Here are a couple more videos. I hope to get one more up of Encores runs. Enjoy! And this one is just fun. Today I am grateful that Heathrow airport is once again open so the dogs and the team can fly home (John and [...]
I will try to get more videos up but for now here is our Standard runs. Enjoy! Today I am grateful that the volcano is settling down and team will get to fly home tomorrow.
Well, right in the middle of the comp over here in England, just too much to focus on to write a complete blog post but if you have some time, check out our team blog at www.aacwt.com there are videos, results and great pictures there. [...]
Okay, I just had to share this. Love, love, love it. What a great way to start our IFCS World Championships today. Enjoy. Today I am grateful for Feature who turns 3 years old today and is participating in her very first World Championship and [...]
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 [...]
