Happy New Year! As we welcome 2019 it's the perfect opportunity to discuss goal setting. Setting goals can keep us motivated and help keep track of our progress. Goals help us stay focused on the things that matter most. In competition it's easy to lose sight of our goals and focus on end results instead of acknowledging the small wins like sticking a contact or getting that off side entry to the weaves. I first began training with Mindy Lytle three years ago and one of the m

We've all heard the importance of warming up our muscles before exercise in order to prepare for activity and to prevent injury. In agility this practice not only applies to you as the handler, but it also applies to our canine athletes as well. Agility relies on rapid acceleration and deceleration, tight turns and difficult obstacle entries all of which require your dog to be in top physical shape. All too often we see handlers and students pull their dogs out of their crate

Meet team Nancy! Nancy is an experienced agility handler with more than 18 years in the sport. In this post, Nancy shares her thoughts on tr

Every novice agility handler is eager to get to the fun stuff; running courses!! However, it is the foundation skills that are at the core of agility. These are the same skills you will continually reinforce throughout your agility career. Our first student spotlight features a team that began their agility journey with me when the dog was just 4 months old. Starting to build your agility foundations while your dog is still a puppy is a perfect time to boost confidence and la