I never thought of competing either when I started, but now it's most weekends and half my income.....!
It's more addictive than you'd imagine.

YouTube - Bichon frise Nube2-agility El Almudi Murcia

let me know wot you think

Absolutely- any breed can do agility! So long as it's good fun for both handler and dog there is no stopping you

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I wouldn't recommend a daschund or one of the basset breeds though. They have enough spinal problems without throwing in jumping. Bichons apparently excel at it anyway.

I am a member of a dog display team and we have a mini wire haired dachshund in the team he is now 8/9 and has never had a problem

will see if I can find a photo of him

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Thats pretty cool. I would have thought agility wasn't recommended for them given their tendancy for spinal problems. I can see they would do well though they're so agile and fast.

our eldest lab does agility for fun, but we have done some demonstrations at shows with the dog club too. she is really fast and very agile, unlike our other lab who oozed through the tyre when he had a go!!!! all sorts of dogs go, from tiny jack russells to massive rottweilers.

Yep, the bichon down my park does

I have seen many breeds from great danes to chihuahuas and Newfoundlands to Greyhounds do agilty I have seen a few basset hounds also do it with no problem, so yes aslong as the dog is healthy then they can

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True but you would only be doing it for fun. So could make a little course without jumps- maybe just tunnels, a mini dog walk... All for fun and mental stimulation...

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I have a Cokapoo and I want to put him and me in Agility but a Bichon would be fine!

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