We all know that agility contacts, like many of the skills in agility, are constantly being pushed for increases in speed. Whilst we have made changes in judging reccomendations, and equipment recently, the reality of this is that increased speed does increase the change of injury. And with the increased popularity of running contacts, this means that the speed over contacts is getting faster and faster. Here is some of the scientific research 15 % of agility dogs fell from a dogwalk in six...

Deo my little terrier crossbreed is my oldest dog. He's currently 12 1/2 years old. Recently I retired him from agility. On his second to last show, he got a challenge. This brings his total of challenges pretty close to 90. This is, in my opinion, pretty amazing! In the last couple of years, every year, I've thought ' is this the year he retires ?'. It's been a deliberately gradual process, with first dropping out Intermediate agility runs, then all agility and only competing in Jumpers. His...

What is fascia? Fascia is the web of connective tissue in your body. It encloses and surrounds different structures like bones, organs, nerves, entire sections of the body (like the abdominal cavity), individual muscles and more. Fascia is a smooth flat tissue that is made of a large amount of collagen, elastin, a matrix like gel with a large amount of water, and some cells. The collagen fibres provide strength, the elastin fibres allow for flexibility and movement, and the matrix allows...