by Kai | Mar 3, 2021 | Agility, General training, Sport Training
Impulse Control while training your start line. It is essential to teach your dog, or puppy, to control themselves. We call this “Impulse Control.” I stress teaching this no matter if you want to do sports or not. As you can see in the video, I start this in my home,...
by Kai | Feb 1, 2019 | Agility, General training, Sport Training
I have been to many training classes over the years with a wide variety of people. I have been in classes with not only the brand new with their first dog, to advanced competitors, but that should also know better. Here are several things that will make your class go...
by Kai | Jan 30, 2019 | Agility, General training, Sport Training
The table is an obstacle in Agility where the dog gets onto a table and has to wait. While it may seem simple, I have seen a lot of dogs have issues on this exercise. When you think of it, how many times in a young dog’s life did you tell them not to get onto a...
by Kai | Jan 26, 2019 | Agility, General training, Sport Training
This is a question that I and many other trainers have asked ourselves many times over the years. You will find many different answers to this question as always. The simple answer is, why do you not want to train? Remember, you and your dog are a team. One of the...
by Kai | Jan 17, 2019 | General training, Sport Training
“When should I begin training my new puppy?” is a question I get asked a lot, both from people that want to compete, and folks that get a new pet. If you ask 10 trainers this question, you will get 10 different answers, and the only thing 9 will agree on...
by Kai | Jan 16, 2019 | Agility, Sport Training
This is a comparison between two Agility runs, 2 months apart. Ginette and Harper, a 4-year-old Belgian Tervuren, had their first agility trial at the end of October 2018. They definitely struggled. Both handler and dog had a disconnect with each other. While they did...
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