A Chat With the World’s Best in Dog Agility: Take One

The year’s FCI world championships were such an amazing event for me. John and I had a little vacation with our friends Martina & Carlo (ok mostly it was Martina and I talking about dogs). We did some sightseeing,  I did some shopping and then [...]

2020-01-11T21:24:54-04:00November 15th, 2012|48 Comments

Protecting What is Important to Your Dog Agility Career

There are many attributes that separates the "greats" from the "frustrated" in the sport of dog agility. Sure there is the dog, the training opportunities, the overall mental game of the handler or the athleticism of both parts of the team. But one thing that [...]

2017-03-24T14:44:57-04:00July 26th, 2012|20 Comments

IFCS 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 [...]

2020-01-11T21:32:20-04:00May 18th, 2012|65 Comments

Contact Training For Those With No Interest in Dog Agility

Weird eh?Why on earth would anyone who has no interest in dog agility want to know anything about how to train agility contact obstacles? To explain the reason let me share a story with you. Years ago John (my husband) used to travel to, and [...]

2020-02-21T18:58:32-04:00April 28th, 2012|38 Comments

Non Reward Markers: Reducing the Use

It seems everyone has a slightly different slant on their application of Non Reward Markers (NRMs) in training. Here is a little more on my approach. First of all, I never use them in training during a value building session (shaping). Actually, I rarely use [...]

2018-03-02T06:11:40-04:00February 9th, 2011|37 Comments
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