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Waikato Agility Group - the Home of Dog Agility in Hamilton! Waikato Agility Group is one of New Zealand's leading dog agility clubs.

Offering training from beginner through to advanced, WAG has been operating out of Melville Park for the last 20+ years. Several of New Zealand's top dogs and handlers are based at WAG and pass their knowledge onto new members. We run training classes throughout the year and run 3 agility events a year that attract entries from across the North Island and beyond. Come and visit us on a Thursday night and check out how much fun you and your dog could have learning agility at WAG!

21/09/2024

Take The Lead Campaign - September 🙌🌟

❤️ Support Diversity ❤️

All People. All Codes. All Breeds. Respect. And, Celebrate our Differences. I think WAG definitely fits this bill! We welcome people and dogs of all ages and levels, and try hard to ensure their needs are met despite challenges. We do this through our training, FB posts, Committee Update and instructor training. Additionally, we have instructors of all different abilities and ages that provide the best they possibly can for our handlers and their dogs. 🐾

19/09/2024

WAG’s Dog of the Month - September

🩶 Ziggy 🩶

Ziggy is 3/4 toy poodle 1/4 bichon cross.
He is 4 years 5months old 240 height.
Ziggy is my third dog after a terrier mix and shepherd collie cross and first agility dog.
Those of you who have met Ziggy will know his trademark move of standing on his hind legs! It comes naturally to him and he seems to like the view from up there😆. Particularly useful when looking for his human's who he adores.
He also has an awsome loud high pitched scream when over excited which can be quite startling!
He is a clever little boy & we started agility to build his confidence. He has provided me with lots of challenges, fun, laughter and celebrations along the way and a few tears but mostly joy!
He is very loving and loads of fun in and out of the ring. Super chill at times and on high alert within a split second. He is a very nervy/sensitive chap, I’ve never had a dog like him. He has proven quite resilient and up to challenges of conquering his fears. With help from people and trainers in the agility community we have become a more confident team. We still have a long road ahead to feel accomplished but I’m really happy with our progress at our own pace. I love agility because I see how far he has come from super scared of everything to more confident. We still have work to do in that area but seeing him love his life is my main goal. Highlights are everytime we overcome a fear or acheive a confident high energy run! For future goals I would hope for Ziggy to have a long, happy, healthy, agility filled life with favourite people. 🥰

16/09/2024

Glad to announce our second sponsor for our Agility Champ show!! 🙌 They will be sponsoring our show on Saturday, by providing for our winners! This website has deals on deals. Allowing you to purchase all your favourite products for your pets. This includes pet food, supplements, flea treatments, and much more!! 🤩 Try your best to get your hands on the deals! 👀

14/09/2024

Woohoo… the 14 day countdown till our Agility Champ Show is on! 🥳

Here is one of our amazing sponsors for our show, Chunky! They will be sponsoring our show on Sunday, by providing prizes for our lucky winners. 🏆 An amazing brand with a large variety, and reliability. So, that means try your best to get your hands on the most common and effective Dog Agility treat in the game!! 🥰🙌

06/09/2024

WAG BANDANAS STILL AVAILABLE ‼️🙌

Come and support our club by repping the ‘Agility Athletes’ bandanas, supporting 30 years of WAG!

Thank you one of our models, Charlie, who is modelling the navy bandana!! 🔥

They will be selling for $12 a bandanna, which is to be graciously paid into the account 01 0450 0078913 00. Please use reference “bandanna” with your last name (eg. “bandanna smith”). We will organise delivery of the bandannas after payment.‼️💰

Please fill out the google form for your bandana order! ❤️
https://forms.gle/oKx8V8xaq6X4Gu5Q7

Thank you for your support!! 🐾

02/09/2024

Competition season kicked off with a bang at the north Taranaki agility competition! In between some wild weather, our competitors achieved some fantastic results!
Caitlin and Enzyme won two seniors and carried on their jumpers winning streak to win the jumpers A. They also achieved a second place in intermediate!
Tracey and Ziggy won a novice; only one more to go then they’re in senior! They also managed 3rd and 4th in their other novice runs.
Brenda got a second place in intermediate and a 3rd in novice with Jack and a clear run in jumpers c with Murphy.
Jenny and Rosa had a clear in novice, and a 4th place clear in intermediate.
Rachael and Denver got a 3rd in starters for the first show they’ve travelled far away to!
Fantastic work everyone; this is only a taste of what WAG will achieve in this season of competitions!

23/08/2024

Take the Lead Campaign - August 📣‼️

✨ Shine A Light ✨

You will remember our post last month regarding Dogs NZ's campaign of Take the Lead. This month WAG would like to highlight and share Core Value 1 with you. Shine a Light! 💫 You should all be proud of you and your dog's journey through agility and handling your dog. Keep up the great work and let your behaviour and experiences guide and inspire others. Remember that among the usual agility benefits, peoples' dogs are better behaved, happier and healthier through their regular training. This also creates and strengthens a special bond between handlers and their dogs. This is something all Club members should be proud of! WAG is also trying to Shine a Light by highlighting an individual and their dog once a month, and their personal journey, through our 'Dog of the Month' segment. ❤️

19/08/2024

WAG FUNDRAISER - AGILITY ATHLETE BANDANNA 🌟🐾

A couple of our committee members have been working hard to bring the AGILITY ATHLETE bandannas to life! They carry the celebratory spirit of Waikato Agility Group’s 30th Anniversary, which is following our September Agility Champ. This is a fundraiser, as well as to mark a milestone for the club. 🥰

There are two colour options which are, red with navy writing and navy with red writing. Of course, our signature colours! They’re a one size fits all, which is very accommodating to all breeds!! 🙌

They will be selling for $12 a bandanna, which is to be graciously paid into the account 01 0450 0078913 00. Please use reference “bandanna” with your last name (eg. “bandanna smith”). We will organise delivery of the bandannas after payment.‼️💰

Please fill the bandana form below, to confirm your order and chose what your preference is! https://forms.gle/oKx8V8xaq6X4Gu5Q7

They’re available for purchase now, but get in quick as there are only 20 available in each colour and next order there could potentially be a price raise! 👀

Thank you for all your support! ❤️

18/08/2024

Well done to everyone who participated in zone trials in what has been the wettest weekend this winter.
There were some spectacular results.
A huge congratulations to Caitlin and Enzyme. They won every intermediate and senior run, not to mention the finals. It goes without saying that Caitlin and Enzyme will be the zone 1 representatives in senior for the 3rd year in a row. Coincidentally, this will also be Enzymes 3rd DAC.
Another huge congratulations to Stephanie and Winnie, who will be representing zone 6 in senior! This is also their second consecutive year to make the zone 6 team for DAC and Winnie’s second DAC. Incredible!!
Congratulations also go out to Ashton and Louie, who made the finals in both novice and intermediate; Nicole and Chill who made the finals for starters and novice and Joanne with Wave who made the finals for starters.
(Photo courtesies to Emily Taylor, Maggie Wright and Paws the Moment photography)

14/08/2024

The WAG dog of the month for August is Fozzie Bear!
Fozzie Bear is a lovable 2yr old border collie owned and handled by the lovely Diane Sealey . This timid yet dramatic bundle of contradictions can switch from being scared of his own shadow to screaming with excitement in the blink of an eye. Training Fozzie has been a journey of patience and perseverance, as he often finds the world very overwhelming. But with each small step, his confidence grows, and it’s been a joy to watch him blossom.

Fozzie’s training has been a mix of building skills and boosting both his and Diane’s confidence. While he’s not quite at full strength yet, you can bet that when he is you’ll hear him joyfully screaming around the course, showing off his newfound bravery. Of course he still has some skills to develop, but the same can be said for every dog.
In their short time of competing Diane and Fozzie Bear have already had some great achievements. With plenty of clear runs in jumpers c and novice and a win in starters; their most recent stunt was winning 2 jumpers C runs at the mount manganui champ show, graduating them into jumpers B.
Fozzie loves making friends with everyone and is always keen for a cuddle. If you give him a friendly smile, he’ll instantly squeeze himself between your feet, planting his bottom and waiting for a friendly ear scratch. He’s also a lover of doggy friends and is the master of the ‘smell my butt’ spin. Fozzie Bear is a testament to the power of love, patience, and the thrill of small victories. 🐶❤️

12/08/2024

Introducing the WAG Dog Friendly Café of the Month! ☕️ 🐾

The WAG Café Crew (Lucky, Yogi and Daisy Boo), are on a mission to find dog friendly cafes in and around Hamilton and aim to tell you about one each month.

In June, ‘the crew’ had a walk and play in Tauhara Park by Callum Brae Family Golf and Café (https://callumbrae.com), then hung out in the café. To find it go to 25 Callum Brae Dr.

It’s a small café but has a covered deck area in behind, looking out over the mini golf and the golf course. Water and a water bowl are provided for our 4 legged friends so they can relax alongside their handlers (although Lucky’s only able to chill for a few minutes at a time!) 🥰

There is a big area to walk in at Tauhara Park some of which is off lead and includes some paths going under Wairere Dr. You can come back the same way or do a loop going on to a quiet street for a short distance. There is also a children’s playground close to the café.

Watch this space to see where the Café Crew goes next! Also if you can recommend any dog friendly cafes, especially with somewhere to walk nearby, please tell the crew (or their mum’s!), so they can check it out. 🌟

05/08/2024

Nothing better to break up the winter than an agility competition at Papamoa! And even though it was the first show back after the winter break for many members, WAG still achieved some spectacular results.
Enzyme had a handler from a different club running her this weekend, but that didn’t stop her from winning all of her champ runs in jumpers A and ribbon trial runs on intermediate and senior!! Such an incredible little dog and even without Caitlin she still managed to conquer every run. To top it off she only needed 2 more challenges to get the title of jumpers grand champion 4, which means Caitlin can look forward to getting drenched at the next show.
Amanda and Phoenix got a second place in jumpers B, as well as the elusive last win they needed to graduate into jumpers A! This one was a long time coming and very well deserved!
Dianne and Fozzie Bear won two of their jumpers C runs, which puts them into jumpers B just in time for nationals. Not sure if Diane is entirely thrilled about that but it’s an awesome result nonetheless.
Joanne and Wave won the starters and got a 3rd place in jumpers b.
Janette and Sky also won starters for their height.
Dance got 2 second places in jumpers A, and Winter got a second place in jumpers A.
Kat and Summer also earned a second place in JA.
Rachelle and Dusty got 2nd place in a particularly tricky jumpers C course.
Ollie and Biscuit had their first weekend in jumpers A where they managed to go clear in all 3 of their runs and even got a 4th place.
Nicole and Freya got a 4th place on a fast jumpers A course.
Ashton and Louie got two 4th places in jumpers B.
Lynne with Sapphire and Celia with Lucky each achieved a clear run in jumpers B.
Brenda got 3rd in novice with Jack and a 4th in jumpers C with Murphy.
Denise and Eureka had a clear round in ja.
Helen and Moss had a fantastic run in jumpers c for a clear round.

24/07/2024

WAG’s Dog of the Month - July

🧸 Lulu 🧸

We adopted Lulu from a shelter in Auckland July 2021, when she first came home with us she was very shy, scared and slightly drugged up from just being spayed but once she settled in she fit into our crazy family perfectly. We were told that Lulu was a Papillon cross but ancestry has since said that she’s mostly chihuahua with some spaniels and terriers(which would explain a lot). Lulus favourite things to do are beating up our older dog, paddle boarding, begging for pats/cuddles and flipping her bed to hide under it. One of my proudest moments with lulu was realising she could finally straight weave and that we could finally move to development together! We started agility July 2022 thinking it’d be great way to help put some of her energy to go use and get me out of my comfort zone. I never expected that we’d both get hooked! 🤍

22/07/2024

Well done to our members who made it to the dac benefit show down in Mansfield! As per usual, we got some awesome results.
Caitlin and Enzyme won all 3 of their jumpers A runs and 2 of their senior runs. They also had a 2nd place in intermediate. To top it off they earned the title of AgGrCh2 with 40 challenges in senior. Incredible!
Caitlin also ran Winter and Dance this weekend; with Winter they won a senior and got third and fifth in jumpers A. Dance got a 2nd in jumpers A and had some spectacular nearly runs.
Keri W and Classic had an outstanding weekend as well: a win in senior, a 2nd place challenge in jumpers A and a 3rd place in intermediate.
Dani and Case got a 2nd place challenge in senior and a 4th in jumpers A.
Emma and Flight got second and third in their starters runs and had some great times in their other classes.
The weekend prior Tracey and Ziggy made it down to Wanganui where they got two 3rds and a 4th placing in novice and a 4th placing in jumpers B. They also earned the title of ADX!
Great work to everyone making it to these winter shows and having a blast!

09/07/2024

‼️ Take The Lead ‼️

WAG’s Committee would like to endorse the Agility Committee of Dogs NZ's Take the Lead Campaign. The main reason behind this Campaign is "to drive a conscious change of behaviour in dog sports by creating a safe and supportive culture for both dogs and their owners". This Campaign has six core values, which we would like to bring to your attention over the coming months. This month however, WAG's intention is to introduce the Campaign to you, and advise that we wish to adopt it as part of our Club protocol. The Campaign highlights six Core Values which are detailed on the document below. We appreciate your taking the time to read it, and if everyone can incorporate it into their own behaviour and standards, our dog world will be a much nicer and safer place for all of us! ❤️

30/06/2024

What an absolutely fantastic weekend for WAG at the JDT benefit show! Plenty of placings and clear rounds right across the board! To top it off, this is the second consecutive jumpers show where Caitlin and Enzyme and Joanne and Wave got top dog awards for their respective heights!!
Caitlin and Enzyme carried on their jumpers A winning streak by getting 1st in all 6 of their jumpers A runs! Truly incredible. Caitlin also ran a bunch of other dogs in A this weekend, getting two 2nd places with Dance, a 3rd with Winter and a clear run with Darcy.
Ollie and Biscuit won 4 of their jumpers B runs as well as got a second place, which puts the corgi into jumpers A!
Joanne and Wave had an incredible first weekend in jumpers B where they got a win, 2 second places and a third.
Nicole and Chill also had their first weekend in B where they won one of their runs.
Emma got a 3rd and a 5th with Gaia in jumpers A and got their first challenge. Emma also managed a clear in A with Sky and some great nearly runs with the rest of the pack.
Ashton and Louie, Tracey and Ziggy and Diana and Spring each got a second place in jumpers B.
Stefanie E got a second place in jumpers C with Bubbles and some clears in jumpers A with Rosie.
Laura and Scope got a second place in jumpers C.
Jenny and Rosa got a 3rd and a clear run in jumpers C, giving them the 25 clear runs needed for title of JD.
Celia and Lucky had some clear runs in jumpers B and got 4th and 5th placings.
Lindsay had clear runs in JC with Sassy including a 4th place and clear runs with Lexi in JA including a 5th place.
Natalie ran Brody and Adi in jumpers A and got clear runs with both dogs.
Keri and Classic; Leni and Winnie; and Kat and Summer all had some amazing clear runs in jumpers A.
Megan and Macguyver; Darya and Artie; Diane and Fozzie Bear; and Helen and Moss all had some amazing clear runs in jumpers C.
Brenda had some clears in JB with Jack and a clear in JC with Murphy.
Another spectacular jumpers weekend with some spectacular results!!

24/06/2024

Well done to our members who made it to the famous Hāwera indoor show! It was a truly spectacular event with some spectacular results. After a very well deserved break, Caitlin and Enzyme got 2 wins and a 2nd in intermediate, as well as a win in senior. They also earned the award for top small dog; I’ve lost count of how many competitions in a row they’ve earned this but it’s a lot.
Emma and Flight won a starters and got a close 3rd in novice; Prince Charming is really starting to spread his wings now.
Danni and Case got 2 5th places in intermediate.
Tracey and Ziggy did some great work in novice and managed a 4th place.
Well done everyone, great to be a part of such an awesome event!

18/06/2024

It was a fantastic weekend for WAG at the Counties ribbon trial! Not only did our competitors achieve some awesome results, but Stephanie also got some more solo judging experience in the ring.
Jane and Ice won their novice run and got a 3rd place in starters.
Laura and Scope won jumpers C by miles.
Leni got a 2nd place in novice with Rev and a 3rd in jumpers A with Bright.
In between judging, Stephanie got a 5th place in both intermediate and jumpers a with Winnie.
Jenny got a second place in novice with Rosa.
Diane and Fozzie Bear got 4th place in jumpers C.
Brenda and Jack got 5th place in novice and a clear run in jumpers B.
Nicole and Chill also had their first run in jumpers B, which they would have won had it not been for that one bar.
Well done to everyone who had a go this weekend, and especially well done to Jane and Laura for their special wins as well as Stephanie for getting some judging experience!

15/06/2024

Our WAG dog of the month for June 2024 is Brodie!
Brodie is almost 6 years old and owned and handled by our wonderful president Natalie. Although she’s supposed to be 7/8ths of a border collie, Nat just says she’s her heading dog.
After declining 2 optional graduations into senior she recently got there anyway, and proved she was more than ready by getting a 2nd place challenge in their first ever senior run! This is a highlight to Nat as Brodie’s other challenge in her career was in jumpers where she was ran by Megan.
She’s a good dog, and an easy dog to have at home. Although sometimes she can be moody towards other dogs and people, at home she is full of affection and thinks she is a little lap dog…she tries to fit into the cat/Kikis bed more often than seems normal.
She loves agility, and is super thankful she can do agility even if Nat can’t - Brodie will happily run for Megan as well. Like every dog in agility, you never know which dog you’re going to get when you’re on the start line. Sometimes she drives on and does perfectly as asked, and others she sticks and has late commitment which results in a course of her arguing with you the whole way around! So you’ve got to adjust to her on the day.
Natalie really enjoys her big agility dog, and finds it a completely different skill set to when she was running her pomeranian Kiki. Nat admits that she wishes they had more time to train better agility skills (contacts being the first one) but regardless she enjoys where they are at and the fun they have together.

10/06/2024

Central Hawkes Bay had their Winter jumpers show last weekend, and a couple of Wag members made it there for some great results.
Ollie and Biscuit had some fast runs in jumpers B for their first B win as well as a second place.
Emma and Lilly had some amazing runs in A, resulting in 2 second place prizes! Fantastic.

03/06/2024

Gisborne had their show last weekend, and some of our keen members made the trek to be a part of it.
The highlight for WAG at this show was Harriet and Journi winning a jumpers C! That was the second win they needed to get into B! Fantastic.
Tracey and Ziggy had some awesome clears including a second place in novice and a fifth in jumpers B.
Emma got a 4th in jumpers B with Flight and a 3rd in jumpers A with Gaia. She also went clear on jumpers A with Lily and clear in jumpers C pairs with Gaia and Lily.
Diana had a lovely clear run with Spring in jumpers B for a 3rd place.
Bevan and Indi got a second place in jumpers C and got some great times in their novice runs.
Lynne and Sapphire went clear in both their jumpers B runs.
Great to see WAG supporting these smaller clubs and getting some awesome results!!

26/05/2024

Our WAG dog of the month for May is Wave!

Wave, official name Magic Rain She’s Making Waves, is a border collie owned and handled by the fabulous Joanne Small.
Wave will be 2 years old in July. Joanne calls her a super ‘wee’ dog even though she’s a 600 dog.
Joanne made the trek to Waikanae near Wellington to collect her as a puppy and bring her home. She has been a lot of fun as a family pet and her antics provide endless amusement.
You might have heard her announcing her arrival at training, sometimes Joanne feels her name should have been Tsunami instead of Wave because she can be a bit full on; she jumps up to say hello to her favourite people and ‘shouts’ (barks really loudly) when she is excited or not sure about something. She gets super excited any time agility training is even mentioned.
Wave got off to a bit of a delayed start in her agility career. Her first competition was the WAG Jumpers show in March when she was 20 months old, where she got a second place prize. She has now competed in 5 shows and won into Jumpers B at her 4th Jumpers event.
On top of this, she also got awarded the prize for top 600 dog at the north Taranaki May 6 jumpers.
Away from agility Wave enjoys walks, swimming, racing around at high speed and digging holes! As she is scared of cows she isn’t much of a farm dog, however she makes up for this by being super friendly and she is so good at coming back when called and “checks in” very frequently when running off-lead.
I can’t wait to see what this team will achieve in the months and years to come.

14/05/2024

This weekend was an extra special one. Our competitors achieved some great results at the North Taranaki jumpers show and the Rotorua/ Tokoroa ribbon shows. Stephanie also did some amazing work in the ring as a judge in the ribbon trials!
In north Taranaki, Caitlin and Enzyme won all 6 of their jumpers A runs! Phenomenal and needless to say they earned the prize for top small dog.
Joanne and Wave won 2 jumpers c runs and got 2 second places, earning them top 600 dog prize. That’s two consecutive competitions wag have won top small and top 600 dog!
Jenny and Rosa got a win and a second place in jumpers C.
Harriet also got a second place in C with Journi.
Emma had some fantastic runs, getting a second in B jumpers with flight, a second place in Jumpers A with Lily and a 4th and a clear in A with Gaia.
Tracey and Ziggy had two wonderful clear runs in jumpers B.
Lynne and Sapphire also had a couple of great clears in JB.
Kayla and Nyx had an awesome run for a third place in jumpers C, earning them their first ribbon!
Caitlin ran winter in A for a second place.
Danni and Case had some clear runs in A, including a 4th place.
Denise got clear runs in A with both Lunaka and Eureka.
Keri W had some clears in A with Classic.
Meanwhile, at the ribbon trials;
Dianne and Fozzie bear won starters, elementary and got 4th in jumpers C! Very well done.
In between judging, Stephanie had some fantastic runs with Winnie, getting 1st place in senior and 2nd in jumpers A!
Leni got a 2nd place in Jumpers A with Bright.
Brenda got a 3rd in c with Murphy, and with Jack got clear runs in both jumpers Bs, a novice and an intermediate.

07/05/2024

Last weekend’s competition was close to home for Wag; the Huntly show was a huge success.
Caitlin and Enzyme won 2 seniors, and got first and 2nd place in intermediate, earning them the top small dog award!
Caitlin also ran Winter in an intermediate for a 4th place.
Kat and Summer earned the award for top 600 dog from their placings in senior and intermediate! Kat also earned a 3rd place in intermediate with Kadence.
Natalie and Brodie won an intermediate and got second in a senior.
Leni won a novice with rev and got a 3rd in senior with Bright
Stephanie won a senior with Fame; as well as went clear in every intermediate and senior run with Winnie!
Lindsay earned a second and 5th place in starters with Sassy and a clear run in intermediate with Lexi.
Emma got a second place in both novice and intermediate with Gaia and a 3rd in starters with Flight.
Keri N. got a 3rd place with Dance in intermediate and a 4th with Winter in intermediate.
Toni-Maree achieved a second place in intermediate with Otto.
Celia and Lucky earned 2nd and 4th placings in novice, as well as some clear runs in intermediate.
Denise and Eureka got 4th in a senior.
Danni and Case came second in not one but two intermediates.
Keri W. and Classic ran clear in some intermediates and a senior.
Diane and Fozzie Bear went clear in a starters and a novice.
Stefanie and Rosie had a great clear run in the ADX intermediate, earning them the title of adxa gold!
Brie ran Freya this weekend, managing to achieve a clear run in intermediate.
Rachael and Denver picked up a clear run in novice.
Alice and Holly also went clear in a novice.
Congratulations to everyone who made it to the show and gave it their all. Everyone had some fabulous runs and as usual, took home their best dogs!!

22/04/2024

Some of our brave members made the journey to Hawkes Bay for the Napier/ Hawkes Bay jumpers, and had some amazing results.

Joanne and Wave got a second place in jumpers C as well as the win they need to graduate into jumpers B. An impressive feat for such a young dog.
Alice and Holly got some clear rounds in jumpers C including a second and third place prize. Alice also got a 3rd and a 4th in jumpers B with Heidi.
Susan and Marsaili had a lot of success in Jumpers A with 3 clear rounds including a second place challenge.
Lynne and Sapphire lit up the B ring for a clear run as well as a win. Only 1 more win and she will be in jumpers A!
Brenda and Jack got a couple of clears in jumpers B for a 4th and a 5th.
Janette and Skye got some clear runs in jumpers C, picking up a 5th place.
Emma ran Sky in jumpers A for some incredible times and a 5th place . Emma also snagged a 3rd place in jumpers A with Lily.

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