by Megan Foster | Dec 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
The short answer: yes. Here's why: offered eye contact gives the dog a way to say “I'm listening” offered eye contact gives the dog a way to say “I'm ready” offered eye contact allows you, the handler, to observe that your dog is ready and is...
by Megan Foster | Oct 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
Most of you may know that I have a new puppy in the house! Torch is here, learning to be the best Torchy he can be until he can make it to his forever home. Part of being a well civilized house dog, and eventually a well civilized sports dog, is that he can be left...
by Megan Foster | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
We all know that foundations are important, right? Right. We all know that practicing sequencing and coursework is important, right? Right. We all know there are skills in between foundations and sequencing, right? Wait, what? I get asked a lot about bridging the gap...
by Megan Foster | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Story Time! I’m going to tell you about Tommy. A very special JRT that came into my life around 2008. He belonged to Cherie Whittenberg, and I was lucky enough to be his agility teammate from 2008 – 2013. We went to five USDAA National events and we racked up a...
by Megan Foster | Sep 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Online agility classes and virtual trialing at home does require you to set up your own courses. If your setup isn’t built closely enough to how it is designed, you might not be practicing what your instructor wants you to be practicing, and for trials, if the course...
