Off Course Agility

On this episode Pat Daggett tells how he discovered agility, talks about his dogs that have run in NADAC. How and when he became a NADAC judge and we have a good discussion on how he goes about course design. We finish up with a bit about his attendance at NADAC championships over the years.

My guest is Audri Tarr a fellow beagle owner. We talk about her agility dogs including Cee Cee, a beagle that ran at NADAC Championships in Sunbury Ohio. She tells how she started in agility, her dogs, Lily, Cee Cee, Toto, and Calypso. She discusses how some of these were foster failures and her attending the NADAC championships in the east dating back to 2011.

Your host Ed Peters catches you up on where he is on some Agility topics, including agility school / training, an A frame agility project, virtual runs and a Thank you to the listeners.  Remember feedback, comments or volunteering to be a guest can all be done via an email to offcourse@optimum.net

Carole Daggett is a NADAC judge, my former instructor, and a fellow attendee of trials and seminars. Carole is the first NADAC judge to be a guest on my podcast, we discuss how she first became involved with agility, her agility dogs over the years, and how she became a judge. Carole has been a NADAC judge for over 20 years and she has judged both Dino and Tres. Carole brings up how the first time...

A group of North Jersey NADAC agility people have been meeting weekly with Zoom  on this episode I take my podcast to this group for a bit of fun with a round table of agility questions.  Special thanks to Melissa, Maureen, Danielle, Roger, Pam, Dennis, Margaret, Cindy and Len for participating.

My guest is Heidi Konesko from New Hampshire and she discusses how she started in agility. Talks about the dogs that have been her agility teammates. Heidi discusses her vacation to Champs in 2011 and the 2017 Championships where she ran with her Australian Shepherds, Penny and Hi Jack. We talk a bit about agility camping and virtual trials / runs.  Late breaking after this podcast was recorded. H...

My guest is Linda Lavolette from Upper Michigan. Linda is my first guest who is a judge, a UKC agility judge. She discusses how she started in agility, her dogs, a bit about UKC agility, why she became a judge and what the Bay De Noc Kennel Club is doing now that COVID-19 is affecting trials. Please send us comments to offcourse@optimum.net or you can message us on Twitter at @OffcourseBeagle

My guest is Maureen deHaan who puts on Play~Bow trials in April and October in New Paltz, NY. She discusses how she started in agility and how she began holding trials and some of the things needed to run a NADAC trial. (Note in second half of our talk sometimes there is a lag on my questions and responses with a slight delay after her answers. My volume level is lower than hers. I will look into...

Guest Amata Hinkle from Alabama discusses how she started in agility, her involvement in Search and Rescue and caving. Her SAR activities and training occur on weekends and this is why all her dog Edraith's NADAC Qs have been obtained via the NADAC Video Run program. A few final comments at the end about NADAC topics: Champs and NADAC training week.

Guest Nancy Hoffman from New Hampshire discusses how she started in agility with her Jack Russel Terrier Stewie and now continues with Skipper, another JRT. She also talks about going to NADAC Championships in Springfield, Illinois with Stewie and more recently to Springfield Ohio in 2019 with Skipper.

On this podcast Margaret MacEwen is my guest. She discusses how she got started in agility, how she was President of Dino's fan club, how she became an agility instructor, dog trainer and how she is trying to operate her Super Fine K9 dog training business in this time of COVID-19. She also offers some advice and her concerns about how when we get over the COVID-19 traumatic event that then the tr...

Ed Peters is joined by his sister, LeeAnn, and they discuss the Coronavirus, COVID-19, affecting agility trials, agility schools, their lives and NADAC. A request for guests for future podcasts is put out to our listeners. Please email us at offcourse@optimum.net if you would like to be a guest and tells us how you first started in Agility. 

Ed Peters discusses where he is with training his 2 year old beagle, Tres. The electronic mailbag, a correction and a commentary. The podcast finishes up with the upcoming NADAC agility calendar for the first 2 weekends in April 2020.

A quick discussion of agility statistics and reading of the NADAC Top 10 dog/handlers for each class of 2019.  The podcast finishes up with the upcoming NADAC agility calendar for the last 2 weekends in March 2020.

On this episode, Ed Peters discusses trial decisions, premiums and why we go to trials. Since Ed runs beagles in NADAC he announces the 2019 Top Ten for the beagle breed. We take a look at the NADAC trial calendar for the March 13 14 15, 2020 weekend. A quick comment and mailbag segment.

Ed Peters talks about how he found and adopted Tres, his current beagle. Our first mailbag segment and how you can be a part of our podcast. We look at the NADAC trial calendar for the leap day weekend February 28 29 March 1, 2020.

Ed Peters talks with his sister LeeAnn Peters about her beagle Belle and how she started in agility. A few minutes on Gamblers and a change in rules for 2020.  We look at the NADAC trial calendar for the weekend February 14 15 16, 2020.

Ed Peters talks about his first beagle, Dino, and how they got started in NADAC agility. Some of the changes for NADAC in 2020 are discussed. We look at the NADAC trial calendar for the weekend January 24 25 26, 2020.