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Does your dog fly around the agility course like a rocket, taking wide turns or knocking bars when you need them to tighten up? You’re not alone. Many handlers struggle with teaching collection. And without it, those tight, efficient turns stay out of reach. This post...
Wondering if you can really make progress when training dog agility by yourself, without access to a club or coach? The answer is yes. In fact, training dog agility by yourself can be one of the most rewarding and effective ways to grow as a team with your dog. In the...
Do you feel like your agility dog is too fast? Fast, large-striding dogs can feel challenging to run without these key components.
Threadles and serpentines are two common patterns in dog agility that test your ability to cue your dog with precision and clarity. While they can both involve tight lines and quick turns, the way we handle them, and the way our dogs understand them, is different. At...
In this blog post, we’ll walk you through what layering in dog agility means, why it matters, and how to start teaching it to your dog
As agility handlers, one of the biggest challenges is deciding what kind of handling to use when walking a course. In particular, there's one type of course section that can make us scratch our heads a little, the S-line. Let's break down the S-line and explore how we...
If you’ve ever tried handling a fast agility dog, you know how exhilarating and challenging it can be. Fast dogs bring excitement to the agility course, but they also require us to be on top of our game.
Walking an agility course can feel like solving a puzzle – there are often multiple agility handling techniques that suit a given sequence. How do you know which technique (Front Cross, Rear Cross, Reverse Wrap, Flick, etc.) will work best for your dog? Every...
Have you ever walked a course, come up with what felt like a perfect plan… and then watched your dog run something completely different? Maybe they took a wider line than expected. Maybe they missed a jump entirely. Maybe they added in an obstacle you didn’t intend....
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