http://susangarrettdogagility.com Agility training for all dogs of all breeds Fri, 24 May 2013 15:06:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/05/international-agility-championship-the-first-time-all-over-again/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/05/international-agility-championship-the-first-time-all-over-again/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:05 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8831 I just got home from my participating in my second WAO (World Agility Open) event held in Oviedo, Spain. Some consider this one of the four “world championship” type agility events; FCI in October, European Open in July, WAO in May and IFCS held every other year. This is my second year competing at WAO [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/05/international-agility-championship-the-first-time-all-over-again/feed/ 19 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/03/your-dog-recovering-from-severe-trauma-is-there-a-baseline/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/03/your-dog-recovering-from-severe-trauma-is-there-a-baseline/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:01:50 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8814 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. [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/03/your-dog-recovering-from-severe-trauma-is-there-a-baseline/feed/ 91 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/03/what-does-internationalization-in-dog-agility-really-mean/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/03/what-does-internationalization-in-dog-agility-really-mean/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:02:41 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8791 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) [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/03/what-does-internationalization-in-dog-agility-really-mean/feed/ 48 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/lets-change-lives/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/lets-change-lives/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:26:41 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8773 Those of you who have been tuning in over the last few weeks have heard a lot of talk about my course, the Five Minute Formula for a Brilliant Recall (Recallers).  We’ve gotten a lot of questions, and I promise, they will be answered in due time.   But before registrations open for the next [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/lets-change-lives/feed/ 15 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-winners-announced/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-winners-announced/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:08:21 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8754 The time has come to announce the winners of this years Recallers Video Contest!  We’ve had a great couple of weeks watching all of your videos, choosing our favorites, and reading your comments.  Once again, we’d like to thank everyone who took the time to submit a video, our sponsors, Agility Q and DogWise, and [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-winners-announced/feed/ 18 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-final-videos-face-off/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-final-videos-face-off/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:02:58 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8735 Today is the day!  The Top 6 videos from our Recallers Video Competition will now FACE-OFF to determine who is the official winner of the 3rd Annual Recallers Video Contest! Let me begin by saying that the makers of these 6 videos should be incredibly proud, as should all of our top 15!  These videos [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-final-videos-face-off/feed/ 24 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-voting-day-3/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-voting-day-3/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:01:25 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8719 Day 3 of the Recallers 4.0 video contest is upon us!  Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to come to the blog to vote and leave your feedback in the comment section.  We agree with everyone – it is hard to choose just two each day!  The competition has been close, and [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-voting-day-3/feed/ 39 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-voting-day-2/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-voting-day-2/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:35:12 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8702 Wow!  In our first day of voting yesterday, we had over 1,000 votes (and counting) for our first five videos!  I can tell by your comments that you agree – it was hard to narrow down the great videos to just 15!  Each videos is a creative tribute to how Recallers improved your relationship with [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-voting-day-2/feed/ 28 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-voting-day-1/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-voting-day-1/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:31:35 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8671 What do you get when you combine over 260 awesome videos + a great prize pack from generous sponsors? You get the 4th Official Recallers Video Contest! As you may know, we’ve been running a video contest over the last week for our past Recaller students; that’s alumni of the Five Minute Formula to a [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/02/recallers-4-0-video-contest-voting-day-1/feed/ 69 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2012/12/encores-rehab-a-week-at-home/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2012/12/encores-rehab-a-week-at-home/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:55:05 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8661 It is hard to believe Encore has been home a full week today. She is getting stronger and stronger but sometimes is frustrated by what she can’t yet do. Personally I am thrilled with all she has been able to over come.  I put together this little video of show you some of her successes [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2012/12/encores-rehab-a-week-at-home/feed/ 96