Retrieve Games
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 [...]
Fido Fitness
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 [...]
That Once in a Lifetime Dog
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 [...]
Treading Softly . . . not!
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 [...]
A Silver Lining or a Thunder Cloud?
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 [...]
Weave Pole Spacing
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 [...]
Swinging With The Dog
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 [...]
A Countdown on Craziness
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 [...]
Catching Up to Last Week
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 [...]
A Better View of Jumpers!
So far this week I have showed you each girl's Steeplechase runs, Encore's Gambler's and errrh ummm "jumper's" run. So to redeem myself I will post Feature's two Jumpers runs from the Canadian Nationals. Day one she had the fastest time during this first run [...]
Looking for Clues in a Jumpers Debacle
Very few of my runs are "flawless." I do have screw ups just like anyone else, but at last weekend's Canadian Nationals I had a lulu of a fiasco, the likes of which I have not experienced in a while. Encore and I are pretty [...]
Harvesting the Fruits of Training
Back in November of last year, I wrote about how I felt the need to work on my dog's Gambling Skills. The post was called "Getting Old Fashioned". My winter project was to grow my dog's skills so that the Gamblers class was not going [...]
