When I first started agility I had a townhouse with a 20' wide backyard on a severe slope.  I found that training the dogs to weave (tomatoe stakes and string) up and down the hill made for really fast great weave poles!!!  We had jump chutes in the hallway.  When we finally got a yard it rapidly became to small for all the stuff!  Eventually chris and I were lucky enough to find our little slice of heaven in North Carolina and since we both like to play with the dogs we shelled out for the lights too!    I think Olga showed the initial excercise for the table in her front yard which didn't look all that large!.If you work at it you will get where you want to go regardless of the amount of space you have to work in!  You and Phoenix are an awesome team and you are getting better all the time!  Perhaps sometimes less is more! .....elizabeth

Wendy, you bring back memories. I  still live in a town home with a 20x40 patio, just big enough for a pause table and if I move things around, some poles and a contact trainer. Before I met the lady with the field ( she lets me use it in exchange for taking care of the grass and watering the horse) I hauled all kinds of portable equipment to the local park and illegally set up to practice. I got kicked out a few times. (VBG) Believe it or not, for having my dog off leash  and not for having all the jumps etc. I will even confess to setting up weave poles in the grass area of a parking lot after hours. Got some pretty strange looks but was never arrested. My theory, which worked, is if you ask enough people sooner or later you will find a place to practice.

Cheers,

Jean