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Sprint and I completed our debut strategy back in September at the West Coast Open. Those first 13 days had 6 different ring configurations with 3 different running surfaces at 4 different locations/facilities. My focus during those 13 days was 100% on her experience...
Core Principles
Your Outside-the-Ring Behaviors are Impacting Your Inside-the-Ring Behaviors Everything about reinforcement does eventually get packed into the behaviors that you're teaching and your routines, both beginning and end of run routines, work similarly to that. How our dogs engage in […]
Obstacle Training
Training a Running Aframe vs a Running Dogwalk Before we get into the most commonly asked questions, I want to address this very important issue! Training a running aframe is nothing like training a running dogwalk. The behavior is completely different […]
Core Principles
I get asked all the time, how do I make my dog have more drive? How do I make them faster? How do I build their confidence and independence? The short answer: Reinforcement. they have to want what you’re offering […]
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Today I want to share with you a few principles of teaching. These are the things that I am finding show up time and time again when I'm working with clients, both in person and online, and I think that […]
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What is a seminar? Let's start with the definition: a conference or other meeting for discussion or training. a class at a college or university in which a topic is discussed by a teacher and a small group of students. […]
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I recently re-posted a story about my puppy, Sprint, and her inability to be within 100 feet of a basketball court because the movement and sound of the game caused an over-reaction of staring, getting stuck, and vocalizing. This state, […]
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In my coaching program, Fostering Excellence in Agility, content is broken down into bite-sized pieces so that planning your training becomes less overwhelming, and those bite-sized pieces are categorized in a way that is easy to navigate. Essential Skills and […]
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The secret to staying ahead is good timing 🙂 I think of timing as a loop. Good timing is all about predicting behavior, and I do think this gets lost in agility. We are so often waiting to see something […]
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Let's talk about all the different skills that make weave pole training MUCH easier: Reinforcer Skills Having clear cues for how and where the reward will be delivered helps the dog mentally let go of where the reward is before […]