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How to get out of your own head and overcome agility nerves
You get to control how you warm up your dog. How you focus your mind. How you recover after a mistake. How you support your teammate. That’s your circle of influence. Put your energy there.
Layering in dog agility: Why and how to add it to your handling toolbox
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
Understanding and handling S-lines in dog agility
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...
Handling fast dogs in agility: It’s all about the dog’s perspective
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.
Choosing the Best Agility Handling Techniques for Your Team
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...
Dog agility course running: Reality vs fantasy lines
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....
Footwork and Handler Mechanics in Dog Agility
Ever feel like you and your dog are speaking different languages on the agility course? You’re not alone! Agility is often called a dance between dog and handler. If your footwork is off-beat, your canine partner will likely misread the steps. Footwork and handler...
4 reasons your dog is knocking bars in agility (and how to fix it)
In this post, we’ll walk through four common causes of bar knocking in agility and offer clear, actionable solutions based on the OneMind Dogs method.
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