http://susangarrettdogagility.com Agility training for all dogs of all breeds Fri, 18 May 2012 04:09:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2011/04/criteria-is/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2011/04/criteria-is/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:46:41 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=6659 What word do you believe is synonymous with the word criteria?  I want you to pause for a moment right now and think of the first word that pops into your mind when you think of the word “criteria.” Don’t read on until you have that word. Say it out loud when you hear the word [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2011/04/criteria-is/feed/ 165 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2010/08/immediate-vs-long-term-reinforcement/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2010/08/immediate-vs-long-term-reinforcement/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:30:10 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=5233 Defining moments of decision happen both in the dog and in us. Do you hit the snooze alarm in the morning or do you decide to get up, giving you a few extra moments to train your dog before you leave for work? Do you see your dog responding inappropriately, yet decide it is too [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2010/08/immediate-vs-long-term-reinforcement/feed/ 32 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 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/sorting-through-a-few-problems/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/sorting-through-a-few-problems/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:26:53 +0000 Susan http://susangarrettdogagility.com/?p=1380 I was away for a few days and since I was gone we had a bit of a Twitter-gone-mad problem here on the blog. It is all fixed now so everyone should be able to read this post without an issue. Okay, so I got a new phone a couple of weeks ago. I can [...]]]> http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/07/sorting-through-a-few-problems/feed/ 14 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/03/hanging-on-to-good-behaviour/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/03/hanging-on-to-good-behaviour/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:04:54 +0000 Susan http://susangarrett.wordpress.com/?p=1008 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/03/hanging-on-to-good-behaviour/feed/ 15 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/02/winning-when-you-lose-and-losing-when-you-win/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/02/winning-when-you-lose-and-losing-when-you-win/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:35:47 +0000 Susan http://susangarrett.wordpress.com/?p=606 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2009/02/winning-when-you-lose-and-losing-when-you-win/feed/ 10 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2008/11/my-parents-would-have-been-great-dog-trainers-if-they-had-liked-dogs/ http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2008/11/my-parents-would-have-been-great-dog-trainers-if-they-had-liked-dogs/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:27:15 +0000 Susan http://susangarrett.wordpress.com/?p=95 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2008/11/my-parents-would-have-been-great-dog-trainers-if-they-had-liked-dogs/feed/ 5