πŸ“ Serving Wakefield and the surrounding areas

Agility Classes

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β˜€οΈ This course is held indoors and is not weather dependent.

Ready to turn your dog’s zoomies into a superpower? Agility is a fast, fun, and totally addictive sport where you and your dog tackle an obstacle course of jumps, tunnels, and weave poles together.

It’s not just about burning off that endless energy (though it’s great for that too!). Agility is a massive brain workout that builds rock-solid confidence and unlocks an entirely new level of teamwork. Using purely positive, force-free games, we keep things safe, stress-free, and seriously fun.

Whether your pup is a natural-born athlete or a total beginner, come join the fun and see just how amazing your teamwork can be!

Foundation Agility Course

This 6-week course will lay a solid foundation to enable you and your dog to progress to the next stage of agility training, which is equipment proficiency.

Within the Foundation Agility Course, you will learn through force-free, positive reinforcement fun games to:

  • Form a good working relationship with your dog
  • Build a training reward system
  • Teach the 'Wait' command
  • Train 'Directional' commands
  • Understand body language
  • Train contact points
  • Train handling manoeuvres
  • Proof of commands
  • Motivational commands & other beneficial advice

This course will need to be completed by each dog to progress to the next stage of agility. Suitable for all breeds aged 4 months and above. All places must be pre-booked and paid for to guarantee your place.

Β£110

Taster Agility Workshop

Do you think your dog has agility potential? Are you looking for a fun way for them to burn off some energy whilst learning a new skill? Why not come down and have a go at our super fun agility taster session!

In this fun filled 60 minute session, you and your dog will be able to have a go at some basic agility with a range of equipment including jumps, tunnels, and more!

If you and your dog enjoy the taster session, we can let you know all about our highly popular 6 week Foundation Agility Course!

Β£30

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What Our Agility Families Say

Real stories from real dogs and their humans who've trained with us.

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"We loved the Foundation Agility class! After lacking motivation to during covid it gave us a great focus and target to aim towards each week. Highly recommend. Gee is warm and welcoming with great patience. Facilities are brilliant and also a great selection of treats on exit (for when they have behaved!)"

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Foundation Agility Graduate Foundation Agility Course
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"We completed our puppy training at Barkleys and all the team are so lovely, helpful and professional. It was a no brainer when another suitable course became available that we would be returning. We turned up on week one a little apprehensive with what to expect from the course and our pup but Gee really made us feel at ease. They took their time to explain and demonstrate the tasks we were set and they were very supportive in ensuring we were training these correctly. We really learnt a lot in the course and we got the best out of Remy. We are looking forward to the next course."

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Remy's Owner Foundation Agility Course
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"We went to the agility taster session by Barkleys and absolutely loved it. Lily was exhausted after and definitely found her calling. We will be perusing this in the long run as she matures and gets past adolescence. Thank you!"

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Lily's Owner Taster Agility Workshop
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"We've just graduated from the Foundation Agility course. Worth every penny! The transformation in my one year old excitable Cocker Spaniel from week one to the end of the course was amazing! The course is delivered very professionally in a supportive and non-judgemental way (and is very good fun). I have been to other dog training places that have knocked my confidence but here they take care to get to know you and your dog. Huge thank you"

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Agility Graduate Foundation Agility Course
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"We have just completed the 8 week Foundation Agility course and it's been fantastic. Our little Cocker Spaniel has loved every minute. I have learnt loads about dog behaviour and we can't wait for the next level to start. I highly recommend this company and its staff!"

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Agility Graduate Foundation Agility Course
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"We had a lovely morning, Penny has been a little challenging recently and we were worried it would be a difficult couple hours but after 10 mins of silliness we managed to get her really tuned in. Thanks for the tips and the great intro to agility. The course had layers so by the end you had a few good runs of a full little course."

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Penny's Owner Taster Agility Workshop
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"My dog, Buddy, and I have been going to agility for nearly 3 years now and we both still love it. To begin with it was all learning new commands but we still had fun. We then moved on to gradually jumping fences, going through tunnels, going over different types of frames, weaving around poles and more. Thankfullly it's Buddy that does all that, I just give him the instructions of which obstacle comes next but it does mean some exercise and that all depends on how quick your dog is, believe me Buddy keeps me fit. We have been doing different courses with some practicing for more than 2 years now and love it. Buddy still gets really excited when we go to agility, we both have fun and it's exercise for both of us. Abbie, who teaches agility and Jay and Abby who help her are great. The sessions are lighthearted, fun and we can all have a laugh. I would totally recommend agility, it's something fun you and your dog can together. I have one very happy dog. πŸ₯°"

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Buddy's Owner
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"We started agility training with our dogs as a new way to exercise both their minds and bodies (they need a lot of tiring out!). What we didn't expect was how much we got out of it, too. It creates a focused environment of bonding time and has really improved our communication - we get better at saying what we want and the dogs listen and understand better. Seeing the progress from where we started to where we are now still amazes me and a lot of that is obviously down to the patience and training ability of the Barkleys team. We all look forward to the next lesson 😊"

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Donna with Luna & Sola
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"I started coming to agility classes as something fun to do together with my dog. I enjoy that the focus is on everyone having a good time and giving the dog a good experience rather than being ultra competitive. I also like that nobody judges anyone if their dog is having a day where they'd rather make their own course up and do zoomies or in Henry's case a day when he'd rather look down on everyone from the top of the A frame waiting for the bribery to appear!"

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Fiona with Henry
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"We started agility as we have a rescue dog and he cannot be let off lead but needed something to tire him out. He absolutely loves it, he enjoys the socialising and being able play around (with a little bit of doing the course!). Best of all he sleeps for the rest of day after a session! ❀️❀️"

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Helen with Nestor