My life is always full, I don’t think that will ever change. But after August 22, for the first time since 1996, I will not have any away-from-home-seminars on my immediate calendar. Yes I will be teaching at camps in Florida in January-February and yes I will be teaching here at home but I …
Read moreSo back from the USDAA regional last weekend and I will write about it later, but for now I am going to post the last of my Canadian Nationals videos. This is the 2 standard classes that where offered. Take a look at the standard courses here Neither course was a “gimme” for …
Read moreSo far this week I have showed you each girl’s Steeplechase runs, Encore’s Gambler’s and errrh ummm “jumper’s” run. So to redeem myself I will post Feature’s two Jumpers runs from the Canadian Nationals. Day one she had the fastest time during this first run of the day. Many dogs, with far more experience, took the [...]
Read moreVery few of my runs are “flawless.” I do have screw ups just like anyone else, but at last weekend’s Canadian Nationals I had a lulu of a fiasco, the likes of which I have not experienced in a while. Encore and I are pretty solid in our teamwork so when she has a …
Read moreBack in November of last year I wrote about how I felt the need to work on my dog’s Gambling Skills. The post was called “Getting Old Fashioned”. My winter project was to grow my dog’s skills so that the Gamblers class was not going to turn my stomach at a regional or national …
Read moreWell the 9th Canadian National Agility Championships have been put to bed. No I did not “win” the overall championship, but I did have a great weekend. The event was really well run, the organizers thought of just about everything, right down to having packages of ”Sham-Wow” rags at each ring! The readers digest version [...]
Read moreThis has been around the internet a few times, it is awesome, you have have even seen it at Starbucks. Even if you have seen it, it is well worth more than one look. Have a great weekend everyone. http://www.youtube.com/user/PlayingForChange#play/user/C122061BDC373B4B Today I am so grateful to all of the people in my life that stand [...]
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This morning we head up to Ottawa for the Canadian National Agility Championships. This would be the ninth year for this event. It is different than any other National Championship that I am aware of, not only in that consistency is crucial, but also the dog’s ability to do Gamblers is critical as well. You [...]
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Yesterday I started explaining my thoughts on the evolution of ourselves as competitors. Remember Stage one was the “Romance Stage” where ignorance is bliss and we get extreme joy just watching our dog being able to do a sequence of 2 or 3 jumps in a row without going around one of them. Stage Two, [...]
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There was discussion this week on one of the agility lists about running agility “just for fun” rather than being competitive about it. It reminded me of a lecture I include when doing Mental Prep for Sport workshops. It is about each of our own individual evolution as a competitor in sport. This concept was first introduced [...]
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