How do you feel when your favourite TV series comes to an end, knowing there won’t be more to new episodes to watch? That’s how I felt these last few days watching the agility journey videos that made the finals of our contest here on the blog. If you are anything like me this final day of voting is one of mixed emotions…excited to see who is going to win…because holy smokes these videos are all amazing! Yet having a tinge of sadness knowing there won’t be more. So, like an addicted super fan… I re-watched some of my favourite “episodes.” Fortunately for me…there were a LOT of favourites!
As you know now, the plan was choose just 15 favourites…but it became clear that wasn’t possible…so my team and I picked out favourite 24 videos… then that turned into our favourite 25 videos….and that’s where you came in. We called on your to help with this difficult task…and you rose to the occasion! We have rolled out these 25 videos…and we had almost 5,000 votes! That’s incredible!
Now…we are taking the top two from each day and having you this final time. These videos are competing for the Grand Prize! The top 3 winners will receive an additional year of Handling360 AND a very cool FiTBone donated by our friends at FitPAWS. Check those out (they are awesome!) AND because we appreciate all the time and effort each and every person put into making these videos…we will be randomly selecting two additional winners to receive the grand prize as well.
Here’s to an amazing season finale…just like any good series I just know this one is going to be a nail-biter!
Today, since their eight videos for you to choose from we are letting you vote for your THREE favourite videos…should make it a bit easier for you. Voting will be closed on Monday, November 17th just before noon (11:59 AM ET …Toronto or New York time :)).
Today I am very grateful for YOU! Thank you so much for taking the time to vote…it not only makes the contest a lot more fun for everyone it also reinforces all of the participants the effort and innovating thinking that went into these videos.
1) Charlotte Rundgren- Agility Training with Handling360 is simply the best!
https://vimeo.com/110554282
2) Tin Eng Tan- Agility Training with Handling360 is enlightening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZbssdmAuzs
3) Natalie Kirkwood Agility Training with Handling360 is an FNU jouney.
https://vimeo.com/110033792
4) Francisca McDonald Agility Training with Handling360 is about creating a team.
https://vimeo.com/110666855
5) Naomi Lane – Agility Training with Handling360 is for the young and old alike…even CRAZY dreams come true!
https://vimeo.com/110599760
6) Lynsey Fuegner – Agility Training with Handling360 is a journey.
http://youtu.be/-t7e-sAZkRk
7) Lance McMahon- Agility Training with Handling360 is a return on investment!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KplALng9aVc
8) Maria Thiry- Agility Training with Handling360 is fun not frustrating!
http://youtu.be/gBdvZWSsWmk
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Last Day! Vote for your top THREE videos!
- 2) Tin Eng Tan- Agility Training with Handling360 is enlightening. (15%, 644 Votes)
- 1) Charlotte Rundgren- Agility Training with Handling360 is simply the best! (14%, 612 Votes)
- 7) Lance McMahon- Agility Training with Handling360 is a return on investment! (14%, 603 Votes)
- 5) Naomi Lane - Agility Training with Handling360 is for the young and old alike…even CRAZY dreams come true! (13%, 575 Votes)
- 4) Francisca McDonald Agility Training with Handling360 is about creating a team. (13%, 549 Votes)
- 8) Maria Thiry- Agility Training with Handling360 is fun not frustrating! (12%, 508 Votes)
- 3) Natalie Kirkwood Agility Training with Handling360 is an FNU jouney. (11%, 485 Votes)
- 6) Lynsey Fuegner - Agility Training with Handling360 is a journey. (9%, 384 Votes)
Total Voters: 2,709
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very exciting!!
Charlotte, but cant seem to vote, hope adding comment helps
My vote goes to Maria great video
Surprise! Boxes showed up!
Pretend I voted for 3, 4, 8
I cannot figure out how to vote on here…though I did vote the other day.
Watched with tears and smiles as all contestants are worthy of winning! Can’t wait to start the new journey!
Francisca,
never seen anything this inspiring !
you all need to be very proud of your training skills– can’t imagine how many hrs. of work you go thru to get to this level.—–well done !
Thank you for your kind words Bob. I love every minute of the training and it is so very rewarding. I am extremely proud of where Lukla has come from.
Holy smokes! What are you going to do if you have a 6 way tie!?! They are all so close. There’s only a 10% difference between #1 & #6.
CHARLOTTE RUNDGREN
I truly enjoyed all the stories but my #1 is Naomi. Why: because she is real. Naomi voiced concerns or thoughts that I have had and I applaud her for moving through those fears with the help of Susan and the Handling 360 course. It touched my heart and did not feel like a sales pitch. So you can see that was based on emotion. My 2nd choice is for Tin Eng Tan becasue the video really lays out how H360 works. I have a visual learning style and need to understand why or how something works…not just that it works. Really ejoyed them all. Like a good book, I’ sad to come to the end.
Thank you Mary. I really appreciate your support. Everyone has worked so hard and had inspirational results with H360… We are all winners. Being in the top 8, is an unexpected bonus!
I really liked Francisca. I thought it was so inspirational to see her take her dog running from ring to. Champion. It was heart warming. Additionally, I thought she did an outstanding job in how she put her videos Togerher. It was entertaining as well as warming your heart. I loved it all! REALL AWESOME
You all come across to me as inspiring, committed and willing to experiment with other avenues (e.g. methods to learn agility) to be satisfied you and your dog have done your best! Great work!
All great videos and each one inspiring My favorite is # 6 Lindsey Fuegner.
All of these videos were super inspiring. I have been clued to the screen watching handling 360 videos over the last two weeks – while my dog is contemplating how to stop this ‘bad habit’ of mine..You and all your videos have convinced me to sign up for handling 360 as soon as it opens up again – to go from confused looking, laughing a lot agility beginner to confident (still laughing a lot) agility handler..what gets me the most is the transition in all the people – body language becoming more confident and positive as the teams progress…just looks like an amazing learning opportunity!
Wow – How did #2 go from being last only yesterday or the day before – to surpass #5 for top spot.
Lance mcmahons video had me from the start. Amazing editing, hilariously relevant music, and the most emotional and inspiring story. #7 all the way
Everyone has created a video that will inspire someone…from first time dog owner to championship participant! I love them all!
Love #7! Unable to vote though… 🙁
Another thing you *might* be able to try is restarting your internet connection?
Lance McMahon’s #7 video is so awesome and inspiring!
Lynsey Fuegner’s video is awesome. She gets my vote.
I feel silly but I really can’t figure out how to vote 🙁 I have tried the suggestions in your post and I’m not sure what to click or how to vote exactly… I would really like to though!
Please halp! 🙂
These videos are so inspiring and I can’t wait to get my own dog and I started in handling 360!
Hope it worked for you Michelle. Keep trying as some people have had trouble logging in to vote. Vote boxes should be at the bottom of page after video. 😉
No voting boxes for me.
Hey Francisca,
You have my vote! 🙂
Cheers,
James
Thank you James 🙂 They are all great video’s, Great Dogs and Handlers but your vote means a lot to me. 😉
Sopport him!!
Naomi your video was so wonderful and touching. We work so hard to teach our dogs and ourselves the fun filled world of agility. Sometimes we have to take 2 or 3 steps backwards just to be able to take a tiny step forward but when that happens it is so worth all the time & effort. Thank you for sharing a small portion of your inspiring journey with all of us!
Marti, Thank you for your kind words!! So true!
I still can’t view Lynsey Fuegner’s video! It’s “not available in you country” apparently – anyone in UK been able to view it? If so, how?
I’ve been watching Nat’s journey with Sage and simply cannot believe the difference in this team…yes, TEAM!
So many amazing videos! So hard to choose! Thank you to all of the creators for sharing your story so creatively!
We are supposed to pick three. This is my order from most favorite to favorite. 🙂
1. Charlotte
2. Francisca
3. Naomi
Thank you Tara. 🙂
Thanks Tara 🙂 H360 has been an amazing journey for me
How nice of you Tara! Thank you! 🙂
Naomi Thank you for Sharing, I also have a crazy dream.
I am af schoolteacher for the kids nobody els want too teach, and like them…
When i started agility in July 2014. it soon become clear that in this classroom Bellis and I were the impossible ones. I am not so young as I use too bee and a size ++++, and the equation equals poor-fast-dog-wasting-talent-on-old-fat-women-who-should-know-better.
A good question at this point would bee: why exposing your self too all that negativity?
The answer is simple: I am having too much fun, running around playing and connecting whit Bellis. I am puffing, sweating and laughing. Embarrassed? not at all, I´m too focus on Bellis and our next jump too think abut how I look. Simply having fun.
Lack of structure, handling skills, and properly some other things too, soon gave Bellis stress on the Cours. It was not difficult too understand her struggle. I choose to stop agility for a while going back too basic.
What too do next?
The decision wasn’t hard too make, we need tools too build this game up too even more fun.
Like my students, I needed some one who could define the mission, building it up from the foundation. Translating my struggles into a languish I could understand and to solutions I could handle.
I may not have solved anything yet, but I am sure that I have found my Way.
Thank you Team Yes Dog for sharing the light.
Thanks Heidi! Yep Crazy dreams do come true….so looking forward to the rest of our journey. Hoping that I get faster (*wink) because I know Twister will lol!!
#8 was the most inspiring. Great to se train wreck turning into train!!! #6 also great to see progress. #7 was just cute!!!
I started viewing because I was curious – to see what the results really are. I kept viewing the videos -over and over because i was ‘hooked’. I loved the energy of the humans and dogs and the ‘never give up’ and ‘enjoy the moments’ philosophy. I became personally motivated and realized I had not been doing my pup any favors in the way I was training. I learned so much just watching and re-watching the exercises and I hope to save my ‘allowance’ and take one of Susan’s courses my myself. My dogs are begging me to ‘get with the 360Program” and have offered to consume fewer treats to save up for the course. Thanks for renewing my energy! Thanks for letting me see all that is possible.
Thank you Linda it will be worth every penny to join H30 course.
good，I like .
The run in #1 is amazing but #3 is my favorite because of her journey. I understand her frustration only too well. This one gives me encouragement. Loved the happy beach pics.
This was truly a hard, hard decision. Every one of the eight were awesome! Just made me proud to be part of Say Yes! 🙂
I liked #3 the most (they were all great) as it showed a bit of what the training is about, not just the results.
Wow! You have all touched my heart! I never realized that my simple story would inspire! So many great videos, so much fun. If you’re not in H360 don’t even hesitate for a moment when it opens! No matter what level you are at, no matter your age or the age of your dog you will find your own pace and success and be TRULY amazed at your results. By the way even besides Twister (border collie) we have two other dogs working in this course. A 7 yr old Yorki/Pom (who jumps 8″) and a 3 yro Border Collie mix with anxiety and fear issues…all three individuals at different levels.
My favorite is #3 Natalie Kirkwood because she shows where she started and the amazing progress she made. Also the videography and beach pictures tell the story very well, plus the dog is adorable! It will be a great advertizement for Handling 360.
So glad you enjoyed our story, much easier for me to enjoy it now we have come out the other side 😉 she has definitely taught me a lot
I loved the videos showing the struggles handlers went through. Makes me want to try agility with my puppy. But…he’s not the brighest and most of these are Border Collies, Mals or Poodles. So not sure I should try with a hound/Brittany mix. I’ve also never tried agility and it looks like this course is for those that already know how to do agility and just need tips?
Hi Chris,
Your dog is just waiting to show you how brilliant he/she can be 🙂 We have all sorts of breeds in our course including spaniels, mixes, whippets, tiny dogs, german shepherds, the list is endless. The course is great for beginners! In some aspects you have an advantage as you are teaching your dog right from the start…we have had lots of young dogs with no agility experience go through the course 🙂
Great job folks – I’m heading for the house and training tonight, even if I don’t have the new skills of these classes.
I loved all of the videos, they are definitely very inspiring….however I truly can relate to Naomi. I cant wait to join when H360 opens up, working on crate games until then. Riley watched the whole DVD with me very intently, I think she feels my excitement!
All the videos were inspiring, but Liked Naomi’s (4) with her message that, besides creating a great partnership with the help of H360, and having so much fun with Twister, she’d gained such confidence in herself.
Naomi! Love the video. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Only three . . . 🙁
I know! Tough choice isn’t it!
I can’t vote until I post a comment, so I just want everyone know how inspiring their videos are! It has been exciting to see them all and everyone did a great job!
I found everyone’s candour very touching, inspired to start my journey!
WOW! What a journey! Loved watching all those videos. So very often I sat in front of the computer with tears rolling down my face, just because I was so emotional about what I was watching, what started with frustration turned into fun and success and confidence.
I voted and I think my favorite was #5. Naomy telling us her story like a fairy tale with all the ups and downs and the beautiful happy end. So much success, so much confidence in Naomy and the dog!
I cant wait until the next Handling 360 is going to start. And I will be in!
I really loved 3,4 and 5 – especially #5 because they all showed that moment in one’s journey that most of us go through. THE WALL, low hope, and sometimes low esteem. Then they showed that they broke through that WALL! That is possible, fun and beautiful!!!
Loved Lynsey’s video with the running commentary . Also her dog was so fast, amazing she can even keep up.Thank you thought they were all wonderful.
The voting worked this time. Thank you again for the videos everyone. Can’t tell you how much joy I felt watching them.
I’ve had several people, PMing, and posting to me that they can not vote….they’ve cleared their cache and changed browsers as well. So I tried…switched to Chrome and having the same results as they are. Any other technical difficulties?
Yes Naomi, I can’t seem to vote. Just want to tell you that your video touches me so deeply that I cry every single time I watch and I’ve watched a lot! Thank you for your lovely story.
Thank you Carrie! That means so much to me. BTW I cry too 🙂
Naomi, I am getting inquiries from people this morning that they cannot vote. The voting results are up with no option to vote.
If they are using an old browser it may give you issues…make sure you are using the most up to date version of the browser you are using
Hi,
I have been trying to vote this morning – as have others I know – and have tried everything you suggested above. Any other ideas?
Make sure you are using the most up to date browser available. It may be a firewall issue as well.
Susan, I had the same problem. I cleared the cache in Internet Explorer and tried again. Nothing doing. So I cleared the cache in Google Chrome. I restarted my PC and that sealed the deal and I was able to vote my choices.
Seeing the videos revealing the mistakes and failures; the tripping and falling; the differences in ages of competitors; the awesome advances in abilities and success – All of this and more, that I haven’t put into words yet, have allowed me to NOT GIVE UP!
I so wish I could vote for the top 8, because they were all winners to me! I haven’t started entering Jack in agility yet. Our teamwork is not quite there, but is getting close!
Thanks for all you do for all of us!
All of the videos, including all the ones posted to Susan’s facebook page, are so inspiring!
It’s awesome to be in the H360 course with such motivated and talented people.
People who are “on top of the world”, “defy gravity”, “dance”, and more…
Tan, for example, like myself and many others is just partway in the course and looking forward to the rest.
We are grateful for the extension of 4 months!
Kudos to Naomi for courage to show the “Opps” scene with her falling. The scene with her dog in a sit waiting to take the spyder: touched a heart-string.
And to Lance for pointing out that learning so much about foundation skills is a big return on investment.
Thanks Trudie! Your kind words mean a lot.
Hi Trudi –
It is a big return on investment. When the contest opened up Sharon and I were driving home from a trial and she asked me what I would post. Well, the truth is when H360 started, I thought it would be to expensive along with everything else we do. Was I ever wrong! It is the money most well spent. That is how the video started.
Loved the video.
Go Lance.
Yea for a great return on the investment into our dogs and this fun fun sport
Loved all the videos.
Me too Barb, loved them all. So inspirational to this agility newbie! So many of the befores remind me of my boy with his sniffy nose and to see the transformation with the help of H360 and dedication has been a huge confidence booster. I think they are all winners and deserve a prize.