Are you ready to Trial?

Hey…I remember the days. I’ve trained your dog it seems forever and you just want to get out there and see how it goes.
Quite frankly it all depends on you and your dog.
Trialling too early can scare off some dogs, trialling too late can make training seem ho-hum to some. Is there a [...]

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Agility Dog Dictionay

Agility Dog Dictionary
A-frame — a long slinky-like pipe that is fun to run through.
AKC — an agility organization that also has beauty contests, though
no one knows why.
Chute — what your human says when you take the “long slinky-like
pipe that is fun to run through” once too often.
COME! — [...]

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Susan Garrett’s newsletter

Susan Garrett has a newsletter that she sends out with various dog training tips.
You can sign up for it here.   She has helpful tips and articles on her clickerdog site as well.  go check it out.

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Keeping a dog Focused on the course

Dogs can be funny, they can train perfectly at home or at a training club…but add the excitement, noise and bustle of a trial…and that self same dog can turn into a completely different dog.  A dog that barks, that doesn’t listen, that acts like it has NEVER seen a tunnel before it’s whole entire [...]

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Inexpensive Weave Poles and Jump Standards

Cindy found an inexpensive make-do weave pole set! I found some electric fence plastic 48 inch tall step in plastic poles that are perfect for me to use for training at home. A good picture should be at Deer Fencing.
She only paid $1.85 each at TSC (Tractor Supply), so a set of 12 [...]

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Dogs Weaving in Poles

Dogs who know how to do weave poles tend weave either by single tracking or hopping.
Dogs that single track go through the poles using their front feet individually as they go through the poles.  Dogs that hop, well….they hop!   They use both feet and alternate hopping back and forth between the poles.
Of course then there [...]

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Here’s a good site

Instant Agility. It’s a blog that talks about agility equipment design and how to perform the obstacles.
Most dogs love to work, and agility gives them a challenging and fun “job” to do. It can be a casual way for you and your dog to have fun in the backyard, or an intense activity performed [...]

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Rear End Awareness Exercises

How does one teach their dog that they have a rear end?
Some dogs who only go for leash walks seem to not realize that they can do stuff with their rear end.    When I first learned this, and then saw it, I was stunned!  How could a dog get like this?
I’ve never had, nor [...]

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Contact Behaviour

The question was asked of me the other day.   How does one train confidence on equipment?
My initial response is that is takes time and repetition to build confidence, so perhaps it’s another question that needs to be asked.
Perhaps the question is “my dog doesn’t like doing the down side of the dog walk” what can [...]

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Tire Jumps

So the tire jump is not just a simple no fault jump. It can often be the scene of some fairly horrendous crashes. It has been the topic of much debate on agility lists as of late.
One lady came up with a possible solution. Of course, since her jump uses [...]

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