http://susangarrettdogagility.com Agility training for all dogs of all breeds Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:21:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2012/02/did-i-make-a-difference/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2012/02/did-i-make-a-difference/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:11:33 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=8031 That question was suggested to me recently as one to think about “Susan, how would you answer that question at the end of your life.” Did I make a difference? I know my mom and dad made a difference raising 8 amazing children of their own and adopting two other equally amazing children (I won’t [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2012/02/did-i-make-a-difference/feed/ 95 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/contact-questions-answered/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/contact-questions-answered/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:00:04 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=1599 Over the past couple of weeks I have had a few questions come in about my contacts, so here are some answers for you all 1) My “Swing ” cue means “turn away from me” it does not necessarily mean turn left. As a matter of fact if you review the video from the post [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/09/contact-questions-answered/feed/ 0 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/dissecting-punishment/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/dissecting-punishment/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:35:30 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=1449 One of last week’s blog posted caused a bit of a stir amoungst some of you so I will deal with a couple of comments that were made.    From Nelci   AWESOME!! Love the picture of Feature on the Teeter. I do have some questions, after this “exercise” with Feature and the DW, what [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/dissecting-punishment/feed/ 14 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/irritation-is-motivation/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/irritation-is-motivation/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:02:50 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=1420 Irritation is motivation. Some of you may have heard me say this before.  When you are really irritated by something you will take action to change it. Those of you that are overweight right now are that way because it doesn’t bug you enough. When something irritates you enough your words and thoughts turn from [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/irritation-is-motivation/feed/ 13 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/the-fix-is-on-for-feature/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/the-fix-is-on-for-feature/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:07:47 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=1404 So here I am trying to remind Feature exactly what are my expectations on her contacts.   I trained Feature differently then my previous dogs in that I introduced the running contact before I did the stopped. With Encore I had a running A Frame and a stopped dogwalk for the first 2 years of [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/the-fix-is-on-for-feature/feed/ 9