Last night we arrived! We are here, in Ohio. Our journey was rather uneventful, thankfully. Not too early in the morning we finished packing the car. A good friend of mine offered to transport a couple of things for us…
Training Hole
The other day I found an interesting, well interesting to me, training hole. One of those, huh, that’s interesting. No idea the hole was there until yesterday. I’m still playing around with the best way to remedy it. Overall, before…
NADAC Trial Recap
This morning we packed up the dogs bright and early to head out to an agility trial. Due to life being busy and the weather (meaning wet grass) we haven’t had a chance to train much this month. I entered…
Cup of Water
The other day, Zora and I went out to practice some agility. The previous practice, I felt my hands and arms were totally disconnected and I was struggling to keep them in positions for better clarity. Zora also made it…
Anticipation
There are so many things coming to ahead in the coming month. Been building and building for some time. And I’m getting so beyond excited! And anxious to be honest. First off the major remodel of our bedroom is to…
Own It
In a bunch of my agility lessons lately my students and I have been talking about the concept of ‘owning it.’ Walking to the line with confidence. Showing their dog where they’d like them to be with confidence. Asking for…
NADAC Agility Trial Recap
After a lull of no trialing for about a month, we competed at the Addicted to Agility NADAC trial both days this weekend. I was super super pleased!! We have been practicing a number of skills off and on over…
Using targeting in distance skills
One area of training Zora and I have been struggling with consistently is when I’m wanting her to turn away from me and then keep moving forward despite limited movement forward from me. So after a couple of different approaches…
Fingers Crossed
I think we maybe got the bonus!!! In NADAC, when you think you’ve met the criteria for a bonus run you have to submit a video of the run for review to NADAC. Then after they review it, you are…
Agility-U Maximize your Mini class with Tracy Sklenar review
For the past 6 weeks I have been participating in the online course through Agility University (Agility-U) taught by Tracy Sklenar called Maximize your Mini (aka Small Dog). Over the past couple of years I taken a few online agility…