Tri-Cities Agility Barn

06/17/2024

This is a pretty good little summary. IGs are several thousand years old. How cool is that?

A speedy game hunter who doubled as a loving companion has delighted Italian Greyhound owners for more than 2000 years.

11/06/2023

Sorry about moving the course on Saturday morning. We had to get the rotting cabinet out to take to the dump. And didn't get back before you all showed up to put those obstacles back.

Next weekend I will be cleaning the barn and will plane the surface so request the big equipment move to the sides for the tractor. We will be shutting windows and doors to prepare for winter...

Thank you!

09/16/2022

This little monster won a 4 point major first time in the ring yesterday !

09/02/2022

The Barn has just been Groomed! Classes are up on the web for Fall 2022. www.tricitiesagilitybarn.com We can now take fees through the website with your registration. We are also offering an annual membership, which allows access to the barn for practice. Dogs must be safe on all equipment.

08/17/2022

You can now register for classes on the website:

The Tri-Cities Agility Barn is designed to teach the dog sport of agility to everyone from rookies to experts. Classes are held on a dirt surface (insulated building). This building was built because many of tri-city agility dogs have had career-ending injuries on mat surfaces in the Tri-Cities. Agi...

08/11/2022

The new website is live. Check it out and give me any comments! This was the view in Ellie's class last night. https://tricitiesagilitybarn.com/

07/17/2022

For the hot summer, I have a class idea - a mostly on-line weave and contacts as i train them with my puppies. I will post 1-50 videos/week on a FB page. The original post will be me babbling about the concept and how I'm getting started. My first comment will be a video of me doing whatever it is with puppy 1 (first ever run through, warts and all). Then a video of the other puppy showing progression, or warts from a different puppy, whatever. For $75, you can join this page, watch the videos, ask questions and have access to my backyard and/or the barn to work on things if you don't have the equipment (barn and my yard time will have to be organized so you don't get swarmed by IGs). We can also meet once or twice a month if people want/need to work together. As many of you know, I get into the minutia - my puppies will learn contacts from ground work and progressing through. I use 2x2 method for weaves, but I'm also bringing in some of the concept from weave shaping. Let me know if you have any interest and what you think of this idea.

07/04/2022

Upcoming Class:

Contact and Weave Pole Foundations
Six 1 hour sessions, beginning 7/12/22
Tuesday evenings at 6:30 PM
$110

In this class, we will focus on the foundation skills for weave poles and the contact obstacles (dog walk, A-frame, teeter, table). This is a workshop-style class, and we will tailor the exercises and topics to the individual needs of the dogs enrolled.

Pre-requisite: dogs must be 12 months of age or older, and have taken at least one foundation agility class.

Please private message me directly (Ellie Allen Cook), or email me at [email protected] to reserve your spot, or if you have any questions. Thank you!

06/08/2022