Episode 50: Zanee Agility Camp 2024 ** Six instructors over 3 days at Zanee Agility Camp, located at Run Wild Dog Sports Center, hosted by Jordan Biggs and Hana Spitz Ashley Deacon Stefanie Rainer Taner Dogan Shauna Oliver Grace Heck Casey Keller

Episode 49: JOAWC - 2024 Junior Open Agility World Championships ** Listen to Emma and Margaret talk about the Junior Team USA. Please share with any junior agility competitor families. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6WcUJRIr3k 2024 JOAWC Website: https://joawc2024agility.be/ AKC JOAWC Information: https://www.akc.org/sports/agility/events/junior-open-agility-world-championship/

Episode 48: Walking an Agility Course ** 25 years of walking courses, the strategies I've learned, ways that I help decide on side changes, location and memorization tactics to help run my desired walk through plan.

Episode 47: Using Targets in Agility Training ** Using target plates, or preplaced rewards, in agility can be very powerful. Learn about the different target structures that Margaret and Emma use to train their dogs. Two Target Jump Training: Short versions Part 1: https://youtu.be/qDHgYJN-aps

Part 2: https://youtu.be/0Yw-MIWTyWQ

Distance training using one target: https://youtube.com/shorts/9gh0NiBw_2E Focus forward teeter training: https://youtube.com/shorts/EFW2vRve3_M

Contact Sprints: https://youtube.com/shorts/cRrGUk5MmCo?si=CArchpBcAy4F7dLf Jump Bend Grid with toy target (can use food lid target): https://youtube.com/shorts/Kxl8FbeyP-A?feature=share Stick the landing - brining the target to my dog: https://youtube.com/shorts/rxW_Xrbcxzk Extension to collection training (aka, teeter training): https://youtube.com/shorts/m2UQWiBmUbg

Episode 46: Top 5 Training Skills for Dogs and Handlers ** Margaret and Emma discuss their top 5 training skills for dogs and handlers, and how they help with agility. If only able to train 5 things for agility, what would they be?? Two Target Game: https://youtu.be/qDHgYJN-aps Hand Position Matters: https://youtu.be/IZ6ViGgKBH0 Emma's Rear Cross Flip Game: https://youtu.be/EF0caU-YbHE

Episode 45: Introducing Teeter Training in New Locations Margaret discusses with Emma what she learned from Eli about training a teeter on her own, how to help your dog develop the skills to handle the teeter at speed and using this information to introduce new teeters, in new locations to your dog in preparation for the trial environment. An agility dog benefits greatly from two important teeter factors, lots of positive history on the teeter, and experience with multiple teeters in multiple locations. Eli Teeter Training in New Locations: https://youtu.be/w2ii8DknC18 Eli's bounce grid to teeter: https://youtu.be/XU6fv7a28gs

Episode 44: Eli's First Trial - What Really Happened Behind the Scenes ** We did a thing, we trialed together. Listen to Margaret recount the day of Eli's first AKC agility trial to Emma.

Episode 43: Agility is Confusing ** Join Margaret as she talks about all the different ways that agility can be confusing, but at the heart of it all, listen to your dog and keep their confidence up!