Swift is now 13 weeks old and full vaccinated, so she is pretty ready to rock and roll puppy style! After Sparrow's 1-2-1 session with Helen Anderson this month, we spent 10 minutes playing with Swift. Many people believe that a pup can't start doing agility until they are over a year old, and in... Continue Reading →
Sparrow’s Running Contacts. New Places, New Challenges
Sparrow has come a long way since we started training her running dogwalk using a piece of carpet. She is now running a full dogwalk and we are incorporating distance, speed and other obstacles. She still has a lot to learn and a lot to proof, but already she is faster and more confident, which... Continue Reading →
Flinds, Blinds and Double Blinds: Training with Helen Anderson 10 April 2017
What a fab way to spend a Monday afternoon, training with the amazing Helen Anderson! Both Merlin and Sparrow had their turns. Sparrow is working on tunnel avoidance and it was clear her issue was understanding turning away from the tunnel. We worked at breaking down the exercise and we achieved some success, but have... Continue Reading →
Tightening Turns, 29 March 2017
Today I spent some time training with Helen Anderson. We were working on turns over jumps, and one of the things I wanted to look at was Sparrow's tendency to go wide after jumps. I basically wanted to know if it was something I was doing or a training issue. Helen had me working on... Continue Reading →