Fostering Excellence in Agility

Improving Your Front Crosses

088 In this episode, I share four key areas for improving your front crosses: - Footwork - Connection - Timing - Application Join the free community: https://www.fxa

Video Your Training

087 Yep, you do actually need to video your training sessions. You are missing out on valuable feedback and data if you're not, and slowing your progress down when you do

REPEAT: Recapping Sprint's Debut

086, Since Sprint's fourth year at the WCO was her best yet, I thought it would be fun to listen to her debut recap again, just to celebrate just how far we've come as a

Troubleshooting Your Agility Training

085 In this live coaching call recording, I share my process for problem-solving training sessions in the moment. This flowchart gives power to the students to collect da

The Importance of Canine Conditioning, Part 2, with Anna Lee Sanders

084 In the second half of this interview, I speak with Anna Lee about how to be the most effective with your dog's conditioning programs and talk about who is the right f

The Importance of Canine Conditioning, Part 1, with Anna Lee Sanders

083 Today I am joined by the creator of Canine Conditioning Coach, Anna Lee Sanders. I get to pick her brain about why starting a conditioning program before you need it

Training By Yourself

082 Last year, my training partner moved country and left me to train alone for the first time in quite a while! Here's what I noticed was different, and how I've made an

WCO & USO Prep!

081 This summer was abnormal and full of interruptions. We trained very little and trialed even less. So what have we been doing to catch back up for the opens this fall?

Moving (not reducing) Reinforcement

In this episode, I unpack the three main types of training sessions agility people use, and how we reinforce during those sessions could be impacting our transition into

Adding Distractions to Your Training

079 To compete well, dogs need to learn to ignore distractions once they notice them. This begins with understanding what they should do when they see something interesti

REPEAT: Expectations of a Q

078 You need clear rounds to progress in dog agility, but focusing on clear rounds isn't the answer. Dive into this episode to shift your perspective on the sport and how

Stamina for Agility Dogs

077 Building stamina is a process. Working to increase the dog's workload over time and looking for ways to reduce their cognitive load during events will improve their p

What is Ring Readiness?

076 In this episode, Megan shares a list of things that might be different from training to trialing. Understanding these differences and how your dog might respond to th

REPEAT: Training on their Timeline

075 Sarah Stremming, Cog Dog Coach, joins Megan to discuss how their two youngest dogs, Rayya (Sarah's Icelandic Sheepdog) and Sprint (Megan's Border Collie) have complet

REPEAT: Ring Prep Training

074 Preparing for competition-like situations is possible, even without recreating the entire trial environment. Listen in for what Ring Prep training is and how we can d

REPEAT: Are You Ready to Compete?

073 When should you start competing and what does that look like for each team? How to plan to maximize success all comes down to the splits in behavior that we need our

Training and Using Stashed Reinforcement

Episode 072: Training and Using Stashed Reinforcement Humans understand that in order to compete, rewards have to be left outside of the ring, but does your dog understan

Three Places to Increase Clarity in Your Training

071 Most training focuses on how fast and accurate the dog performs a specific behavior. What if the small details surrounding that performance were also a priority? Ther

Dealing with Disappointment

070 Agility is full of highs and lows. Injuries. Low Q Rates. Not qualifying for events. It all happens and it’s all a bummer. How we move through it though, impacts how

Larger Reward Events

069 We’ve all heard of using jackpots, right? But what if it really is about making every reward mean more? In this episode, Megan talks about a recent article from neuro