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Principles of Teaching
023 Today I'm sharing my thoughts on teaching and coaching dog agility, or any situations where a human and dog are learning together.
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Why Do We Enter Competitions?
022. Let's all own up to our competitive nature AND hold up to our values of training and competing with excellence. We owe it to our dogs and to ourselves to be mentally, physically, and technically prepared for each...
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Assessing Your Handling System
021 When you learn something new, how do you know what to do with that information? How do you decide if you should put effort into using this new skill, or if you should put it on the back burner for another time? In...
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What Are Seminars For?
020 - What are dog agility seminars for and how can you prepare to get the most out of one? In this episode, Megan talks about different seminar formats, how to get the most out of your time as a worker AND an...
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Community Q&A: Teeter Training
019 In this episode, Megan answers questions from community members about all things Teeter Training. Listen in for insights, tips, and tricks for teaching and maintaining a confident and reliable teeter performance.
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Concept Training for Improved Homeschooling
018 It's a fact that instructors wish students would practice more outside of class AND students wish that it was easier to practice outside of class. Dive into this episode to learn how Megan uses foundation skills...
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Improving Training Habits Based on Brain Research
017 Megan draws parallels between how we practice dog agility and how musicians practice and her ah-ha moments when applying current brain research to both.
Megan references Dr. Molly Gebrian's excellent and...
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Stopped vs Running Contacts
016 Today Megan breaks down why someone may choose to train stopped contacts vs running contacts and how the choices for each contact obstacle are not exactly equal. Spoiler: it has a LOT to do with your big...
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Feedback & Motivation with Liz Joyce
Join me in this excellent conversation with fitness coach and my personal trainer, Liz Joyce. She is the founder of Canine Handler Fitness where she runs a speed and agility development program for agility handlers...
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Technique Training
Megan shares how she introduces new handling techniques to dogs and how she progresses the training overtime in order to build ring sustainability for both the handler and the dog.
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Foundation Skills for Agility Dogs
All agility behaviors, no matter how complex, can be worked backwards to a series of skills that I teach as foundation behaviors to my puppies and dogs new to agility training. In this episode, I unpack these skills...
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Essential Skills for Agility Dogs
We all know how important foundations are, but what about the skills needed *before* foundations can begin? Those skills are what I refer to as essential skills, and I want to bring more awareness to them! These...
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