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Welcome to ythan agility club held just outside Ellon. Open to all levels. Been training agility for 5 years. Achieved into a high level with my own dogs.
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Ythan agility started in 2015, small agility club held just outside New Deer. Very friendly and open to all levels. Passion is training dogs!

09/08/2024

Taking names for new block of beginners on a Monday evening starting September.. pm for more information :)

27/07/2024

121 available on Wednesday 31st at 11am, pm for more information 😄

04/06/2024

Offering some 121s during July.. Wednesdays only pm for more details :)

03/06/2024

Space has became available to train with us on Monday evening..level grade 1/2
Pm for details

16/03/2024

Well done team Ythan!!! 1 to 3 trophy won by Abigail Anne Coutts 4 to 7 by Alan Allan McWilliam and team trophy for the 3rd year on a row for Kelly Milne super proud of them and huge thanks to Devana for running the winter shows brilliantly 👏 😀 💙 👍

28/02/2024

Second up for February we have Kaitlin and Ellie...

*Their Story*

Ellie & I started agility the end of 2020, from day 1 Ellie fell in love with agility especially tunnels, she can be timid at times out with agility but agility really is her thing and brings the best and craziness out in Ellie. Ellie’s kennel club name is in memory of my late grandparents who sadly never got to meet Ellie.
Ellie is my second agility dog, my first agility dog Willow was a lot more steady so when Ellie came along it was a shock to the system.
Ellie has achieved a lot in her short time of competing, she won out of grade 2 in September 2022 and amazed me by winning into grade 7 on 3rd February 2024. We also qualified for the showtime novice cup final in 2023 finishing 4th with the quickest time but an unlucky 5 faults. Every grade we have won up has been a proud moment for myself as I never thought I would be able to get to where we are. Ellie has taken me places I never thought I’d ever get and I am grateful to have this little crazy dog to do life with.
I do agility because it’s not only an escape from life but it’s something that the dogs enjoy that we can do together.
Ellie puts everything into her training even though she likes to be cheeky and take every tunnel in sight at times our goals is to get to a champ final and qualify for different things.
It has definitely helped me knowing Kelly believes in us and pushes us to be the best we can we wouldn’t be where we are in our agility journey without the training, encouragement and belief Kelly has.

TRAINER: The moment I seen these guys together I knew it was going to be special! And I'm very rarely wrong 🤣 so proud on what these guys have achieved in a short space of time but there is some amazing moments to come!!

Ellie is abit tunnel daft and not the first time during a 121 we just spent the session walking round the tunnels without losing Ellie inside lol This dog has got attitude in the ring! Well done to all ur hard work kaitlin u nailed it! And me 🤣🤣

09/02/2024

First up for February is Mel & Arcy

*Their story*

Arcy and I have been doing agility since he was a bonkers adolescent dog, he was my first ever dog and I was way out of my depth with him. He needed a sport to satisfy a lot of his breed mix needs. I'm sure Kelly probably wanted to kick us out of her classes at this stage because he was a nightmare but I'm really glad she stuck with us! I didn't want to give up as I saw he really loved doing agility, so we put in a lot of practice and now he is a different dog. I really feel agility helped us with so many aspects of training especially confidence and impulse control around other dogs. He still has the occasional class where he's a whirlwind and he leaves me wondering what is going on in his head 🤣 but I suppose that's the fun of owning a dog!
We've done a few fun shows and he has come away with a couple of rosettes much to my surprise. He does struggle in a show environment with lots of new dogs but he is becoming more in the zone with me now and I hope to build on this. It's more my confidence that holds us back from competing as I do worry what mood he will be in at shows as he does sometimes decide he will forget everything he's been taught in class! I'm not quite sure if we have the confidence to give a KC show a blast but you never know!
It hasn't been an easy journey but he's come a long way and he gets so much joy out of agility. Thank you Kelly for letting us be part of Team Ythan and all your help over the years x

TRAINER: So when arcy first came to classes I was like omg this dog is crazy 🤪It took a wee while for them to find their feet but they really have grown so much together and what a amazing partnership they have! Yes we still get some wild sessions but he really is a fantastic boy to work with.

Lots of hard work from mel to work on other factors along with doing his agility, he really is a joy to have as part of the team yes alittle noisy at times 🤭..

Sometimes it's harder to train mel 🤣 Just need some more butt kicking to get mel to enter him into a kc show! 😆

If anyone can guess what breed/breeds you get gold 🌟

08/02/2024

Space has become available for skilled beginner to join us on a Sunday late afternoon if your interested pm for more details ;)

04/02/2024

Reibah goes grade 7!! Champ here we come 😍
Reibah is my second dog to get to champ 🏆 she will be joining her dad in the champ ring

03/02/2024

Another successful weekend with our guest trainer dylan osborne training some of ythan members last week :)

30/01/2024

Someone unfortunately can't manage the next block of beginners starting 11th Feb (sunday) class will be 3.45pm if anyone interested please pm :)

04/01/2024

Third up at Ythan is Sharon and Buzz.

*Their Story*

Hi I’m Sharon Cameron and i live in Strichen. I just love agility, It brings me closer to my dog and i love practicing and trying to get better. I also enjoy the outdoors and keeps me active. I started puppy foundation classes with ythan agility last March and find it fascinating how the agility journey begins with a young dog. Buzz is a black cocker spaniel aged 18 months, a real live wire but lovable and wanting to please. My successes so far are teaching him two back feet on the step (I thought I’d never learn him to do that but I did) and abit of forward drive. I’d love to get a clear at a show so that’s my goal. I feel so lucky to be part of a great club xx thank you Kelly and Abigail

TRAINER: Sharon is the loveliest/kind hearted person you could ever meet. These pair are very much new to the team but they have just fitted right in with everyone. Sharon is so keen to learn and puts 110% in her training, always so positive and always looking for homework 🤣. Sometimes too keen and I need to rein Sharon in 🤭but I love her enthusiasm.

Buzz is a crazy cocker spaniel, alot of naughtiness in him but have really come on leaps and bounds this last few months, together they are learning new commands, handling, distances and im really excited to see where this partnership goes!

New to the team but very much part of team ythan 😍

03/01/2024

Second up is Abigail and Diva.

*Their story*

Well what can I say I'm Abigial assistant trainer to Kelly the much nicer one 🤣
I have been doing agility a long time probably a lot longer than people realise, about 15 years I started off in large with ollie my crossbreed we managed to get to grade 5 (if I'd been training with kelly at the start I think we would have possibly made it to champ) also can not mention Neko I'm sure a few people will remember the big daft Dobermann running about, he loved it and won a few prizes in jumping his agility was never that good but still had great fun!

At the moment I'm currently running 3 crazy cockers in medium. I fully intend getting a big dog again I miss being in competition with Kelly (definitely not a collie even if I do enjoy a shot of Kelly's chase) I do agility because it keeps me fit, I enjoy it! It gets me out to meet people as I'm not a very social person it's also very addictive once you get started you really get a buzz from winning but it's not just that its fantastic mental stimulation for your dogs and tires them out and helps you build a fantastic relationship with them, thats enough about me on...

Diva or Caadak Highland Fling to give her proper name . Diva is a 5 year old working cocker who is owned in partnership with my mum Carole she is from our first litter of cocker spaniels. Thank god she takes after her mum Lottie and loves agility and not her dad Finn who is stubborn. Even though she loves agility now her journey has been a rocky one after a collie ran out from under a chair and bite her on the shoulder as we were walking between rings at her first show this resulted in her really losing confidence and becoming scared of collies. It's taken me a whole year to get her confidence back running in the rings like how she is at training (now I can't keep up 🤣) but despite this we have qualifed and competed in the showtime final coming 2nd overall we also won the Jacs fun show 1-3 final . We are currently waiting for our last win to get to grade 4. Despite being scared of collies Chase and Reibah are her best pals.

TRAINER: Well where do I start.. shes a stubborn bu**er 🤣 very competitive always wanting to win or beat me even driving home after shows 😂, but can't fault the amount of work she puts into her dogs with their training, she's worked so hard with Diva over the last year and I'm so chuffed their getting the results in the ring! Diva definitely knows her own group of dogs and humans.
I do sometimes think abigail has bred part meerkat in her 😆

Excited to see them achieve their dream together ❤

Can't thank Abigail enough for all her help over the last few years running classes while I was pregnant and helping with current classes 🥰

Definitely the nicer trainer and doesn't shout as much 🤭🤭

Been with ythan for 10 years + and much loved member of the team ❤

03/01/2024

Here at Ythan I would like to introduce some students that train here...
First up we have Ellen and Callie ..

*Their story*

Callie and I started our agility journey in 2016. Callie was around 3 years old and we had been doing obedience but wanted to do something more fun and energetic (for her - however it turns out there’s a bit of running involved for the humans too! 😂) I seen Kelly’s classes advertised so started a beginners block and don’t think we’ve stopped since. It took me a while to find the confidence to move into the competing side and we did a couple of winters doing fun shows then thought might give the KC shows a go. Of course Covid then appeared so no shows until a couple that ran at the end of the season. At her first show, Kingdom of Fife she won out of Grade 1 on the first day of the weekend. I certainly got the competing bug after this and we have enjoyed many weekends away competing up and down Scotland. Callie has progressed slowly through to Grade 3. She’s pretty consistent and has achieved many clear runs over the past few years (she just doesn’t like to be rushed over those contacts or really likes second place rosettes 😆) Running Callie is like a comfort blanket, she’s very forgiving and has on quite a few occasions saved me when I’ve done some questionable handling 😂 Callie will turn 11 in April so we will head into this year hoping to continue training and competing until Callie decides it’s time to retire.

TRAINER: These guys have worked really hard over the years, Callie is Ellens first agility dog and now she's on agility dog number 3 (Izzy and Flora) Callie definitely gave Ellen the bug for the sport.

Some points about Ellen: She's never on time for class, likes to talk alot during class and also likes to disagree with the trainer but the trainer always wins 🤣 😉 but is amazing at packing jumps away after classes 👌

Overall these guys are a joy to watch and train. Callie has her cheeky moments barking at Ellens feet if she's not running quick enough or not giving her cues in quick enough.

Much loved team at ythan 🥰

03/01/2024

Names now been taken for new beginners class in Feb.. Sundays in indoor school based near Ellon.
Dogs from 5 months have basic obedience..
Pm for details spaces limited

31/12/2023

6m yellow antislip tunnel for sale in used condition pm for more details :)

11/12/2023

Adjustable stacking board..never used £50

06/12/2023

Nikita 2nd and 3rd

06/12/2023

Last show of the year!
Reibah another win and 2nd toward grade 7

18/11/2023

Reibah 3rd

18/11/2023

Reibah 2nd

18/11/2023

Reibah 1st

18/11/2023

Nikita 3rd

18/11/2023

Nikita 2nd

18/11/2023

Lovely day away with the girls on friday down in Penrith.
Nikita 2nd and 3rd
Reibah 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Both girls are in grade 6 just waiting on 2 wins for nikita and 1 win for reibah to get to champ 🏆 💪

24/10/2023

This month we had dylan osborne along as our guest trainer and we all had a fantastic time! Delighted hes agreed to come back in January again 😀

21/09/2023

Iona and Ivy

17/08/2023

Sorry been super busy this last few weeks..If anyone is looking to book 121s or classes please WhatsApp 07773476093 as Facebook doesn't always load :(

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Waulkmill Stables
Ellon
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Thursday	6:30pm - 8:30pm
Sunday	9am - 8am

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