I've only been doing agility for a few weeks and I must admit i feel like an idiot at the start but after a couple of runs you relax and forget about it. Everyone is watching the dog after all. I take my lhasa boy to agility and the only thing i have to watch is that he likes to be a typical stuborn lhasa and put the brakes on without warning. I end up running way ahead while he has a little lie down or scratch in the middle of his run! lol!