I have been going to more agility trials this year and I still find it both hard to watch the stressed dogs in the ring and fascinating...

There is a current trend in agility to train your dog to respond to a verbal cue for behaviors such as wrapping a wing of a jump, finding...

I made a debut with Brandie in agility today at an ASCA trial. She is a Border Collie who is 3 weeks shy of 2 years old. I really was...

How and when to fade primary reinforcers such as food and toys is one of the hardest things for people and dogs in performance sports. ...

While I would never wholeheartedly recommend getting/keeping two puppies from the same litter... I am enjoying having both of these...

Much is said about responsibility in dog training. There is putting responsibility on the dog and there is putting responsibility on the...

As the dogs start to do full height contact obstacles and to do all the weaves people start to look ahead to agility trials. If they...

Loved going to the seminar by Chris Pachel a couple of weekends ago. He talked quite a bit about adolescence and dogs and the parallels...

I am bringing back my blog on my website. I have been training dogs since 1990 when I started doing obedience, agility and herding. I...