Following up on last week's post on stressing. First let me explain a bit further about what I mean about "anchoring". Basically it is a classically conditioned response. Here is something I do to give myself a "good anchor". Anytime I have a massage or [...]
Well our IFCS 2010 adventure began last weekend. We had a team practice locally and then the team came back to our place for dinner and a photo shoot. Our team managers Tracy Sklenar and her assistant Nina Durante have done a super job of [...]
Stress. It is a hot topic. At every seminar I teach someone will tell me about their “stressy” dog and how they (as the handler) will need to alter my instructions in order to deflect the stress of the environment away from this woeful creature. [...]
Wow, the response to the "Building the Team Fundraiser ebook" has been fantastic. Thanks to everyone who has bought so far. I don't think I mentioned this before but if you want to know "how does Susan Garrett train and handle" this ebook will give [...]
Its all going down at 12:01 AM tonight! The new "Building the Team Fundraiser ebook" is being unleashed to the world. Remember this is a digital ebook that you download so you will have it on your computer within minutes of buying it . . [...]
Okay, yesterday I left you with bit of a cliff hanger. Why not do your recall work dangling your dog's favorite toy as you run. Flyball trainers do it and their dogs run fast right? Two things about that, first of all, it is not [...]
There are many skills that separate a great handler from those that are still learning. I think one of the biggest differences lies in something that is very simple for anyone to do. If you could adopt this one tinsie weensie habit, your handling abilities [...]
I remember during an easier time when spam was just this icky meat like substance coming from a can that my mother used to try and feed us when we were kids. It isn't a wonder to me now why I became a vegan. A [...]
I took last weekend and went through some old video tapes. Many of you that have read Shaping Success have been asking to see Buzzy perform when he was in his youth. I wasn't able to find the ones I wanted (where he won [...]
I have, from time to time, acknowledged the passing of a great agility dog on this blog. Last week I got the sad news that a friend's dog had lost her two year battle with cancer. Yes Maeve was a good agility dog, but she [...]
Okay so due to scheduling difficulties (teaching 13 out of the last 15 days) I am a day late getting out this blog post and the greeting. But I think it is good that I am late. Green Day shouldn't be just a day, a [...]
Well big news came in tonight, the CKC Agility Team Canada (FCI World Team) was named. I am very pleased to report that Missy Encore and baby Feature have both be named to the Large Dog team. For Feature, being named to her 2nd [...]
