I just got home from my participating in my second WAO (World Agility Open) event held in Oviedo, Spain. Some consider this one of the four "world championship" type agility events; FCI in October, European Open in July, WAO in May and IFCS held every [...]
Today is the first “Dog Agility Blog Event for 2013” and the topic myself and other dog agility bloggers are writing on is “Internationalization.” When I first saw the topic I thought to Attending my first ever World Championship as a spectator in Finland in [...]
Well after the past few months focusing entirely on Feature's agility Swagger finally got his turn. This weekend I decided to enter a trial north of Toronto. This is Swagger's first time at a trial in 3 months. I actually only put him back on [...]
The year’s FCI world championships were such an amazing event for me. John and I had a little vacation with our friends Martina & Carlo (ok mostly it was Martina and I talking about dogs). We did some sightseeing, I did some shopping and then [...]
"If you aren't learning you are dying" I am sure I have seen that quote somewhere before but for the life of me, I can't find it who gets the credit for it. I do love the quote, each of use has to make a [...]
If someone would have told me 10 years ago that my "gotta-live-life-on-the-edge" red Border Collie Buzz would live to be 16 years old, I would have seriously doubted their logic. I mean, don't most kamikaze pilots have a shortened life expectancy? What a blessing Buzz [...]
Well another IFCS World Championships has come and gone. This one a bit different in that it was right here in North America. Unfortunately for me, a week before the event, I threw my back out and was unsure if I would even be able [...]
Weird eh?Why on earth would anyone who has no interest in dog agility want to know anything about how to train agility contact obstacles? To explain the reason let me share a story with you. Years ago John (my husband) used to travel to, and [...]
Today, I feel like I am only barely scratching the surface on the topic of tugging :)). Why Does My Dog Need To Tug? You may be asking yourself why the heck is tugging so darned important anyway? Personally, I believe all dogs should learn [...]
John walking with the girls but who are the girls walking with? Where are you mom? While many of you are putting your life with your dogs under a microscope after my last two newsletters, I fear some of you may be [...]
Encore with a highly valued toy. If you have been reading my blog for a little while, you are aware of my constant emphasis on relationship building and a solid foundation before you work on the "sexy" stuff in dog training. Although I [...]
What's Missing In Our Foundation Dog Training ? The laws of science have taught us all how to use reinforcement to shape our dogs’ responses. As we train a dog we are actually building behaviour, like a little girl with her glue gun making crafts or [...]
