I really enjoyed the set-up I designed for classes this week. It offered a lot of opportunities for different challenges I used in all of my competition handling classes (from Beginning Comp to Extreme Agility). Here is the basic set-up: The first course I set for the Advanced Comp Class (the Beginning Comp class had …
I have had a great time with my Online Coursework Facebook group! Every 2 weeks I post a set-up with 10 exercises, ranging in skill level so there is something for everybody, in addition to gambler and snooker challenges. I usually share demo video focusing on a few sequences and handling options (not all of …
I really enjoyed all the “Fancy” classes this weekend presented by judge Leslie Bickel. Casa de Canine offered both the MC Biathlon and individual classes over the last 3 days, so there were challenges a’plenty! Today’s MC Standard course had a fun opening that led to multiple handling options: The initial decision the handler had to …
Many of us have some amount of usable space to practice small exercises at home with our dogs. Even with a number of indoor agility training facilities in our area, I can’t emphasize enough how supplementing your “formal” training time with practice at home is so important. The more you can focus on small things …
Last night I taught a workshop on handling serpentines, threadles and push-throughs. The participants had already attended a class on the introduction of these skills, where we worked one or two skills at a time, so everybody was ready to be pushed a bit more! The drill I devised was a spin-off of the …
Last week I posted this set-up for the Competition classes I teach in Kansas City. Normally, I will use set-ups I have had in class when I teach seminars. This time, I decided to bring some game drills I used in recent seminars back to my classes since we had so much fun with them! …