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 was [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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” [...]

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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 drainage pipe, over time [...]

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Buja Board

Why use a buja board? It’s an excellent way to get dogs used to something move under their feet. It’s small enough you can take it with you various places. You can use it as a starter for doing a table and a teeter. it helps your dog develop confidence in doing things even if [...]

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Overview about a student’s fidelity toward instructors

Agility Vision put together a questionnaire on student’s and their fidelity toward their instructors.  He asked the question on the AGILEDOGS network. Semper Fidelis is the name of the post and you may find it here.   I found it an interesting read, really shows the differences in what students want in their instructors.

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