Once it cools off a little down here, agility classes will be starting up at my dog trainer's (summer in Gainesville is exceptionally brutal). I don't know how Ursa will take to it, she really seems more inclined to therapy work, but I'd like to get her a regular work out and she needs something to strengthen the leg she broke. I think she'll jump at the chance to run around a bit, but those tunnels freak her out.
The one funny thing about rotties is they can be ridiculously clumsy and blocky, but yet can be so graceful when they really hit their stride. Last year, I was at the local pet fair sponsored by our science museum, and I saw a 115 lb. male rott complete an obstacle course in 11 seconds, beating a Jack Russell that was a quarter his size. It was amazing.
Summer has not exactly been a bed of roses here either! We lower all the jumps one or two cups, water the arena, and give the dogs GoDog and dips in the baby pool. And in the field we do mostly water marks (and give them GoDog.)
If you could see Tori and Shelley from the front, Shelley's chest is almost exactly twice as wide between the base of her forelegs. She is a wide-track model.