This weekend I will be hosting something that I am pretty sure has never been done in the agility world before. It is a three-day seminar with 8 agility handlers (most of which have been extremely successful in agility with past dogs) and the entire [...]
Today I wanted to make to time to join in the Dog Agility Blogger Action Day because the topic is FUN. How can I not take time out for THAT? As a professional in the sport of dog agility I recognize I am more obsessive [...]
Last week I was out in Los Angeles at a three day business workshop. Sitting in the meeting my mind drifted towards dog training and today’s vlog was born. My mind drifting is not a reflection of the presentation I was listening to... as my friend, [...]
One of my online students challenged me recently. She is a highly successful agility competitor in the United States. She has been a student on Handling360 since the beginning. She said to me last week "why do you not stress the dog training part of [...]
Do ever you look at your current agility life and believe there are things that are just impossible for you and your dog? That your thinking isn't being a "pessimist", rather you are just being a "realist". Do you believe there are limits on what you [...]
In December 2014 I received an email from Angie Benacquisto, someone I had known as an accomplished agility competitor. I knew she had a young dog about the same age as my dog Swagger. I had also known that her and Echo were struggling for qualifying scores [...]
A couple of days ago I shared four videos from our Handling360 students that I thought I may have jinxed. You can check out that post by clicking here. I also gave you a little quiz, to see if you could pick out the “gem” [...]
Ok, I had a big realization today. I have always liked to believe my values, opinions and insights are pretty much aligned with other dog lovers. Today I realized I might actually be marching to the beat of a different drummer… as a matter of [...]
Announcing our Winners! After a very exciting few days it's time to announce the winners of our 2016 Handling360 video contest. This week has brought us handling videos that include not only agility... but fast cars, babies, bat dogs, runaways, science, families found, big machinery, [...]
The Championship Round is Here! The day has arrived. This has truly been a team effort, first my Say Yes team narrowed down a long list of amazing videos to only 15… then we called on you to help us narrow those down to just [...]
Day 3 of our video contest is here! We have 5 more incredible short videos for you to watch today. Each and every video producer should be proud. Not just those in the semi-finals, but every video submitted is fantastic. The 15 videos chosen are [...]
Day 2 of our Handling360 Video Contest I’m sure that after watching yesterday's videos you can understand why we asked for your help…pretty amazing right? If you haven't had the chance to watch those videos yet, [...]
