Agility

Flatwork

Posted by on December 5, 2010 at 8:01 pm

So much of agility isn’t about the obstacles, it’s about what happens in between–your handling. I think developing your puppy’s understanding of handling takes longer then anything. The good news is that it’s something you can start from when you very first bring them home. Circle work (as outlined by Greg Derrett), is a heck […]

Contacts–what to do, what to do…

Posted by on November 25, 2010 at 8:43 pm

Ahhh, the million dollar question…how are you going to train your contacts?  Are you going to do running?  Are you going to do two on two off?  Four on the floor?  Trkman?  Stride Regulators?  It can almost make your head explode. Currently, I have a running aframe and dogwalk with Trip.  What most people don’t […]

Perfect!

Posted by on November 21, 2010 at 8:49 pm

Trip never ceases to amaze me. We did 3 days of agility this weekend, and she went 7/7, with 4 1sts and 3 2nds. I blew off FAST today to go home, but we still came home with 2 Double Qs and a Triple Q–that’s 20 QQs for Trip this year (she’s halfway to MACH3 […]