On the way driving back home from the USDAA Nationals I can't help but think of how much I love my dogs. No we didn't win any championships this weekend, Encore hardly got around any runs clean as a matter of fact, poor girlie. But [...]
Well we are heading into day three today at the USDAA Nationals. The weather has been fantastic for dog agility, mid 70's! I have run 3 Â classes with Encore and 4 with Feature (Feature didn't get a bye into the semi finals in [...]
I love surprises, good ones that is. Like while I sit here at my computer for the 4th day on the road ( as we head to the 2009 USDAA Nationals) and yet another competitor whizzes by, honking as they recognize the "Empress" (. . [...]
 Feature playing sit-stay games with distractions at 18 weeks of age. To follow up on a post from last week, I want to clear up any misunderstandings, I am not suggesting you wait until your dog is three or four years old [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow Canadians! Â Well, the trial in Memphis was a success but a very wet, muddy and a bit cold one (the weather, not the people). The people in Memphis were very hospitable, Lynda and I had a lot of [...]
Over the past couple of weeks I have had a few questions come in about my contacts, so here are some answers for you all 1) My "Swing " cue means "turn away from me" it does not necessarily mean turn left. As a matter [...]
Today is first day of another puppy camp. I am extra excited since 19 of the 24 puppies are less than 6 month old. Little sponges at this age, really. It is amazing how much faster you can teach key dog training concepts when there [...]
Keeping in the theme of the week, Â today I am going to give you a brief run down on some of the activities I use to keep my dogs fit throughout the year. Before I do though I will mention that I like to give [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
