Agility Training with Myrph

Myrph’s agility classes are different. 

They are not competitively oriented. They are pure, unadulterated fun. They sometimes include portions of intermediate and advanced obedience training.

These classes are specifically created for the average pet owner who wants to have fun, improve their dog’s confidence level and improve their relationship with their dog. They are not for the competition oriented dog owner.
 

Myrph has a different outlook when it comes to agility training:

Agility training and competing is a very popular activity in our society today. This sport is supposed to be fun, and sometimes, for some people, it is. But as in many of our society’s “games”, when formal competition is involved, we tend to turn something that is supposed to be fun, into something that is more about ego and winning. At the point where ego and the desire for victory take over, the fun part disappears and pressure and stress takes over for the dog owner and the dog.

When I was a very young woman, I made the mistake of allowing competitive dog training to take over my life. I traveled the entire continent for years, competing in field trials, obedience trials, tracking trials, and conformation shows. It was at a time when “agility” was not yet thought of. I was very successful in all of these areas, earning many titles and first places. Time marched on, as it always does, and I began to grow, as people do, and I became bored with it all.
 

I began to look for more. I remember wondering if earning titles and ribbons were really making any kind of a difference in anyone’s life, especially my own. And although the dogs I worked with were always treated with goodness and respect and they engaged in the competitions willingly for me, I don’t think I was offering them much in the way of a quality life. Also, while traveling and trialing, I had regularly witnessed the mistreatment of dogs, by their owners and/or trainers, in the name of training and competing. I slowly came to the opinion that when humans are involved in formal games, ego and winning can quickly overshadow the objective of fun activity and the joy of companionship with a dog.

I left that world behind me, and I now prefer to engage in the work of helping pet owners realize their goal of a quality companionship with their dogs.

It is my belief that the owners of pet dogs/canine family companions today need something positive and stress relieving to do with their dogs. Agility training need not be only for the serious competitor. The average pet dog owner can derive great pleasure and benefit from participating in agility training. There is great value in engaging in this game both to help build your dog’s confidence, and to help build a balanced relationship between you and your dog. My classes using agility equipment focus on fun. I call them agility play classes. ~Myrph

Come to Myrph’s agility play classes if:

• You are looking for something fun to do with your dog.
• You would like to improve your relationship with your dog.
• You would like to increase your dog’s obedience skills.
• You would enjoy meeting other people who like to do fun things with their dog.

PLEASE CALL WITH YOUR INQUIRY OR TO CHECK ON CLASS AVAILABILITY - 607-727-1036