Archive: August, 2009
Puppy Camp Success
Another puppy camp has been put to bed. What fun! It was all I thought it would be and more. Fun puppies and great students, I mean they really embraced the program. More energy by the last day on Sunday, then even the first day Friday! Seems that puppy camp keeps evolving away from strictly [...]
Read moreBelly Laughs
Today is first day of another puppy camp. I am extra excited since 19 of the 24 puppies are less than 6 month old. Little sponges at this age, really. It is amazing how much faster you can teach key dog training concepts when there is little to no history of inappropriate, competing reinforcement …
Read moreExercising the Dogs
Keeping in the theme of the week, today I am going to give you a brief run down on some of the activities I use to keep my dogs fit throughout the year. Before I do though I will mention that I like to give my dogs 6-8 continuous weeks off from their main sport [...]
Read moreRetrieve Games
Okay my intention was to do a quick video and post this little clip with the rest of my exercise thoughts today. However, even though I have a ton of stuff to do, I got carried away with the editing and the entire project took longer than I intended. However, I do like tinkering with videos. [...]
Read moreFido Fitness
I had a question last week about what I do to keep my dogs in shape for competition. First of all, it is great that people are thinking about their dog’s fitness level. It doesn’t matter if you are a serious agility competitor or a weekend warrior, it is only fair to your dog to make [...]
Read moreThat Once in a Lifetime Dog
What I am about to say may come across as haughty and please forgive me if it does, as it is not my intention. I want to describe for you the relationship that develops with a dog when you compete at the highest level of competition. By doing so I hope not to minimize the [...]
Read moreTreading Softly . . . not!
Wow after yesterday’s response I was thinking today I would cover medi-care, hand guns laws or perhaps abortion. Thanks to everyone that wrote in on the sensitive topic. Apparent Alex Baldwin stated an opinion similar to mine recently and he too is feeling a bit of heat . . . not that I am looking for [...]
Read moreA Silver Lining or a Thunder Cloud?
Looking back I don’t think I have ever written anything on this blog that could be considered controversial. It is about the change today. Michael Vick, once the highest paid professional football player of all time, now a convicted felon, dog fighting ring-leader and reported dog abuser is in line to potentially earn almost 7 [...]
Read moreWeave Pole Spacing
There has been much debate about the “best” spacing between weave poles. In Europe all the weave pole bases I have seen have been on 24″ centres. I don’t know if they ever where different or how we here in North America started with have poles as close as 18″ apart but once you start [...]
Read moreSwinging With The Dog
There have been a few questions since I posted my National’s standard runs about turning my dog away from me on the contacts. It occurred when my dog raced up the dogwalk on my left arm and had to turn away from me into a tunnel. Running in Greg Derrett’s handling system we do not [...]
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