Two years ago I ran a survey where I asked people "what would you most like to learn from Susan Garrett?" The overwhelming majority of you replied "Handling for Agility." So I went to work and offered you a focused free mini series and online [...]
Happy New Year… I love this time of the year… new training, new goals! Libby has been sharing with us her training from Puppy Peaks for the last 2 months. Her post last month was about helping Riley learn the confidence to wear a head halter. [...]
To some dog owners who participate in performance sports around the world, I am considered a dog training “mentor." Definition: men·tor ˈmenˌtôr,-tər/ noun: mentor; plural noun: mentors 1. an experienced and trusted adviser. Being a mentor is an honour I take very seriously. Why would Susan Garrett [...]
Great pic captured by Lynne Brubaker at the WAO Championships in May 2013. Earlier this year Sarah Fernandez Lopez asked me if I would sit down with her for a session of their "Bad Dog Agility" podcasts. Sounded like fun so I said [...]
In last week's post, I introduced you to Libby. Libby has been brought onto the Say Yes team as our new "Junior Puppy Peaks Reporter." She is a young and talented trainer, who is passionate about obedience and dog agility, and more importantly, is passionate [...]
Yesterday, I introduced you to Libby, who is our new Puppy Peaks Junior Reporter, here to give you a monthly "peek" into Puppy Peaks from her perspective. Thanks to each of you for making Libby feel so welcome! Libby is a 16-year-old dog trainer who [...]
When it comes to dog training, I recognize that everyone is in a different place in their journey. Your needs may differ based on the challenges you face with your pet, your experience level, your goals for your dog (dog sports? obedience? Or just a [...]
Big decisions in life (which result in a dramatic turn either left or right) are made by weighing the pros and cons of either direction. Nobody confidently steps away from the direction they feel is the right way. So we have to assume each of [...]
What a week it has been! Yesterday concluded our last day of voting for our Top 20 videos in the Puppy Peaks Video Contest, and today, the top 8 videos chosen over the last 4 days will FACE OFF for the Grand Prize! We received [...]
Day 4 of voting is upon us! We've had nearly 1,500 people vote for our first 15 videos...can you believe it? Thank you to everyone for voting, and a special thanks to our talented videographers for providing us with such beautiful entertainment over the last [...]
Thank you everyone for voting yesterday for Day 1 of the Puppy Peaks video contest! Nearly 500 people cast their votes yesterday for our videos! That's awesome! Now you see what a difficult decision it was for us to choose just 20! Just as a [...]
Well let me start off by saying, "WOW!" Once again, the members of our wonderful community have managed to surprise me with your talent...not only as dog trainers, but as video makers as well! Over the last two weeks, we have been running our 1st [...]
