by Nancy | Jul 21, 2023 | Agility, Competition
If you’ve been doing agility long enough, you know how fragile the start line is for many dogs. If you’ve never had an issue with your dog’s start line, consider yourself lucky. In this post, I want to discuss the less-known start line issues –...
by Nancy | Jul 10, 2023 | Agility, Competition
If you’ve been doing agility long enough, you know how fragile the start line is for many dogs. If you’ve never had an issue with your dog’s start line, consider yourself lucky. What is a start line issue? Here are some common issues that can happen...
by Nancy | Mar 21, 2023 | Agility, Competition
Are you trying to decide whether your current or next dog should have running or stopped contacts? How do you decide which performance is best for you and your dog? What makes one contact performance preferable over the other? Since there are three very different...
by Nancy | Nov 17, 2020 | Agility, Competition, Event, Life Skills
Back To Foundations During these trying times of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of you have been returning to foundation training with your dogs. Some of you have new puppies – including me. Future Agility Rockstar In March, I decided to foster a rescue....
by Nancy | Nov 24, 2019 | Agility, Competition, Obedience
Preparing for competitive sports I’ve been involved in competitive sports my entire life. My Dad (John Gagliardi) is the all-time winningest college football coach. Mental management, positive training, proper preparation, and adjustments to handling (in...
by Nancy | Dec 9, 2017 | Agility
Here is an interview I did with Melissa Breau on the topic of agility start lines.
