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Abbey Feisty- Girl     Barked: Mon May 6, '13 4:03pm PST  Good advice from Bailey and Bosley. I very much agree, don’t stop and try to fix training or handling issues in the ring, keep moving. It’s hard, I know, I’m guilty of doing it too on occasion. Try going to some fun matches instead, which is an excellent way to proof behaviors and build confidence in a trial-like setting. I had to move my hand back and forth which I usually don't have to do. How did you train the weaves? I ask because I usually associate the above with luring the dog through with treats- which I have to admit is my least favorite method of training weaves. I don’t think it fosters a good understanding of weaving, most dogs you see trained by that method have a slow, inconsistent, and very handler dependent performance that tends to fall apart easily. In that case, I would seriously consider going back and retraining the weaves. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Abbey Feisty- Girl     Barked: Fri Apr 26, '13 1:30pm PST  Although it’s never happened to me at a trial, if you do agility for any length of time you will eventually trip and fall while running. I’ve seen a few pretty spectacular wipe outs, people landing on their faces or taking out the equipment as they go by. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Sports & Agility > The Internationalization of Agility

Abbey Feisty- Girl     Barked: Thu Mar 14, '13 9:49am PST  From the Dog Agility Blog Events. Interesting reading, with some pretty varied opinions. It did inspire me to (attempt) practicing Ketschker turns. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Sports & Agility > Good Agility Tunnels?

Abbey Feisty- Girl     Barked: Thu Feb 21, '13 4:22pm PST  NTI has competition style tunnels for a pretty good price. You could also try Max 200. Clean Run has light weight practice tunnels. Don’t know how well they hold up, though. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Sports & Agility > Sarah earned her first titles!

Abbey Feisty- Girl     Barked: Sun Feb 17, '13 10:33am PST  Congrats, Sarah! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Abbey Feisty- Girl     Barked: Fri Feb 15, '13 11:40am PST  I've been hoping this will come to my area in the future, since I’ve never had much luck find Earthdog events within a reasonable distance, my terriers would go flipping nuts for this! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Food & Nutrition > Best food for terrier puppy?

Abbey Feisty- Girl     Barked: Wed Feb 13, '13 6:46pm PST  Congrats on your new little guy! I have to admit I’m not a fan of Eukanuba, and pretty much think those ‘breed specific’ foods are just a marketing ploy, and kinda a rip off. I think you are in the UK? I’m not sure what brands you have available over there, but I would look for a good quality puppy food without meat by-products and grain fragments. Personally I had good results with Wellness Just for Puppy and California Natural Lamb and Rice (the puppy formula) when Abbey was a pup. At about a year old I switched to a grain free food (and then to raw.) If you have a grain free puppy food available to you that’s fine too. It’s a myth that higher protein is bad for growing pups, it the calcium/phosphorus ratio that’s more of a concern, particularly for large/giant breeds (hence Large Breed Puppy formulas)- really with any good quality puppy food you should be fine. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Sports & Agility > Showing too early in agility

Abbey Feisty- Girl     Barked: Sun Feb 10, '13 7:16pm PST  Another good article- think I’m going to bookmark that one to refer people back to. And so true, I know I was very fortunate that someone at a USDAA trial gave me my trainers’ number. As a newbie I just went with the first person suggested- who turned out to be awesome and very qualified- but could have been a total crackpot and I wouldn’t have known the difference! I’m glad I went to watch that USDAA trial, otherwise I probably would have picked someone out of the yellow pages or something- and probably would not be typing on an agility forum now. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Sports & Agility > Showing too early in agility

Abbey Feisty- Girl     Barked: Sun Feb 10, '13 1:01pm PST  Hmm, I’m in CA, which is like a dog sport mecca. Everybody and their uncle are offering agility classes, even if they’ve never trialed or titled a dog. On the flip side, though, we also have a lot well known, successful, and very experienced instructors around- so good training is available if you do your homework. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Abbey Feisty- Girl     Barked: Sat Feb 9, '13 12:51pm PST  Good article, Aslan! The last few trials I’ve attended I was cringing a bit at some of the stuff I was seeing in the ring (and not always the Novice ring either!) More than a few dogs and handlers who were lacking very, very basic foundation skills and were frustrated and struggling. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

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