Did you know that you can significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to train your agility dog based on what you teach him as a puppy? Not only that, but you can better prepare that dog to avoid injury over their 5-10 year career, [...]
WOW how much fun was THAT?The 211 Recaller4.0 alumni videos that were posted to my Facebook page made it V-E-R-Y difficult to narrow it down to only 15 to kick off our contest last week. From the results of the voting, it seems you all [...]
Today is the day…our Championship round of Recallers Videos! The best of the best are now competing to be in the Top THREE! Before we begin, I want to thank everyone for their votes and feedback….we all agree these videos were great. These top seven [...]
Day 1 of our Recallers5.0 video contest is upon us!A few weeks ago we asked our Recallers4.0 students to share with us how Recallers has impacted not only their lives, but the lives of their dogs. The response was amazing, so many great videos! Some [...]
The most painful day as a dog owner isn’t the pain of embarrassment when our agility dog knocks just about every bar on a jumpers course, nor is it having to come up with the cash to pay a rather large and unexpected veterinarian bill. [...]
Do you have a senior dog? Do you have a young dog and would like some tips to keep him active and healthy into his senior years? Well until 13th of January, my eBook, Anti-Aging Tips for Dogs, is FREE on Amazon! Anti--Aging Tips provides tips [...]
To some dog owners who participate in performance sports around the world, I am considered a dog training “mentor." Definition: men·tor ˈmenˌtôr,-tər/ noun: mentor; plural noun: mentors 1. an experienced and trusted adviser. Being a mentor is an honour I take very seriously. Why would Susan Garrett [...]
Training a dog can be an amazingly joyful or an unbelievably frustrating use of your time. What separates these two experiences is one thing and only one thing and that is your dog’s immunity to distractions. Truth. The biggest saboteur working against reaching your goals [...]
Today I have a guest blogger by way of an impromptu video. Dr. Leslie Woodcock DVM, is a long time friend of mine (for more than 20 years). She has been our Team Canada veterinarian at most of our international events (WAO, IFCS, FCI) for [...]
17 years young but still loves a great game! As much as we would like to prevent it, our agility dogs do grow old. As a matter of fact all dogs grow old, even if they were not once agility dogs. :) If [...]
As many of you will know my then 8 year old Border Collie "Encore" suffered a major traumatic event 3 months ago when she collapsed seizing one morning which could not be stopped. With good medical care and the outpouring of prayers from this dog [...]
I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart. ~ Pope John XXIII A lot is made about "training" your dog's eyes to look into yours when you are working together. Some schools use force to demand [...]
