I am quite interested in agility as the dogs seem to love it and it seems like a good  bonding  thing to do together . So what should i look for in a good club ?

Finding training or a club is not very easy often a good one has a long waiting list - try agilitynet.com and agilityeye.co.uk for advice. There is an agility forum too.  My trainer is ill so I am having individual lessons at the moment which are very good - I do try to compete.   A good club will have small classes - I would say 8 in a class is maximum.  Otherwise you are standing around waiting for a go for ages.  However you can learn a lot from watching other people's mistakes. 

agility addicts is another good site.

I started agility just over a year ago with my GR and my terrier started about 7 weeks ago. The majority of the good training clubs have a long waiting list - I waited nearly 2 years before my GR started. The beginners class I have my terrier in has 6 dogs in it. We do a 13 week course and at the end of that time we can then go on to join the club as a regular member providing you wish to and the trainers think that you and your dog are suited to the activity. With my first course one dog dropped out at the end of the course and another dropped out a year later. In my terrier's class there is one dog who seems very nervous of all the equipment and her handler is not really enjoying the course either so I would imagine they will probably not continue once the course has been completed.

Eventually I would like to enter some competitions but am working up the courage for that at the moment :-) I really enjoy agility and my dogs do as well. My GR is accurate and willing but is distracted by the tasty snacks the horses leave behind in the indoor school where we train and the terrier is exceedingly fast and enthusiastic but lacking the pinpoint control - a combination of both dogs abilities would be great :-)

Put your name down for a course and give it a go - you don't have to continue if you find it's not for you or your dog but you might just find you are bitten by the bug :-)

Go for it Harley - it is good fun. - Have you been and watched any competitions?  The first one I went to I really felt - 'I could do that'!  After seeing others make a complete mess of things I stopped worrying and entered.  There are all sorts who take part.  I live in hope that we will get another clear round one day.

i am really interested in trying Agility with my dogs my gardens not quite big enough to set it up at home but id love my dogs to try it i belive they will love it , my Rottie would think its heaven,
i spoke to our local council asking if we could clear some waste ground thats in a fenced off area around here and we could use log jumps and a few posts in the ground , i no it be not as good as all the fancy jumps you must get at the real training places but id like to think of it as a mini dogs adventure playground,
we have an adventure here for the kids i sometimes will take my boy their early hours , and he loves runing around the planks up the wooden steps its great fun playing chase with him i wish my council would help me, iv offered to get some friends and clear the area, id even raise money to pay for the stuff to be put together, but they wont even concider it, instead this wasted grassy area is left to overgrow and be flytipped on. very sad, im in south east London and cant find an Agility club Anywhere near me at all,

I agree with ceejay, have a go at a few competitions. A lot of the dogs, even those that are very experienced, have rounds where you'd think they've never seen a course in their lives! I've seen plenty that run out of the ring to investigate the stalls (especially the burger stalls)!

To the OP I would recommend getting on the waiting list of a good club. Go and visit a few to see which you like but be prepared to wait a fair time. Some places do "agility holidays" which may be good for you to try it out.

I did participate in our club's annual event and we got 1st place in the nursery class and a 4th in the open ABC :-)

Agility shows are great fun! I've competed for a couple of years with my collie who sadly has now had to retire. We've made loads of friends in the 2 years. My Podengo came out last year his first competition was a total disaster! He ran off round the ring, barked at the judge and then pooed!!! So don't worry about your dog making a mess of it it happens and no one minds!

As for clubs I have recently moved and have found it impossible to find a club where I am but using agilitynet I have found a great lady who does one to ones. Things to look for would be that the trainer only uses positive methods, some clubs still 'force' the dogs to do the obstacles, it should be fun and the dog should be enjoying it.

Harley - that's great - I am a long way from doing anything yet - but hopefully with my one to one lessons I will stand a better chance.  I have had some really positive ideas how to train my rather over-enthusiastic excitable dog.   Off to my first really big event next week at Wye valley. - So far the maximum rings have been 2 and that was indoors with a solid divide between.  Hope Meg doesn't hike off into the other rings.  The open air ones just have ropes around.