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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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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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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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Agility Trial Routines

Posted on: April 29, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
I’m a rather routine, predictable person. I find routines comforting and reassuring. I like having plans. It’s harder to get lost, lose things and be forgetful when life is orchestrated with many patterns. It’s no surprise I have any number…
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Bonus Box High. They are Addictive!

Posted on: April 16, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
NADAC trial recap for the weekend. It was awesome!!! I’m over the moon, on cloud 9, still happy dance big grin, etc. It was my clubs annual spring trial, so I worked and helped out more than I usually do…
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Teaching Dogs ‘The Basics’

Posted on: February 18, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
The other day during a lesson with a long time client who has a new puppy she asked me, so when do we start teaching The Basics and how long will they take? I looked at her blankly. The Basics?…
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Learning Stuff!

Posted on: February 2, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
For the next 6 weeks I might be a tad quiet on the blog as I’m currently immersed in learning stuff!  I signed up for a couple of competition obedience skill centric courses through the Fenzi Dog Sport Academy, and…
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My Love Hate Relationship with Barrelers

Posted on: January 2, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
NADAC Barrelers is damn hard!  Our absolute worst qualifying rate is in this class.  Why?  Because it’s damn hard! Barrels are the one agility obstacle that have no physical outside boundary.  Yet are judged with an outside boundary, which is…
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Level 2 Run Thru

Posted on: December 20, 2017 Last updated on: December 20, 2017 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Zora and I have been hard at work on our Fenzi TEAM Titles level 2 skills. The majority of our training has been on individual skills each session.  We are now at the point where I’m starting to put them…
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Skill A Day: Day 8 Agility On the Flat

Posted on: December 8, 2016 Last updated on: December 8, 2016 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
This week the temps have dropped significantly around here, and with the ground frozen and some snow flurries, my agility equipment has now been packed away.  Ok, the weave poles are still out, but everything else. There are still many…
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