The Agility Odyssey Podcast

I think about puppy socialization quite a bit differently now than I did five years ago, or ten years ago. On today's episode, I'm going to share the more nuanced and complex perspective I now have on this important topic.

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Today on the podcast, I talk a bit about how I ended up loving and living with kelpies, and my best advice when it comes to choosing your next breed or your next dog for agility. Thank you to Katherine for the comment that inspired this episode.

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Thank you to Briana for posing this question: "When there are a million things to train, how do you decide what your focus for any particular session is going to be?" This episode is my answer. Like what you heard and want more? Check out my Facebook... more

Set your dog up for success… I find myself talking about and writing about this often, but what does it actually mean? How do you actually do it? What stands in our way? And why does this matter so much? This week join me as a dig a little deeper on ... more

Goals can be a tricky business, and they need to be handled with special care when we involve animals in our ambitions. I've learned so much over the years about how to set healthy and productive goals that serve me and my dogs, and protect our relat... more

Arousal is such a hot topic in dog agility these days, but is it serving us to label dogs as over-aroused or prone to over-arousal? Join me and podcast guest, Megan Foster, as we discuss how we love and live with our high-arousal agility dogs. We've ... more

Today I'm discussing three things I think we as agility handlers and trainers tend to take for granted that maybe we shouldn't. Even if we DO get away with it, why wouldn't we do everything we can to improve the experience our dogs have in the sport?... more

My high-drive, high-arousal working kelpie Spire has recently turned eighteen months old, and I'm reflecting on the best things I did and the best decisions I made about raising her.