Yep, today is the last day that you can order my Excellence in Weave Pole Training:Phase One. That means that tomorrow we will start taking orders on our website for phase 2, my new 2-disc dvd set “Susan Garrett’s 2×2 Weave Pole Training (the product will be shipped starting Friday). 12 Poles in 12 Days. So for […]
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For the last five days we have had a keen group of campers in for Skills Camp. This camp is much like puppy camp but in more detail. We can not expect young puppies to work for 5 days like these olders ones, so puppy camp is only 3 days. Even for the older dog, […]
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Ok I admit to being a bit of a fair weather walker. I am lucky, we have 28 acres here and I just have to step out the door to get to the “park.” But still, I have been known to skip a walk, much to my dogs displeasure. Even though I love to […]
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Okay so this is the video clip I wanted to put up the other day. Not my best geek work but it gives you the idea of what I want to show. The whole routine just cracks me up. I am sure you guys will get a kick out if too. So, here’s the deal. […]
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Well that was a blast, we had an awesome group of people here for puppy camp. It makes our job as instructors that much easier when the people we are teaching are genuinely nice to be around, and boy did we have some fun puppies. Wicca the Westie was a crack up and she certainly […]
Continue readingDay one of puppy camp was great fun, as always. It is interesting to see the demographics of the puppies we get. This weekend of the 24 puppies that are here, only 3 are Border Collies. At another puppy camp this year, 19 of the 24 puppies were Border Collies. We have as many American […]
Continue readingSo I skipped a day of blogging, don’t want you to think I am predictable or anything. The truth is I spend a good portion of yesterday trying to capture, on video, this cool little routine I do with my dogs when I train. The first time I did it, I downloaded it to my […]
Continue readingNeither one of my parents were big dog lovers. They were both kind people, just not dog lovers. I always found that weird. My brothers and sisters are pretty much split down the middle. Four of them have a tolerance but not a love, three of them have a family pet that they love, and […]
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No, toilet stretching isn’t some new plumbing innovation aimed at increasing the versatility of your crapper. It actually is a way I teach my dogs to give me a “sincere, all out, full-body-stretch.” Stick with me here, it really works. Years ago I tried to shape my dogs to stretch but it always ended up being only […]
Continue readingI will start off today by clearing up a question of an email that was sent out this morning to some of you. The Say Yes Newsletter, it is legit. It is not spam! We have just resurrected a mailing list you must have signed up for at some point. Give it a read, it […]
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