poges, BuckinghamshireWebsite
Anglian Dog WorksBalsham, CambridgeshireWebsite
Cambridgeshire Canine Activity GroupSt. Ives, CambridgeshireWebsite
Cromwell Dog ClubFen Drayton, CambridgeshireWebsite
OmnidogsHemingford Abbots, CambridgeshireWebsite
Pawprints AgilityCambridgeshireNo current contact details
Wyzidogs Agility TrainingMarch, CambridgeshireFacebook page
Allsorts Agility ShrophireWhitchurch, CheshireWebsite
Cheshire K9 TrainingPrestbury, CheshireWebsite
Danesford Obedience Dog Training ClubCongleton, CheshireWebsite
Dig It DTCSandbach, CheshireWebsite
K9 Brats Agility ClubChester, CheshireWebsite
Merlin's K9 Dog AcademyChester, CheshireWebsite
Cain's Canines Dog Agility and Dog TrainingChurchtown, CornwallWebsite
Cornwall Agility ClubCornwallNo current contact details
Koolmuttz AgilityHelston, Cornwall01326 241773
Mid Cornwall Dog Training ClubSt. Columb, CornwallWebsite
Roseland DTCHelston, CornwallWebsite
Durham DogsDurham, County DurhamWebsite
Laverock Indoor Dog Agility ArenaBarnard Castle, County DurhamWebsite
South Durham Dog Agility ClubDarlington, County DurhamWebsite
PurplePaws Dog TrainingSeascale, CumbriaWebsite
West Lakeland DTCSeascale, CumbriaWebsite
Wigton DTCKeswick, CumbriaWebsite
Beechcroft Dog Agility ClubDerby, DerbyshireFacebook page · 01332 874002
Derbyshire DACChurch Broughton, DerbyshireWebsite
Dog Sports DerbyDerby, DerbyshireWebsite
North Derbyshire Dog Agility ClubChesterfield, DerbyshireWebsite
The Canine Collective UKDronfield, DerbyshireWebsite
Barnstaple & District Dog Training SocietyBarnstaple, Devon01271 370529
Canine CapersSouth Brent, DevonWebsite
Dartmoor DTCInwardleigh, DevonFacebook page
Devon DogsExeter, DevonWebsite
Dogs MatterExeter, DevonWebsite

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