Go-Get-’Em Agility Podcast

Episode 73: Xylitol Poisoning

Episode 73: Xylitol Poisoning  ** Listen to this important PSA about Xylitol Poisoning in Dogs

Episode 72: Who is to Blame?

Episode 72: Who is to Blame?  ** When things go wrong on an agility course, a bad line, faulty equipment, a whole jump goes down, who is to blame? The judge for setting a bad line, the competitor for failing to predict the bad line, the dog for failing to listen? Listen to Margaret's opinion on the subject.

Episode 71: Biggest Bang for Your Buck

Episode 71: Biggest Bang for Your Buck  ** 70% to 30% - that is the percentage I think skills building should be to course work maybe even 80% to 20%. You'll get more bang for your buck with skills training than you will with course work. Course work shows you where your skills training is good and where it is needing more work, but it doesn't "train" the dog.

Episode 70: WTD Dog Push-ups vs Up and Down Game

Episode 70: WTD Dog Push-ups vs Up and Down Game   ** Learn the powerful difference between a dog push-up and the up and down game. Master the up and down game to gain more focus and with yourself and your dog.

Episode 69: Feeling Overwhelmed

Episode 69: Feeling Overwhelmed  ** Want to know how I get through feeling overwhelmed? Take a listen.

Episode 68: WTD Between a Run By and Send Jump

Episode 68: WTD Between a Run By and Send Jump

Episode 67: BorderPap Puppy Jack

Episode 67: BorderPap Puppy Jack  **Emma and Margaret discuss Emma's new puppy Jack, a sport mix BorderPap.Breeder: Kristin Wolter - Resolution's Sport DogsDam: NovaSire: Tonx (Jessie Listar-Guest owner)

Episode 66: Leave It and Not Yet - What's the Difference?

Episode 66: Leave It and Not Yet - What's the Difference?  ** Big, big, huge difference in my opinion and in my training. Leave it = ForeverNot yet = 30, 40, 50 seconds or lessLeave it = Poisonous, dangerous, disgustingNot yet = Reward food or toy

Episode 65: Organizations - What's the Difference?

Episode 65: Organizations - What's the Difference?There are lots of agility organizations to trial in, here are a just a few of the differences between them.

Episode 64: Playing It Safe - What happens when a dog is incorrect?

Episode 64: Playing It Safe - What happens when a dog is incorrect? ** Playing it safe versus always trying for correct may leave you never knowing how much your dog actually knows. Take a chance and go for more distance, more distraction, more duration...you never know, your dog just may be able to handle it and offer you a new level of training. But you'll never know if you don't try. Give it a try, even at the risk of your dog being incorrect. P.S. Pay for effort.