Customer Reviews

PetSafe Agility 10' Open Tunnel

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All I had to do was open the tunnel up, and call my dogs through. They needed no convincing. This seems to be very sturdy. The instructions are strictly for outdoor use, but indoor use is working for me just fine. My dogs even use it without me when I'm watching TV nearby. I'm really surprised they like it so much -- I was completely prepared to have to coax them through it and for them to use it only by command. I didn't imagine they would like playing with it by themselves. Since using the tunnel straight was apparently a "no-brainer", I curved it so that I could -- as the instructions stated -- "challenge your dog more". They still run right through it.

The tunnel is 21" in diameter (I couldn't find the dimensions online anywhere, so I had to wait until it arrived to find out!). My largest dog is a Shar-Pei, and she runs through it without crouching. My smallest dog is a Pekingese, a breed some people think can't be trained, but he seems to get the most fun out of it between the two of them.

Since I couldn't afford a stronger tunnel this one works pretty well for practicing. The only problem is they should have included more stakes for the ground because it is hard to get it to stay in a curve.

Given the low cost this is more than acceptable. I've used it for a few weeks and dogs have run through it a lot. So far no problem and I don't anticipate any. I don't like the ties because so far I've tripped over them several times already. I will probably use sandbags instead. I've bent it to 45 and 90 degrees and it has worked fine. I would have liked to be able to have different lengths for training (this pops open to its full length). But for simple training and ease of use, this is just fine.

Not only was it fun for the dogs in agility class who already knew how to go through a tunnel, but the dogs who had never done it before and were having second thoughts, all learned to race through it. Their owners were delighted. Folds up very easily.

I'm not expecting this to last 100 years as it is nylon, but it sure seems well put together and will be perfect for my 25lb. sheltie.