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“Get It” vs “Find It” cues

Posted on: July 21, 2019 Last updated on: July 21, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
“Get It” and “Find It” cues can be incredibly helpful for teaching dogs about when a reward is coming and how it will be delivered.  Differentiating between the two types of cues, also gives your dog a wealth of information…
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Flat-Coated Retriever running over the top of the a-frame

Into the Abyss

Posted on: July 19, 2019 Last updated on: July 19, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 2
Imagine you’re on a hike with a friend. It’s your first time on this mountain. You and your friend are hiking along and the trail now brings you to a cliff. Your friend keeps walking toward it, you slow down…
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Agility Trial Recap: NADAC Northeast Regionals 2019

Posted on: July 11, 2019 Last updated on: July 11, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 4
Over the 4th of July holiday weekend we competed in the 2019 NADAC Northeast Regionals event.  Regional events are hosted once per year in the various regions (as designated by NADAC) of the country.  Each year clubs that wish to…
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Zora the corgi running though agility weave poles

Agility Side Changes

Posted on: June 29, 2019 Last updated on: June 29, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
In the beginner agility program I teach, the 2nd session of classes is devoted to directional skills and crosses.  It’s the class I start hearing references to dancing and having two left feet from the students, and is is where…
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Your Dog’s Need and Your Want

Posted on: June 12, 2019 Last updated on: June 12, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Agility (or any competitive dog sport) is generally considered a want.  A human want.  The competition piece of it at least.  Enriched environments and mental activity is a need and want for many dogs, and agility training in generally can…
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Lead Outs

Posted on: May 19, 2019 Last updated on: May 19, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
In dog agility most folks are familiar with the concept of a lead out.  For those uninitiated, a lead out refers to the stay that you ask your dog to do at the beginning of the course, before the 1st…
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Cardigan Welsh Corgi leaping over an agility jump

NADAC Agility trial recap

Posted on: April 29, 2019 Last updated on: April 29, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Yesterday morning we stopped in at the local NADAC trial for a few runs. As my life this month has been swamped with things other than training my dogs, we entered only 4 (out of 8 offered for the day)…
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Buy In

Posted on: April 13, 2019 Last updated on: April 13, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Last night I taught an agility workshop, kicking off the start of agility lessons here. It was a nice small group of competitors preparing for this weekend’s trial. I had a lovely time with them all and we had good…
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corgi runs around a red barrel

Rehearsal

Posted on: March 31, 2019 Last updated on: March 31, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 4
Practice: verb perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one’s proficiency. carry out or perform (a particular activity, method, or custom) habitually or regularly.   When was the last time you…
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More than One Way

Posted on: March 11, 2019 Last updated on: March 10, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 2
In any activity humans are passionate or invested in you’re going to get strong opinions. Expressions of the way things have, or should, or must be done. Dog agility is no different. Yet many, likely majority, of those expressions are…
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