Greetings From Germany
Early morning start tomorrow means I can't write much. Team Canada is the first team to practice at the FCI World Championship venue so we have a breakfast call at 5:30 AM and on the bus at 6:15 AM. Here is a video I put [...]
Head Halters VS A Flat Buckle Collar
Today I wrote a post for a training list about head halters being my tool of choice in training. I thought I would share it here with all of you. Don't get me wrong, I want all of my dogs on a flat collar-- it [...]
Tomorrow’s Brilliance
We just wrapped up another 4 days of camps here at Say Yes. Thursday & Friday it was Advances in Dog Training followed by Saturday and Sunday's Critical Elements for Sport and Life (formerly puppy camp so lots of puppies here but no longer restricted [...]
Featuring Feature!
Today is all about the baby dog! I have some video highlights of her weekend at the AAC Nationals. For all of you on the recallers side, we still don't have a lesson up for you today so I am going to give you the [...]
Another Nationals In the History Books
We arrived home from the AAC Nationals at 2 AM this morning. My dogs ran wonderfully all weekend long, both of them. Between the 7 events (Steeplechase finals, 2 Standard, 2 Jumpers, 2 Gamblers) the two dogs won 5 of them. Feature won both Standards [...]
Finding the Joy
In her third and final instalment (for now:)), Helen shares some of the key lessons she has learned up to this point of her journey with her pankin' pants poodle puppy Uppity. At one point when I was very frustrated with Uppity's slow progress, I [...]
The Road to Recovering From Stress
In my last post "Stressing in the Real World" my friend Helen opened up about the ups and downs of training her challenging Standard Poodle puppy "Uppity." Today we learn what the keys where for Helen's turn about. Once again here is Helen . . [...]
Stressing in the Real World
For the last six months or so I have been observing my friend's struggles and successes with her new Standard Poodle puppy. I thought her story was one that could help a lot of people so I ask her to share it with all of [...]
Stress; Another Distraction or Something Greater?
Recently our recall e-class came up against where "Stress" fits into the list of distractions you need to work through. I have written several blog posts on stress over the 2 years I have been blogging, if you do a search on "stress" you will [...]
Wow Have Things Changed Since 1998 . . . Or Have They?
This is the final instalment of the interview I did in 1998. I hope it has been as much fun for you looking back as it was for me! Question 11. What are your training/teaching/judging involvements in Agility now? i.e. how often do you train [...]
What Can You Do in 5 Minutes?
I can't tell you how excited, proud, grateful, happy I am when I read comments like Esther's this morning; Five minutes might seem like a blink of an eye but even my snapping turtles can move amazing distances in just 5 minutes [...]
“Wow!” On So Many Levels
This weekend was another fabulous Canada Cup competition. And it was wow, amazing as it is every year. There is always the threat that this event will go away as entries are inconsistent at best. The weekend is so much work for our hosts Susan [...]
