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This One Time at Dog Agility Class
Agility, dog training, Goals, Mental ManagementThis week in class we talked about why agility is so hard. The answer is: so many moving parts! You need to be good at 3 dimensional spaces, you are moving, the dog is moving FAST and that is BEFORE…
Read MoreGot Reinforcement EVENTS??
Agility, dog training, Scent Work, TeachingToday in sniffer class we discussed how to make rewarding our dogs exciting for the dogs! Not all dogs find food more reinforcing than chasing lizards or squirrels. Some dogs are just fine with hunting for all kinds of things…
Read MoreDo It Right
Agility, dog training, TeachingThis week in agility class I jokingly told someone to just “do it right”. We had a good chuckle, and I didn’t really mean it, but it sure slides off the tongue easily! Actionable tag points are always better…
Read MoreTeach Me a New Trick
Agility, dog training, TeachingThat saying, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, can sometimes be true, even with people! We get stuck in our ways and have a hard time trying something new. You can find a way past the scariness…
Read MoreTeaching in Between the Lines
Agility, TeachingWhen you design a lesson plan you have a grandiose idea like “students will execute conversions using Avogadro’s number to calculate grams of an element given the moles” and then you get into the classroom and you realize it’s more…
Read MorePeep Show Rehab Post #3
Agility, Canine RehabDay 35, out of 90, slowly dragging by. Everyday, when I sit on the floor and do Peep’s range of motion stretches, I wonder if we will return to agility. Not because of the recovery, I am sure it will…
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