Category: Dog Training: Skills
Your Dog Recovering From Severe Trauma . . . Is There A Baseline?
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 community Encore survived where little hope of survival was given. [...]
Read moreWhat Does Internationalization in Dog Agility Really Mean?
Today is the first “Dog Agility Blog Event for 2013” and the topic myself and other dog agility bloggers are writing on is “Internationalization.” When I first saw the topic I thought to myself, “oh cool, Steve (our blogger ring leader) is making up new words.” But then I googled it (speaking of new words) [...]
Read moreA Chat With the World’s Best In Dog Agility: Take Three
Today three time World Champion of dog agility Natasha Wise of the UK gives her input into how to bring in you and your dog. I took home three key points from this interview . . . what do you think they were? I realize you might have a difficult time hearing this one, but [...]
Read moreSwagger Back in the Saddle!
Well after the past few months focusing entirely on Feature’s agility Swagger finally got his turn. This weekend I decided to enter a trial north of Toronto. This is Swagger’s first time at a trial in 3 months. I actually only put him back on contacts just over 3 weeks ago. So this trial is [...]
Read moreA Chat With the World’s Best In Dog Agility: Take Two
Can you guess who this is in the picture to the left? She is today’s dog agility expert who I will feature in my second instalment of the “World’s Best in Dog Agility” interview. Take a close look . . . and if you guessed Silvia Trkman you would be correct! Certainly Silvia needs no [...]
Read moreDog Training and Attention
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 it, many have special “attention” classes to create it. I [...]
Read moreIFCS 16″ World Champion . . . Couldn’t Have Happened to a Nicer Person!
I asked Lynda to put together a brief video walkthrough of her World Championship weekend. It is almost as good as being there. Lynda is not your typical “big name” agility guru although she has now earned a spot on to 2 IFCS and 2 FCI World Teams with two different dogs. She doesn’t have [...]
Read moreIFCS 2012 Weekend Recap
Well another IFCS World Championships has come and gone. This one a bit different in that it was right here in North America. Unfortunately for me, a week before the event, I threw my back out and was unsure if I would even be able to compete! I missed both days of our team practice [...]
Read moreShould You Run or Stop Your Agility Dog’s Contacts?
Running Contacts Are They For You? Do all handlers need to train their dog’s do do a running contact? I would think not. There are some people that are just not fast enough to handle a dog with running contacts; the solution is of course to train both. Any of you signed up for my [...]
Read moreCan’t Different Just Be More?
My entire life I have been driven by this great quote by Zig Ziglar; “You can get everything you want in life, if you can just help enough other people get what they want.” My goal in life, for as long as I can remember, has been to help people. Back when I was young [...]
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