ARFF Agility Club | Agility is Really Fun for Fido

Welcome to ARFF Agility

Our 2023 USDAA Agility Trial is Labor Day Weekend at the Middlesex 4H Fairgrounds!

Mark your calendar for Saturday Sept 2 and Sunday Sept 3, 2023.

Our judges this year are Stephen Routh and Val Reiner. Download the ENTRY FORM. More info

Our 2023 USDAA Trial is finished! Thanks for joining us.

Thank you to all of the teams, volunteers and judges who made the trial awesome, click this link for accolades, course maps and more.

ARFF welcomes new members with basic agility training under their belts. Click on the Learn More button to see resources for getting started with agility.

ARFF holds weekly practices from April to November at our lovely agility field in Carlisle, Massachusetts.

ARFF Members Benefit from Focused Workshops

One of the benefits of our club is learning from each other. ARFF occasionally offers workshops, given by ARFF members.

Backsides & Wraps
This One Mind Dog exercise will challenge you to execute sharp turns, wraps and backsides exiting a straight tunnel. Run, Spot! Run! Sign up and see who else has signed up at https://bit.ly/ARFF_Practice Please remember to bring your course maps with you to practice.
Speed Circles
Since most dogs love to run flat out, speed circles generate enthusiasm and confidence in your dog that can translate into successful distance handling. Strategic use of toys and bait plates can also help motivate your dog. You also want to maintain proper performance, for instance, of weaves and contacts, so you’ll need to reinforce ... Read More
Send to the Far End of a Tunnel
Can you send your dog to the far end of a straight-ahead tunnel? This exercise from One Mind Dogs lets you practice that skill as well as pinwheel fluency. Sign up and see who else has signed up at https://bit.ly/ARFF_Practice Please remember to bring your course maps with you to practice.
Fun with Straight Tunnel
Straight tunnels present many challenges on course. They act as “dog accelerators” and can block approaches to other obstacles you need to reach. A straight tunnel may be easy for your dog to do, but it’s not necessarily your “friend” on course. To manage this menace and cut down on the amount of huffing and ... Read More
More Contact Discriminations
These are the classic setups of tunnel-under-A-frame and tunel-under-dogwalk that you encounter so often at trials. In either case, you’ll have a chance to “flip” your dog from the end of the dogwalk or A-frame into the tunnel behind him. It’s a useful skill. Try Exercise 1 on Wed, 7/30, and Exercise 2 on Sat, ... Read More

Want to get more out of practice?

Nini Bloch created "How to Get the Most Out of Practice" to help all of us prepare and get the most out of our practice opportunities.