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Puppy Peaks Video Contest Voting – Day 1! 26 Aug 2013 | 10:26 pm
Well let me start off by saying, “WOW!” Once again, the members of our wonderful community have managed to surprise me with your talent…not only as dog trainers, but as video makers as well! Over th...
Cutting Your Dog’s Nails: How Important Is it Really? 20 Aug 2013 | 05:27 am
Today I have a guest blogger by way of an impromptu video. Dr. Leslie Woodcock DVM, is a long time friend of mine (for more than 20 years). She has been our Team Canada veterinarian at most of our int...
Rolling out a Big Adventure 14 Aug 2013 | 05:02 pm
As much as we would like to prevent it, our agility dogs do grow old. As a matter of fact all dogs grow old, even if they were not once agility dogs. If we are lucky, our dogs will grow v-e-r-y old. B...
Jumping into Height Changes for All Dogs in Agility? 1 Aug 2013 | 07:17 pm
When I think back on to my first years in agility with my Jack Russell Terrier “Shelby,” it makes me happy to see where agility has come. Shelby competed almost exclusively in USDAA where at only 9 1...
Life’s Little Detours: Making Outrageously Tasty Lemonade 22 Jul 2013 | 09:36 am
According to my booking calendar (planned more than a year ago) I should be in Germany right now. I had made my decision at that time, that I would not be applying to Canada’s FCI team to travel to So...
Dog Agility Championships: Bring On Snooker & Gamblers 30 May 2013 | 06:21 pm
The Games Championship is comprised of two Games: Snooker and Gamblers. If you are really keen to learn more about each game, there is a briefing written up on the WAO home page. Snooker is a game tha...
International Agility Championship . . . The First Time All Over Again 23 May 2013 | 06:43 pm
I just got home from my participating in my second WAO (World Agility Open) event held in Oviedo, Spain. Some consider this one of the four “world championship” type agility events; FCI in October, Eu...
Your Dog Recovering From Severe Trauma . . . Is There A Baseline? 21 Mar 2013 | 11:01 pm
As many of you will know my then 8 year old Border Collie “Encore” suffered a major traumatic event 3 months ago when she collapsed seizing one morning which could not be stopped. With good medical ca...
What Does Internationalization in Dog Agility Really Mean? 7 Mar 2013 | 01:02 am
Today is the first “Dog Agility Blog Event for 2013” and the topic myself and other dog agility bloggers are writing on is “Internationalization.” When I first saw the topic I thought to myself, “oh...
Let’s Change Lives! 21 Feb 2013 | 11:26 pm
Those of you who have been tuning in over the last few weeks have heard a lot of talk about my course, the Five Minute Formula for a Brilliant Recall (Recallers). We’ve gotten a lot of questions, and...
