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Dispel the Dementors

02 Mar 2016Steve Schwarz

Today's Dog Agility Blog Action Day on the subject of "FUN" got me thinking about what makes training and trialing agility fun for me. For…

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  • agility
  • featured
  • starting

Just DO Agility!

03 Jun 2015Steve Schwarz

I sometimes get questions from novice handlers asking about preparing for competition and especially about getting stressed out at…

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  • agility
  • starting

The Power of Recall to Side/Heel - Video

29 Aug 2014Steve Schwarz

Training a Recall to Side or Recall to Heel is an important foundation agility skill that is often overlooked or brushed past when starting…

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  • agility
  • LindaMecklenburg
  • Meeker
  • starting
  • video

Puppy Agility: Connection Comes First

05 Mar 2014Steve Schwarz

Many performance dog owners want to start "working on agility skills" immediately with their new puppies. Some have the goal of having that…

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  • agility
  • featured
  • Flyer
  • Meeker
  • starting

Make the Second Obstacle Free

11 Feb 2010Steve Schwarz

This is a tip that is obvious but is often overlooked by agility handlers. In fact I see handlers who would benefit from this tip at every…

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  • agility
  • starting

Post Run Note Taking

14 Feb 2009Steve Schwarz

At a recent trial I was talking with agility pal and local trainer Ashlee Trotter after her run and was intrigued by her after run note…

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  • 2o2o
  • agility
  • AshleeTrotter
  • Box
  • FrontCross
  • PickUpSticks
  • Serpentine
  • starting
  • Threadle

The Benefits of Reversing Course

26 Dec 2007Steve Schwarz

There was a discussion of Flatwork on the I replied to the trainer that one way that helps handlers and dogs break out of their handed…

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  • agility
  • BaggageAgility
  • Flatwork
  • starting

Learning the Collapsed Tunnel/Chute

04 Jul 2007Steve Schwarz

I saw some good posts on the Agile Teach email list about teaching the Chute . So I thought I'd jot down my approach and some other's…

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  • AgileTeach
  • agility
  • starting

Handling Confusion

08 Jun 2007Steve Schwarz

The other day I was reminded of some tips I've learned for dealing with those times when we forget where we are going on course or it is our…

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Tags:
  • agility
  • DanaPike
  • starting

Reading Course Maps

19 Mar 2007Steve Schwarz

While working on another project I created a legend for the symbols used on an agility course map. So I decided to post it here for folks…

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  • agility
  • CleanRun
  • starting

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