Aussie Acres Agility

12/02/2025

What questions do you have about this month's weekend workshop? 🐾🐾Handling skills with clarity of Handling Terminology!!🤷‍♀️

There are still spots available!
If you can't come, is it because you are unsure this workshop is for you??
This workshop is for novice to advance.
Would a different day or time work better?

I would love to hear from you so I can know better how to meet your needs when offering weekend workshops.

Let's get our winter training started!!

11/29/2025

🎄December activities at Aussie Acres Agility

Winter is for Working our Handling! So let's get started!

🐾🐾December 13- Weekend Workshop- Understanding Handling Terminology
- This workshop will present short jump sequences to help handlers understand the terminology associated with the handling. Handling skills such as when to use a FC, RC, BC, BS, Threadle Slice, Threadle Wrap, Reverse Wrap, Serp, German Turn will be explored. The goal of this workshop is to clear up what terminology goes with which handling technique so there can be a common understanding in our agility language. Since Aussie Acres is presenting UKI Stay Home trials monthly, learning these skills and when to use them will be extremely beneficial for those who choose to run the trials and for running courses in class. You won't want to miss this workshop!!!

Session will run from 9:30-12:30. Maximum of 6 handler teams (minimum 4). Cost $50. Payment secures your spot. No refund after Dec 6. All levels are welcome.

🐾🐾December UKI Stay Home Trial- December 11-20, opens for entry December 3-9. Agility 1 and 2 will be offered. Courses will be available to run on December 13 after the Weekend Workshop (allowing for time to build the course). As with all other UKI Stay Home trials, it is the handler's responsibility to enter, understand the rules and reach out for use of the course during the period the trial runs. Want to run the courses as a lesson or on your own? PM for availability and fees.

11/24/2025

UKI Stay Home Trial week 180 is completed and I want to extend a huge congratulations for the teams that came out to give it a go!

🌟Jessie and Chili Q in Agility 1 and SS 1. They also earned their Novice UKI title (IND)
🌟Nancy and Kayla with a Q in Agility 1
🌟Ptarmigan and Max with a Q in Agility 1
🌟Sequence Qs in Agility 1 and 2 and SS 1 and 2
🌟Solar Q in Gamble

The next UKI Stay Home Trial at Aussie Acres Agility will be December 11-20. Only Agility will be offered and since the courses are the same, but numbered differently; Agility 1 and 2 will be offered.

Questions about running UKI at home or to let me know of your interest to enter send a PM and I can help get you in the game!

11/20/2025

Freezing fog this morning decorated the equipment. Very pretty outside, but no worries about slipping because we can train indoors!!!

11/19/2025

And we have lights!!!

It was a long day spent in the arena, but well worth it. Thanks to that man on the lift (my hubby) 😘 Evening classes will now have a well lit arena to train it.

Aussie Acres Agility training day ☀️ and night 🌙

11/12/2025

Weekend Workshop: Threadle Slice extension/collection is postponed and will be rescheduled.

If you are interested in this topic and were looking forward to attending, please reach out and let me know what weekend/weekend day would work best for you. This is valuable information with regards today's courses and I would like to get it out to as many as possible.

UKI Stay home will be held as scheduled. Outdoor courses TBD (I am hopeful!)

Send a message to learn more

11/06/2025

November 2025

🐾🐾 UKI Stay Home trial is open for week 180.
Ag 1 and SS 1 is being offered at Aussie Acres.

🐾🐾 Weekend Workshop: Sequencing with the Threadle Slice.
November 15 beginning at 12:30. Spots open PM to sign up.

Send a message to learn more

11/01/2025

November at Aussie Acres Agility

That's right, we are moving into our late fall and winter months now! Those hot sunny summer days seem so long ago. No worries, the Aussie Acres Agility Indoor Arena will provide us with access to lessons, classes and workshops all winter long. So pull out your cool weather gear and let's get started!

Two events will be offered this month:

1. Weekend Workshop Saturday November 15th: Beginning handling with Threadle Slices.
-----This workshop will pickup where we left off at October's workshop. We will expand on our beginning Threadle slice training and progress to handling short sequences. Threadle slices with collection will be introduced as well.
- --12:30-3 pm Space for 6 participants. Cost $50. PM to sign up. Payment secures your spot. No refunds after November 8. Workshop will most likely be held Indoors.

2. UKI Stay Home Trial week # 180. Held November 13-24. Opens Nov. 5 and closes Nov. 11
-- Ring size 60x80
--Classes Offered Agility 1 and SS 1. Agility 1 will be set up outdoors (with AF) and indoors (with teeter). SS will be set up outdoors. This will be the last month offering two different courses.
--Handlers must sign up with UKI and understand the rules.
--Handlers who are not currently taking classes will pay $10 for use of the course set ups.
--Private lesson fee will be applied if Handler is interested in coaching to better run courses.
--PM me to schedule a time to come and run

Looking forward to training with you on dirt!

10/31/2025

Aussie Acres Agility Indoor is in full swing, day and night, thanks to our temporary lights! So much fun is being had by all!!!

10/26/2025

Aussie Acres first UKI Stay Home trial is completed. Congratulations to all the hard working teams that came out and ran courses, giving it their all regardless of the outcome. Super congratulations to those who received a Qualifying score!!!!! Please share your accomplishments in the comments for everyone to see.

Now that we are done and ready to move on with our training, I thought I would reflect on things learned during this experience. Please feel free to share your own experiences. It's helpful to learn from others so we don't repeat the same mistakes in our next attempts or there may be some helpful hints for future successes!

1. Make sure the course is correctly, and the are on the correct side of the jump.
2. Be watchful for the #21! Easy to forget there is one more obstacle after 20....sneaky!!!
3. Turn the camera on!
4. If you are using the teeter, remember to turn it around when running the course the other way!
5. Remember to have 5 seconds before and after your run.
6. Teach your dog to run without the handler having treats or toys on them.
7. Don't become obsessive for the clean run! Keep your dog in mind.
8. Mistakes allow learning, embrace them!
9. Set limits to your attempts. ie. try 3x and then take a break or try another time.
10. Practice the course. You are allowed to practice it as much as you need to.
11. When an error occurs while running, sometimes keep going to get a feel for the whole thing or a section.
12. Work out the hard handling pieces in advance.
13. In the end if you don't run it clean, make sure you have run it happy!
14. The only thing that really matters is the relationship with your dog!

UKI Stay Home Trials can be exhilarating, frustrating, humbling and any number of other emotions. Courses are meant to be challenging. Learn from them. What skills do you have, what skills do you need?? Now go work on them so you got it the next time you go to the line!

Next UKI Stay Home at Aussie Acres Agility will be November 13-24. Stay Tuned for more details.

10/22/2025

Here is what's on tap for this Saturday 10-25-25:

Weekend Workshop: Intro to Threadles
-----Beginning at 12:30, session is full; session will run 'til 3pm.

UKI Stay Home courses are available for those who are entered and want a chance to run them. Last chance to enter your run for judging is end of day 10-27.
----- Courses will be Open for running from 11-12 and then again after 3 pm.
Please let me know if you plan to come early to run the courses

10/13/2025

UKI Stay Home Trial Oct. 16-27:

Tuesday October 14 is the last day to enter this trial. Entry is on line at the UKI website. Entries are $9 per entry.

Aussie Acres will be holding this month's UKI at home if you are interested in entering.
- Size of ring 60x80 only
- Classes offered Agility 1 and Speedstakes 1
- Courses will be set up outdoors
- If you are interested in running these courses (whether in a current class or not), contact me for availability to come and run them.
- Handlers who are not currently in Aussie Acres classes will pay $10 to have access to the fields.

I am hoping that offering UKI Stay Home Trials will become a monthly activity here at Aussie Acres, so if you miss this one stay tuned for future opportunities to work UKI course works and work toward titling points.