by Megan Foster | Jul 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Let's talk about your agility handling plan. When you walk the course and make a plan, how often do you execute the plan exactly as you rehearsed? Do you often have a wide range of handling plans and you'll decide when you get there? Or maybe you have every intention...
by Megan Foster | Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
It is the handler's job to guide the dog through the agility course. I want to share some tips for viewing the course from the dog's perspective, to help handlers make more realistic choices for their handling strategies. The more you know about how your dog navigates...
by Megan Foster | Jul 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last week, I wrote about weave poles, and the wide variety of skills that are needed for a dog to weave successfully. I often hear about dogs struggling to weave at competitions, but not at home. I want to address a few things I might look for when this is...
by Megan Foster | Jun 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Weave poles are often a large point of struggle for many teams. It is a complex behavior that requires a lot of physical and mental skill for the dogs. I have trained weave poles pretty much anyway you can imagine: – Luring on straight poles –...
by Megan Foster | Jun 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago, I wrote this blog, all about having a good mindset before, during, and after competition runs. This week, I thought it would be handy to see and hear an example of analyzing handling errors after the fact. Here is what I wrote in the blog, “Train,...
by Megan Foster | Jun 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
You're running a course, you start to cue a turn, and your dog turns with you, just before taking off for the jump. What are the reasons for a dog pulling off of a jump? dog never committed to the obstacle dog broke commitment to the obstacle handler's timing...
