Aussie Acres Agility

08/06/2026

Aussie Acres Agility is excited to hold the 3rd annual UKI Agility Trial on September 12-13, 2026

It’s a pleasure to bring an Agility trial to Northern NY, so please come and support a small Agility training business trying to show the world how much fun spending a day playing with your dog can be!

Aussie Acres Agility is home grown Agility training facility with two fully fenced in fields and now a Indoor Arena. It has been my dream to bring Agility trials to the area. I hope you will considering coming.

Aussie Acres Agility is a 15 minute drive from the Canadian border and easily accessible from I-87 (the Adirondack Northway)

What to expect when trialing at Aussie Acres:
🐾🐾Fully fenced in Agility trial ring on grass
🐾🐾Regulation equipment: including Clip and Go DW (slatted), Max 200 teeter and AF,
and 6 NEW Clip and Go jumps (3 of them red for Snooker)
🐾🐾Ample Parking with a tree line for shade
🐾🐾RV's and Campers welcome (please RSVP)
🐾🐾Lots of room for walking your dog(s)
🐾🐾Friendly and inviting environment where FUN is the name of the Game!

This year's judge is Erin Schaefer, officiating courses by Francisco Berjon "Paco".
You can find the premium at ukagilityinternational.com. Easily enter online!

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!!

08/02/2026

It was a great day of testing our skills at Nomad's UKI trial in Shelburne today. So proud of the boys! I was thrilled with Sequence's final run with a clean run in Agility.

UKI is so much fun! Great people, wonderful dogs, fun and challenging courses!

I am getting more and more psyched for Aussie Acres Agility trial, now just over a month away (September 12-13). I hope everyone else is too!!!

Come and see what UKI is all about! Enter both days, one day, all the classes or just one. It truly is a dog and handler friendly venue.

Accepting entries now, premium available on the UKI website.

See you in September!!

07/31/2026

Here is a great video to help handlers understand what our dogs see on course. Thanks Amanda, it makes so much sense!!

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07/27/2026

If Agility is not your thing, how about this?

RALLY and OBEDIENCE Classes at Aussie Acres!

Kate Basedow will be offering six weeks of rally and obedience classes on Wednesdays from 5pm to 8pm in the Aussie Acres indoor arena, starting August 26th.

Class options are Novice Rally, Advanced Rally and Beyond, Rally Master Skills, and Heeling Games. Please let Kate know what times work for you (5pm, 6pm, or 7pm) and which class(es) you are interested in. Exact schedule will be determined based on interest.

Interest survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekILj9TO1X3I_6d_aQed8kMwp6lMvDHHJ3bKdNXOky6sf7PQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor

We are also planning to offer a session in October/November. Times will change for each session to accommodate daylight and weather for each season.

Kate grew up training and showing dogs in a variety of sports. In obedience she has earned two (CDX) Companion Dog Excellent titles (and hopes to one day get a UD!), and in Rally she has earned one Rally Championship (RACH) and is working on another. When not training for competitive sports, she and her dogs love trick training, going for long walks, and sharing snacks.

Cost: 6 week Rally or Obedience class is $180.

If you have additional questions you can reach Kate at [email protected]

This session will begin Wednesday August 26 and run for six weeks. Let us know which class(es) you are interested in and what time(s) work for you here! Class Options: Rally Novice - introducing teams to AKC rally. We will go over general rules of rally and work through all of the Novice signs, incl...

07/23/2026

Fun times with this week's course. Students did great working longer lead outs, a jump/tunnel discrimination, rear cross on the flat to a tunnel, whether to use a BC, FC or RC in a few handling spots, and serping a jump out of a short tunnel. It's so rewarding to me to see all the pieces starting to fit together.

I am super excited to see some of my novice handlers try their hand at the upcoming Aussie Acres Agility UKI trial September 12-13. Hope everyone else is training and getting ready too. Can't wait to see you all out on my fields running your great dogs!

The premium is available on the UKI website. Entries are already coming in!! Thanks to you early birds!!

Enjoy the video below of one of my favorite Terrier teams hard at work running this week's course.
Way to go Gypsy and Elizabeth, you are looking great together!!

07/19/2026

What Training tools/aides do you use to improve your dog's understanding when training skills?

Toys, targets,Treat and Train, Stride Regulators, fences, the list goes on and on.

I am glad I trained Sequence to use weave guides early on in his weave training. They proved to be very useful in last week’s course that had a tough weave pole entry: a soft side weave entrance out of a fast straight tunnel. This is probably one of the hardest weave entries for dogs. The dog must pass several poles, turn 180 degrees, stay in the poles on the hard turn, and do it all at speed.

Through teaching and training I have learned that training aides are immensely useful in helping dogs to figure out their job, without the handler changing their handling. Once a handler changes their handling to help the dog with a skill, the dog no longer has the responsibility for the skill. The handler does! The more we help, the less the dog has to do. It's a vicious cycle.

So next time you are training a skill, and your intention is for more understanding and thus independence for the dog, make a PLAN!
- What do you want the dog to be able to do? Be clear!
- What tools do you need to make this happen?
- Teach the skill in smaller increments, adding distance slowly and speed only after the dog shows success in understanding the skill.
- Don't be afraid to use your training aides. It will help your dog understand and prevent frustration for both of you.
- Most of all- Be patient. Learning takes time!

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07/15/2026

Aussie Acres Agility UKI trial is less than 2 months away. 📆⏰

🍁September 12-13, 2026 will be here before we know it! The premium is available on the UKI website.

🐾🐾Here are some ways you can get ready for it:

🐾🐾UKI Stay Home trials- Aussie Acres provides access to courses once a month. Next Stay Home trial is July 23 to August 3. Entries open July 15, closing July 21. Agility and SS will be offered, both courses will be outside on grass.

🐾🐾NOMAD UKI Agility Trial- August 1-2, 2026 at the Shelburne Field House in Shelburne, Vermont. This trial will be held indoors on turf. This looks to be a small trial at a great space. Five runs a day, and lots of options fo test your handling skills. Haven't done UKI before, why not come give it a try. Training in the ring is allowed. Don't miss this warm up for the Aussie Acres Trial!!

🚗Local trials are few and far between. Many of us have to travel hours to train or compete. And that gets expensive with high gas prices and having to arranged accommodations
So why not come out and support small local trials and give UKI a try. You won't be disappointed!
You will love it!!

07/15/2026

Last week's jumpers course at Aussie Acres provided a nice challenge right from the start. Everyone who trains with me knows I encourage solid startlines and even better, long lead outs. If you have a fast dog or are not as fast as your dog (which is often the case), a strong startline and a dog that understands their job off the start is essential. This course provided a challenge to handlers as the first 3 obstacles were the entire diameter of the course and required the handler to change the dog from full out extension from a straight tunnel to a collected turn on jump 3. There were a couple of options for handling #3, and a long lead out made it a little easier.

For Sequence, the Threadle Wrap was my preference. Not only was the turn better, but it allowed me to move ahead on course. Thanks Sequence for being a good sport and allowing me to experiment with different options.

At Aussie Acres Agility, I strive to provide handlers and their teammates a variety of course options. One never knows what challenges they will see week to week I like to keep handlers on their toes, so when they arrive at a trial, they can handle anything!

Train hard, Try every option, Don’t hold back, and always have fun in the journey with your wonderful canine partner!

07/12/2026

Aussie Acres 2 day UKI trial is 2 months from today! Are you getting ready?

07/08/2026

Coursework:

There are a myriad of things to train in agility and one of them is course work. Even though, I have plenty of opportunity to train courses, I don't train full courses regularly. There are so many other skills that also need addressing. This summer, I have made an effort to run full courses periodically so that I will be better prepared for running full courses in trials. The handler needs to keep their mental and physical wits about them at a trial through a 20 obstacle course through a variety of challenges, often stacked one on top of another. The dog needs a leader to direct them through the course or it can easily fall apart (esp. if speed is involved).

The UKI Stay Home trials have helped me to complete 20 obstacle courses (hopefully with minimal handling errors). And now I am working to challenge myself (and my students as well!), to try to run longer courses. Some of my recent courses have had up to 30 obstacles. No, we don't run it in one shot. We break it down, work pieces and parts. Only if the handler is comfortable do they challenge the whole course. I have taken advantage of the longer courses and the outside fields to work harder and get better at getting my verbals out more timely and to be where I need to be to give my dog the right information for the next part of the course. I have also challenged my boys to push our training and see what they can give me, whether it's leaving them in the weaves, layering or sending so I can get where I need to be.

If you want to excel in agility, you must train it, then proof it, then put it into action on course. Your dog will surprise you. And you might even surprise yourself!!!

Fun was had by all in the making of this video!!!!

Agility is a never ending adventure!