Month: May 2018
Introduction
Welcome to my blog! I am excited to include this as part of my training program at All Agility!! Okay… enough of the exclamation marks. I am glad you are here reading this and let me tell you what you can expect from this blog. I have been involved with dogs for most of my …
Cool downs
It is really important that after you spend time in the ring with your canine partner that when you come out you take some additional time to let the muscles cool down. After extreme physical activity both of your bodies need some time to return back to normal. This can be accomplished by simply going …
Warm-up Jump
Regionals is almost upon us. Before going in the ring it is really important that you find the warm-up jump and plan to use it. Especially early in the day and early in the competition. As the competition goes on you may want to forego using the jump. You can make that decision as you …
Listo and channel weaves
Listo is now 11 months and I was finally able to introduce him to weave pole training. There are different methods that you can use to train weave poles but my choice style is channel weaves with wires. Probably the most popular method after channel weaves would be 2 X 2. For me this requires …
Handling warm-ups at big events
This might be useful for those of you who are about to embark on a journey with your dog that will hopefully result in a trip to AAC Nationals. With Regionals either coming up for some or underway, it is important that when you are at these events that you make sure you adequately prepare …