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Why Self-Evaluation Matters
What separates good competitors from great ones? I believe one of the dividing factors is the ability to self-critique and adjust their path from there. Filming every training session & competition run and then being able to watch those videos objectively is a...
End of Run Routines: Do you have it? Do you need it?
Everyone has one. We all do some sort of ritual at the end of each competition run that we can recognize as a routine. My question is: are you getting every benefit you can out of it? Here are the benefits of an end of run routine. Clarification of when and where...
Thoughts on “Errors” in Agility
Dogs are not answering wrong for any other reason than the fact that they thought they were answering correctly. The human teammate is the one determining right/wrong. Their reactions following an error are not because they "know" they made a mistake - it is a...
What Your Dog Needs Right Now…
Is information. Whether you are training, competing, or just on a walk with friends, your dog looks to you for answers and for what to do next. I like to plan my training, handling, or outings with my dog as best I can, with pre-planned answers to any of their...
Training vs Working
This is a concept that I felt I was doing pretty naturally with my own dogs, but really got put into words for me at a Shade Whitesel seminar, or maybe a lecture of hers at FDSA camp. How I relate this concept to agility is outlined in this blog, along with how both...
Competing Competition Environments
In conversation with several students, it came up that their dogs performed better (faster, more confidently) at a NADAC event vs an AKC event. One might think that every agility competition is equal to another agility competition, but obviously this isn't the case!...
About
Megan Foster
FOUNDER, SYNERGY DOG SPORTS
I have been training in agility nearly my entire life. With seventeen years of experience, I have had the opportunities to work with hundreds of dogs within a large variety of breeds.
I began my agility journey with an American Eskimo and a Westie. In 1999, I began competing with my first Shetland Sheepdog, Buddy. Buddy’s lesson to me was about connection and bond. While running him, I knew that agility was what I was meant to do.
