The Agility Odyssey Podcast

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 page, Agility Odyssey, at https://www.facebook.com/agilityodyssey. Or join my email list here: https://agilityodyssey.mykajabi.com/signup-4...

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 this important topic and try to make a very generic instruction easier to apply in your training. Like what you heard and want more? Check out my Face...

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 relationship and shared enjoyment of agility. Those lessons are what I'm sharing in this episode. Like what you heard and want more? Check out my Facebook...

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 worked hard to help these high-arousal dogs thrive in life and excel in agility, and today we're sharing what's working for us and our girls. Not foll...

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? Like what you heard and want more? Check out my Facebook page, Agility Odyssey, at https://www.facebook.com/agilityodyssey. Or join my email list her...

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.

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "agility foundations"? It might be a little different than what comes to mind for me. Allow me to explain where I think foundations really begin... it might just give you some helpful food for thought. Like what you heard and want more? Check out my Facebook page, Agility Odyssey, at  https://www.facebook.com/agilityodyssey . Or join my email list h...

Get to know Sarah, her story, and how she learned some of the most important values that define her approach to dog agility training and competition. Like what you heard and want more? Check out my Facebook page, Agility Odyssey, at  https://www.facebook.com/agilityodyssey . Or join my email list here:  https://agilityodyssey.mykajabi.com/signup-46bd1cf8-8d47-4db6-bc3c-eb213fa59e8b