Best Friends Obedience has the Agility equipment available for general practice on a pay-per-day basis. The practice fee is $5. A punch card for 5 practices is available for $20 (one free).

Winter Schedule

The Agility Practice will be on Saturdays from 1:30pm to 2:30pm, following the Winter Workshop.  Workshop participants may attend the practice immediately following their workshop for no additional cost.

Practice Days will continue through winter as long as there is no ice or snow and the ground is not frozen.  If we need to cancel Practice due to the weather, it will be announced by 12pm EST on the NEWS FLASH! section of the BFO Home page.

Rules and Conditions

• Use at Your Own Risk. Because agility is an activity which involves risk, especially with multiple dogs on the field, before entering the field you must sign a waiver and assumption of risk releasing Best Friends Obedience and All Creatures Inn from responsibility for any injury or damage that you or any person or dog with you may suffer and an agreement to indemnify and hold Best Friends Obedience, Inc. and All Creatures Inn harmless from any liability for that injury or damage. This release and agreement is comprehensive. Read it carefully before signing.
• Safety. You are entirely and solely responsible for the safety of your dog and for the safety of others from your dog. You must not let your dog run out of control or aggress another. You must be aware of others and prevent others from approaching or aggressing your dog.
• Aggressive dogs. If you know you dog is aggressive, leash or muzzle it appropriately the entire time it is on the premises and warn others. Solicit their help in keeping their dogs away from yours so they may help you keep a safe working environment for all. If your dog damages any person or dog, you will be held liable.
• Asked to Leave. You agree to leave the premises immediately if the representative of Best Friends Obedience, Inc. or All Creatures Inn asks you to do because she/he has, in his or her sole discretion, found you, your dog, or anyone accompanying you is out of control or interfering with the safe and pleasurable use of the premises by all there, or if you have children who are in jeopardy or jeopardizing the safety and ability of others to work freely.
• No Unaccompanied Children. For their own safety, please leave small children at home. Only minors who are actively engaged in training their dog will be permitted on the field, and they must have a responsible adult present.
• Be Considerate of Others. Please limit your repetitions on an obstacle if others are waiting. Feel free to work together to set up obstacle sequences and take turns.
• Be Kind to Your Dog. At a trial, your dog is only running for a couple of minutes. Bring water, and recognize when your dog needs a break. Respect your dog's limits.
• Moving the Equipment. Some of the equipment can be moved around as needed to create different training sequences, and the heights of all the jumps can be changed. Please ask the Best Friends Obedience representative if you need help with the equipment. Please do not change the A-frame alone. It is dangerous to try to change the A-frame's height without help. Please do not move the tire frame or see-saw alone, it will damage the equipment. You may adjust the height of the tire alone. Neither the dog walk nor the weave cage is to be moved.
• Working More than One Dog. Bring a crate or x-pen to hold the dog that is not being worked. Please don't leave a dog tied and unattended.