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With Sue retiring, Heather has stepped in to ensure students can continue to benefit from Sue's awesome Levels program at FDSA — for those not familiar with the program, we chat about how it came to be, and why Heather is excited to teach it!
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Wondering where to start with your performance puppy? Barbara Currier shares her take after 25 years of raising performance puppies!
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Sharon joins me to talk about her 10-step process for working with reactive and hyper-around dogs through Offered Durational Engagement.
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Deb recently brought home the newest member of her household... a koolie puppy named Wizard! Today we talk about what she's been working on since bringing him home and how she approaches building a relationship with a new puppy!
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In this episode, Ryan and I talk about the idea of overcoming differences in mindset and training, having difficult conversations, and building better relationships for it!
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The state of the rescue world and the breeding fancy have changed significantly in the last 50 years... Dr. Hekman and I chat about what those changes are, and what they mean for pet and sports dogs in the future.
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Nancy shares how she's redefining the way we all think of our walks with our dogs... and why it matters.
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In this episode Kathy and I talk about the "LIMA Being" project, and the key to a really good cue.
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Julie and I chat about some of the key questions nosework newbies need to know, and what it takes to prep for competition — plus, how and where to look for novel search environments!
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Learning agility and having the skills to be able to learn agility well are two separate things! In this cast, Nancy and I talk about the critical but often overlooked skills dogs need to be able to learn and compete in agility.
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Amy and I talk about what it takes to get great photos of our canine companions — we cover tips for photographer and subject alike!
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If you're getting tired of hearing from your agility coach that your cues were late AGAIN, Loretta and I talk about why we end up late and what we can do about it in this week's cast.
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Stacy recently designed a new working model to visually represent the various capabilities successful nosework dogs need — and on today's podcast we chat about the pieces, and how they help you get trial ready.
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Dr. Amy Cook and I go deep in this episode on management vs. training, her approach to treating reactivity, and what to do while you work on it.
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For this week's show, I brought on 3 freestyle stars to talk about the sport, what got them hooked, and how they approach training.