1. It is a terrible set. GSDs are strong dogs. If your GSD got going at speed, he’d knock the weave poles down. The jump is pitiful. The tunnel is a bad choice for a big dog (it’s too flimsy for your dog to run on the side of it so she’ll learn bad habits–to slow up when entering a tunnel rather than speeding up.

2. For $42 you could buy PVC and joints at Home Depot and make 4 good sturdy jumps, a set of 12 PVC poles, a tire jump and still have money left over to buy some flowers.

3. If you want to buy a kit, look at affordable agility’s site. They have a kit called “agility in a bag.” It’s $150. It includes 2 adjustable jumps, a tire jump, a PVC pause box (useless), a chute (marginally better than the tunnel you’re looking at) and 6 PVC weave poles plus a bag to carry them all in. Far superior to what you’re looking at.

And yes, get into a class soon. It’s easy to learn bad habits–a class will show you the right way!

yes it is I `ve seen it at the pet store for 50 , it `s a very cheap set though in other words it does n`t look like it `s worth the money I `d make my own it looks like it could break easily

Certainly a good price – in fact, much lower than I would expect, which makes me wonder a little bit about the quality.

I do think that starting with weave poles that are offset or collapsible (it appears this set’s are not) is a good idea. Like these:

Another helpful product:

When your first starting out in agility, purchasing equipment is really not that important. What is way more important is finding local agility classes in your area. As with everything, there is a right way and a wrong way.

Before introducing equipment, there is much to learn “on the flat” (with no jumps/obstacles). Send away, directional cues like left/right or back/switch, rear crosses, start line stays. All this is taught with no equipment.

I live in an apartment, so obviously, I don’t have a yard. The only equipment I bought was a set of 4 jumps and 12 stick in the ground weave polls. Both are portable and I used to take to the local park and train there.

To find an agility club near you visit the CleanRun website

Save yourself the money your thinking of purchasng equipment with and put it towards a good agility class instead.

I strongly recommend taking some agility classes before getting your own equipment. That way, you know the proper and safe way to have the dog approach the obstacles (a dog can get injured if equipment isn’t used properly), and also, if either you or your dog don’t like agility, you haven’t sunk a lot of money into it. Also, it’s much easier to train a dog to use the obstacles the correct way the first time, so you don’t unwittingly teach the dog the incorrect way.

Here is a link that will help you find a trainer or agility club:
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