Does anyone know where the cheapest places to buy agility equipment are?
1. Some equipment, especially contact equipment (A-frame, teeter, dog-walk) is just very expensive if you buy it, even used. And it’s not good to buy really broken down stuff that a club might be selling. Broken or flimsy equipment can not only provide a risk to your dog but if your dog has a bad experience on it (even if she doesn’t get hurt) it often traumatizes them on it. Case in point: I once saw a Golden go up an A-frame that hadn’t been chained accurately. It gave (dropped a couple of inches). The dog was startled, jumped off, raced off the class area, urinated and wouldn’t even go close to the A-frame ever again. The owner eventually stopped doing agility. 2. Inexpensive equipment? Check out: Affordable agility. They have something called “agility in a bag” that is: 6 PVC weaves, 2 adjustable jumps, a tire frame and tire (ditch their tire and use drainage tubing from Home Depot), a pause box (worthless but you can convert the PVC to another obstacle) and a chute all for about $
