Full disclosure today folks. You get to see vintage video of me 40 pounds overweight, in desperate need of a haircut and the most hideous looking, over sized, shocking blue outfit I have ever owned. I bet you can't wait eh? John Cullen's "Pre Competition [...]
I went to a meeting in Toronto earlier this week, put on by two of Tony Robbins coaches. One of them had this great line; "Coaches reveal your blind spots, so you can get different results than you have gotten in the past." The coaches [...]
Moving into the last day of another great skills camp. Super group of people, super group of dogs. Since all dogs and handlers are returning for a continuation of Critical Elements we have been able to take massive steps forward this week. Day [...]
The last few weeks have been pretty action packed for my dogs and I. Some great thrills at the World Championships in Germany followed by some more awesome thrills at the USDAA Nationals in Kentucky. In between all of my highs I have shared with [...]
Well, we leave for Germany for the FCI championships in just 6 days. Our team flies out on Sunday evening from various airports across Canada and we all meet up in Frankfurt when we arrive Monday morning. My dogs and I are ready to go. [...]
So why is it that after those killer work outs that the other girls were sore and I wasn't? As little as only four years ago I used to get really sore just like anyone else. You know that "ooh-don't-touch-me-there-and-I-can't-barely-get-down-to-the-toilet-sore-muscles." It was normal, but not [...]
So last week a few of my students got together here for a Say Yes "holiday." I have to quote "holiday" since for many of you, it wouldn't be your idea of a "holiday." We had my favourite Scottish born fitness guru come to kick [...]
Things are busy here at Say Yes this week, but for a different reason. We are having a "fit camp" for handlers. I am thoroughly enjoying it but it truly is gruelling (in a good way). Jill, the trainer I work with in Florida offered [...]
We just wrapped up another 4 days of camps here at Say Yes. Thursday & Friday it was Advances in Dog Training followed by Saturday and Sunday's Critical Elements for Sport and Life (formerly puppy camp so lots of puppies here but no longer restricted [...]
Today's post is all about patience and all of the places we need it in dog training/agility. I have never thought of myself as a particularly patient person however I do recognize the importance for such a virtue while training. Here are a few areas [...]
Today is all about the baby dog! I have some video highlights of her weekend at the AAC Nationals. For all of you on the recallers side, we still don't have a lesson up for you today so I am going to give you the [...]
Today kicks off the first day of the AAC Nationals. John and I did some sightseeing yesterday with John and Lynda Hill and all our dogs (well, the ones that we have out here in Calgary). It was a wonderful day in the Rockies as [...]
