Tag: dog agility
Collecting Challenges
Since last week, when I put out the idea that you all should run out and get five weave pole and contact challenges from three elite agility handlers, some of you have come to the conclusion that I should provide you with the actual challenges to try. You guys are cracking me up! Okay lets [...]
Read more2x2s and the Experienced Dog
This is a question that keeps coming up with dogs learning the 2x2s for the first time but have had previous experience with weaving. What often happens with these dogs is that, even though you may establish the Reward Line, when you send the dog from high on the arc the dog often will choose [...]
Read more2×2 Q & A
Okay, workshop today and since it is contacts and WEAVES I thought I would quickly answer a couple of the 2×2 questions that you guys have posted. Q. First of all what about those 24″ spaced poles? Now that the AKC and the USDAA have gone to 24″ spaced poles . . . what you [...]
Read moreBig Changes for Canadian Agility
The Canadian Kennel Club has been sending a team to the FCI World Championships now for the past seven years now. Lori Pichurski, from Alberta, spearheaded the the Canadian effort by arranging and managing the team right from the beginning. This year the CKC has decided to put together a new look Management Team to [...]
Read moreBack in the Saddle
After the week with Tony Robbins I taught a small group of handlers for three days in the Phoenix area. It was not an advertised seminar, since I am supposed to be on hiatus from teaching seminars right now. So it was a relatively small group, but very enthusiastic one! It was great to be [...]
Read moreThe Two Way Communication of Training
As we approach the one year anniversary of the release of my 2×2 Weave Training DVD I thought I would welcome any questions you may have that I have not yet answered. By now there are likely thousands of people that have trained their dogs to weave using the 2×2 method. I get all kinds [...]
Read moreVerbally Enthusiastic Workers
Recently I had someone ask me if I thought it would be a problem to let his dog bark while he shaped behaviours. First of all, the barking could be a sign that your dog training skills need to be sharpened. Perhaps have an experienced trainer watch you and give you their opinion. Buzz [...]
Read morePuppy Swimming!
Sorry I had a bit of a hiatus this week. We had our final inspection on the new house so John and I have been running around like crazy. In the midst of it all Lynda (friend and one of our instructors here) brought by her new Border Collie puppy. His name is CoolMoss (I [...]
Read moreNew Beginnings
Hey, I heard from Ken Tatsch at the USDAA office. Thanks for all of your posts, he read them and is going to look further into the possibility of a ABBC class. Consideration is a great first step! Now it is November, all my big agility events for this year have come and gone, [...]
Read moreYou Gotta Love Dogs Right?
Driving through Dallas on the way home yesterday we stopped to look at a litter of puppies (not for me, for Lynda). The breeder owned Encore’s litter-sister so we just had to have a photo shoot. Can you guess which one is Encore? To follow up on my thoughts about an ABBC class, I [...]
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