McCann Dogs Agility - After Class Podcast

Ep. 21 - Takeaways From Canada's Largest Agility Trial - Let's Debrief!!

We just got back from the 2023 UKI Canadian Open in Saint John, New Brunswick. It's the largest competition of the year with a very intense atmosphere! The McCann Dogs

This is Not a Podcast.... It's a PEP TALK!

This podcast is a little different! In just a few days, we are heading to one of the year's most important Canadian Agility Championships. So, the time has come to think

Ep. 19 - One Trip To Worlds Changed The Way I Train Agility!

Kayl McCann & Jamie Moreau sat down with fellow McCann Dog Agility Coaches Steve Walsh & Angela McRae to do an extensive debrief session of Ange's first trip to the Europ

Ep 18. Instructor Hopping - The Benefits & Drawbacks of playing "Coach Roulette"

This episode is for anyone who... - Interested in learning from different Instructors - Trains with multiple Instructors - Attends seminars with many different presen

Ep 17: The "Negative People Problem" in Agility Training - Feat. Dave Munnings

In this episode we're joined by our dear friend and fellow competitor, Dave Munnings. Dave travelled all the way from England to visit us for some Agility training, so we

Ep 16: Flying With Your Dog Doesn't Need To Be STRESSFUL

In this episode, we talk about all the things we've learned from the past 30 years of flying dogs all over the World! It's not a fun process, but the more educated you ar

Ep15: How To Prepare for an Agility Competition (World Agility Open 2023)

We're BAAAAAACCCCK! We're excited to return to a new session of the After-Class Podcast! Agility Competitors & Coaches Kayl McCann & Jamie Moreau discuss all the prepara

Ep14: Agility Mental Game with Guest: Kathy Keats

We are delighted to bring you this episode of the After Class Podcast!  Today we REAL TALK with Mental Game Coach, Kathy Keats.  Kathy has years of experience competing i

Ep13: Contact Performance in Competition VS Training

In this episode we're diving deep into the age old question "HOW DO I GET MY DOG TO HAVE CONSISTANT CONTACT PERFORMANCE IN BOTH TRAINING & TRIALS?".  It's VERY common for

Ep12: The Rate of Progression in Your Agility Training - Too Fast? - Too Slow?

In this episode we're talking all about TRAINING!  Training obstacles, training skills and all things related to progression!  How do you know if you've progressed too qu

Ep11: Coaches Corner: Answering Agility Questions Submitted By Our Listeners!

In this episode, we're answering questions about Agility submitted by the Patrons of the McCann Dogs Agility Online Coaching Program.  These questions range from conqueri

Ep10: INJURY Prevention for Dog Agility

The dog sport of Agility is amazing……you know what else is amazing? How athletic, nimble and daring our dogs are!  This is something that we all need to think about & app

Ep9: Train Smarter! Training Choices That Guarantee More Success.

If you're at a point in your progression with your dog and you're wondering how you can continue to forward with your success.... you may want to look at HOW you are trai

Ep8: Part 2: A conversation with Jaakko Suoknuuti

Back for more?  Right On! We are happy to have you back for Part 2.  The discussion with the great, Jaakko Suoknuuti got even more intriguing!  This time we took a deep d

Ep7: Part 1: A Conversation with Jaakko Suoknuutti (Finish Agility Coach)

We are SO excited to have our very first guest on the Podcast.  Jaakko Suoknuutti is an accomplished Agility Handler & Coach who is widely respected in the Sport of Agili

Ep6: Training & Competing with MULTIPLE Dogs

If you play Agility, you know it's an amazingly addicting sport. SO many handlers start training & competing with one dog and then quickly want to have more dogs that pla

Ep5: Jumping Issues In Agility

Jumping Issues...... there are all kinds of them in Agility. Some natural and some influenced by the handler. Join McCann Dogs Agility Leaders Kayl McCann & Jme Moreau a

Ep4: Training Puppies (6m & Under) in Preparation for Agility

In this episode, we are talking all about what we do with our puppies from the time we bring them home up until 6 months in terms of preparing them to become a high level

Ep3: Pandemic Influence On Agility

In this episode, we are talking about how the global pandemic has affected so many aspects of the Dog Sport Agility.    We're talking about how our original goals for 202

Ep2: Training High Drive Agility Dogs

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