Recallers 2017 Video Contest Round One If you have been following my blog for some time, you will know that we love to celebrate our students and their dogs by sharing their video stories. If you are new to our community, a very big welcome! [...]
The other day I took what started out as an “under the radar” road trip to Baltimore to see a specialist about what I believed to be an injury that my dog Swagger endured last summer. I say "appeared" to be because to most onlookers [...]
Have you got a holiday coming up and you’d like to take your four legged friend with you but you’re a bit nervous? I was recently interviewed by Joe and Emma from Trivago (one of the world’s largest travel companies) and we had a chat [...]
The communication in dog training available to us in this day and age is AMAZING! We have internet classrooms, eBooks, blogs and then there is social media. It was recently brought to my attention that I have never published or written on my blog about [...]
The results of our Fall Handling360 video contest are in. Over the past week you have selected two stories from Round One, Round Two and Round Three to go the final round, and then voted for the two in the Season Finale that touched you [...]
The final round of our Fall Handling360 Video contest is here! The top six agility stories as voted by you are now in the Season Finale, competing for THREE winning spots. Our generous sponsors have donated prizes to the top three winners chosen by you. [...]
It's the third and final round of our Handling360 video contest today. There are five more short videos for you to watch and decide which two you would like to see go through to the finals on Monday. If you have just joined us... we [...]
Today brings you the second round of our Fall Handling360 video contest. Thank you for your wonderfully supportive comments on the video stories in Round One. If you haven’t had the chance to watch those videos yet, don’t miss out. Be sure to check out [...]
If you have been reading my blog for some time you will know that we love video stories...and we love to honour the progress of our students. As we will soon be re-opening registration for Handling360 we thought there was no better way to start things [...]
Is Your Agility Training Focused on What Your Dog Really Needs? I have put together this cool assessment tool that is helping agility folk decide where they should be focusing their training. So far the results have been scarily accurate. This super quick 10 question quiz [...]
Agility Trial Success Tip #10: Celebrate the end of every run! Our canines partners know no better than what we have taught them. They join us in this sport and they live in the moment. Celebrate the small successes of your journey together, doing so [...]
Agility Trial Success Tip #9: Step out of the trial environment for a mental break throughout the day. Research shows how mental breaks in athletics increases and replenishes attention span, encourages focus and stronger solid outcomes. We all love to watch and support our friends [...]
