Another puppy camp has been put to bed. What fun! It was all I thought it would be and more. Fun puppies and great students, I mean they really embraced the program. More energy by the last day on Sunday, then even the first day [...]
Today is first day of another puppy camp. I am extra excited since 19 of the 24 puppies are less than 6 month old. Little sponges at this age, really. It is amazing how much faster you can teach key dog training concepts when there [...]
Keeping in the theme of the week, today I am going to give you a brief run down on some of the activities I use to keep my dogs fit throughout the year. Before I do though I will mention that I like to give [...]
Okay my intention was to do a quick video and post this little clip with the rest of my exercise thoughts today. However, even though I have a ton of stuff to do, I got carried away with the editing and the entire project took [...]
I had a question last week about what I do to keep my dogs in shape for competition. First of all, it is great that people are thinking about their dog's fitness level. It doesn't matter if you are a serious agility competitor or a weekend [...]
What I am about to say may come across as haughty and please forgive me if it does, as it is not my intention. I want to describe for you the relationship that develops with a dog when you compete at the highest level of [...]
Wow after yesterday's response I was thinking today I would cover medi-care, hand guns laws or perhaps abortion. Thanks to everyone that wrote in on the sensitive topic. Apparent Alex Baldwin stated an opinion similar to mine recently and he too is feeling a bit of [...]
Looking back I don’t think I have ever written anything on this blog that could be considered controversial. It is about the change today. Michael Vick, once the highest paid professional football player of all time, now a convicted felon, dog fighting ring-leader and reported [...]
There has been much debate about the "best" spacing between weave poles. In Europe all the weave pole bases I have seen have been on 24" centres. I don't know if they ever where different or how we here in North America started with have [...]
There have been a few questions since I posted my National's standard runs about turning my dog away from me on the contacts. It occurred when my dog raced up the dogwalk on my left arm and had to turn away from me into a [...]
My life is always full, I don't think that will ever change. But after August 22, for the first time since 1996, I will not have any away-from-home-seminars on my immediate calendar. Yes I will be teaching at camps in Florida in January-February and yes [...]
So back from the USDAA regional last weekend and I will write about it later, but for now I am going to post the last of my Canadian Nationals videos. This is the 2 standard classes that where offered. Take a look at the standard [...]
