If you don't like something, change it...
 If you could change just one thing about agility,
asked Jo Asher on Agilitynet Facebook, what would it be? Hers would be the early
8.30am starts! We liked your answers so much that we've put then altogether.
Serious or cheeky, what are your niggles?
I'm
with you, Jo. Would be nice to start at about 10am!
The
times we have had to get up at 4am and not had a run till 10 or 11am I do wonder
why it has to be so early?
Janette Anton
Me,
too. Afternoon/evening agility for night owls!
Susan Herbert
Prefer
not to have to walk four courses first thing ! My dream is to actually have no
classes ' first in ring.'
Beryl Brander
Somewhat
later starts, and not having to hang around for six hours because your second run
is at 10:00am and the third class you're in doesn't start till about 3 or 4pm.
Especially when the last run, that I've hung around for ages to do, is a helter skelter and he knocks
three fences.
Ken Ricketts
The
waiting around and it always happens you end up running and walking two many
courses at once.
Helen Mumford
Slightly
later starts and more rings so that, if you're only running one dog, you're not
sat around for hours between each run.
Gina Colton
Earlier
starts. Hanging around until
8.30 is a waste of time. Could
have show opening at first light
and course walking 6am.
Mike Jackson
Clashing
runs. There are so many, many shows where all the Medium runs of one grade happen all at
the same time.
Joyce Turner
Have
my dog go clear on the first run of the day instead of the last, so that I don't
have to wait around until 6 o'clock to find out if we were placed.
Eddie Hawkins
People
being at the ring and ready to go and not holding things up.
Janet Carrick
The
way the queue happens.
Nicola Ayres
No
more than 10 in a queue
Liz Stedman
Booking
in at the right end of the queue - and definitely a rain ban.
Jacqui Watts
More
helpers!
Brenda Ellen Tenten
Less
moaning and more help !
Andrea Rooqui Russ
 Everyone
to do their bit on the rings.
Soon much easier if we did.
Lesanne Mitchell
All
competitors taking the time to
help as it's always the same
people helping and the same
people not helping.
Carolyne Tranquille
Daft
people with sharp dogs who don't
keep an eye on them and allow
them to ruin things for others.
Rachel Newall
All
rings to be fenced.
Mark Bunyan &
Beth Wilson
Ring
ropes. I would like to see all
rings fenced, would help keeping
inexperienced dogs in the ring.
At nearly every show I go to,
there is a loose dog ruining
someone's run.
Glen Chance
The
ring size. Change to same as
Europe, longer and thinner
rather than square so we can let
the dogs stretch out more
Helen Anderson
To
win occasionally.
Sharon Hill
To
get a clear round even if you have time faults.
Elizabeth Barclay
To
have all shows less than half an hour's drive away. We don't camp.
Sally Grant
Free
fuel for all travel to and from shows - and possibly training, too.
Kate Cook
To
have different weaves for different sizes - bigger dogs with longer gaps and smaller dogs
with narrower gaps so they were all challenged relative to size, as with jumps.
Elin Drevsjų Iversen
I'd
get rid of weave poles. If we're going to mess up, it's usually the entrance to
the weaves, or there's a monster half way through the course.
Brenda Moore
Cloth
tunnel.
Ann Watt
Get
rid of dropped tunnel or make it
much shorter.
Lesley Pearson Simmonds
I'd
make the contact points bigger so my dog never missed them - perhaps the full
length of the down ramps.
Helen Smith
Bigger
contact areas for Large dogs as,
in order
for some to get the contact,
they have to break their
stride.
Wendy Tilly-mint
No
up contacts.
Bridgit
Gilmore
I
would like to see electronic contact sensors.
Pat Last
To
bring in a proper 4th height as
a separate class for those that
have suitable height dogs, not
confuse the whole issue yet
again - I like simple and
competition should be like for
like.
Shelley Christmas
Be wonderful if all dog heights
could run at the same time. Bad
enough having a Large and
Medium. Must be horrendous
having all three.
Pauline Homer
An
increase in the minimum distance
for Large dogs.
Nicola Wildman
Smaller
courses for smaller dogs -especially mine.
Lesley Lloyd
Inconsistent
courses, especially when it comes to safety issues like contact approaches or
chute angles!
Niki Drage
No
sheep, rabbit or horse poo on
the course.
Ruby Tuesday
Remembering
where the rings are when I go to
run! And most defiantly no
sheep, horse or bunny poo!
Lisa Parsons
To
cut down the number of obstacles in the any size classes to a maximum of 18 and
to make the maximum course length in these classes 100m.
Pat May
Cap
number of competitive dogs at
indoor venues unless the venue
can accommodate plenty of space
for queuing and distance between
rings.
Valerie McDonagh
To
change how measuring is done. There must, by now be a more
accurate way so that dogs are in
the correct height. Too many so
called Mediums.
Rachel Newall
Not
fearing that if I make a mistake
when judging 400 dogs it will be
on Facebook before I get home!
Mark Evans
The
weather needs to be just warm enough and dry. I loath wet weather!
Sally Mackenzie
19C
and slightly cloudy with a very
light breeze at every show.
Pam Ellwood
No
rain allowed.
Linda Hill
No
mud guaranteed.
Karen Stubbs
People
with picnics around the ring.
Kathia Underwood
To
have someone drive, set up camp and hold dogs while I queue and take back and
bring dogs to me, video runs, break down camp. Hang on a minute that's what
I had at Easter. Good old hubby only started coming to shows since we got
motorhome last year but it is great!
Alison Milner
The
bun fight for camping pitches.
Debs Fawcus
All
shows to have allocated camping!
Jo Daniels
Hook
up at all shows for camping -
makes such a difference!
Davina Duffield
Nice,
cheap, dog friendly hotel on
site.
Jan Smith
Free
bar would be great.
Claire O'Connell
Nearer
parking to the rings.
Jane Rees
Parking
milessss away from the rings!
Gill Clark
Entries
on the day at KC shows.
Sally Aldworth
Having
to enter KC shows so far in
advance.
Lauren Todd
My
inability to run and think fast enough to keep up with my collie!
Helen Soper
To
change the direction agility is
going to biggest
mistake taking the word 'fun' out
of the description!
Suzanne Morrison
Moaning.
That's it. Love everything else.
Emma Conlisk
Nowt.
Emma Dainty
Nothing,
I love it all.
Marianne Hatwell
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