Articles and tips on starting agility foundation training with your puppy or beginner dog — whether you plan to compete or not, agility is crazy fun.
If you compete in agility, you already know how much a start line stay matters. Modern courses are bigger. Lines are longer. Dogs are faster. And being able to lead out with confidence changes how you handle the entire course. When your dog can hold position calmly...
his natural reaction to human movement is one of the most powerful handling elements we can utilise in agility.
“Focus” is one of the most common challenges faced by dog owners and handlers. How do I get my dog to focus on me? Why does my dog get distracted so easily? Why won’t my dog listen when there are other dogs, people, or noises around? Here’s the part that surprises...
If there is one pattern we see again and again in dog agility training, it is this: handlers are eager to move on to the “real” skills and skip the foundations that make everything work. This is completely understandable. Agility looks exciting. We see advanced...
When you watch a great agility team on course, it looks so smooth and connected that you can’t help but smile. The dog knows exactly what to do, and the handler seems to glide through every turn. But behind that magic isn’t endless training. It’s a strong foundation...
Understanding agility from your dog's perspective will be one of the biggest lightbulb moments in your agility journey! A deaf Border Collie named Tekla taught us how to listen. When her human, OneMind Dogs founder Janita Leinonen, could no longer use verbal cues, she...
At OneMind Dogs, we believe training should be fun for both sides of the team. That means listening to our dogs, understanding what truly motivates them, and giving your dog a reward that makes sense from their perspective. This is especially important when playing...
Many owners tell us agility is their therapy – a time to forget work, worries, and daily stress, and just enjoy the simple happiness of being with their dog.
One of the biggest questions we hear from agility enthusiasts is: "How often should I train my dog?" And once you ask that, it opens the floodgates to: “What should I train at different ages?” “How long should training sessions be?” “What’s too much or too little?” If...
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