The Agility Odyssey Podcast

The process of debuting a young dog has been on my mind lately because I have a young dog, and I plan to debut her later this year! In this episode I share the ways I think about preparation and perspective, so I...

I love the nitty gritty details of training and the on-going process of building a shared language with our dogs, so training stronger verbal cues is one of my FAVORITE topics. In this episode I share three tips I've...

I think about puppy socialization quite a bit differently now than I did five years ago, or ten years ago. On today's episode, I'm going to share the more nuanced and complex perspective I now have on this important...

Today on the podcast, I talk a bit about how I ended up loving and living with kelpies, and my best advice when it comes to choosing your next breed or your next dog for agility. Thank you to Katherine for the comment...

Thank you to Briana for posing this question: "When there are a million things to train, how do you decide what your focus for any particular session is going to be?" This episode is my answer. Like what you heard and...

Set your dog up for success… I find myself talking about and writing about this often, but what does it actually mean? How do you actually do it? What stands in our way? And why does this matter so much? This week...

Goals can be a tricky business, and they need to be handled with special care when we involve animals in our ambitions. I've learned so much over the years about how to set healthy and productive goals that serve me...

Arousal is such a hot topic in dog agility these days, but is it serving us to label dogs as over-aroused or prone to over-arousal? Join me and podcast guest, Megan Foster, as we discuss how we love and live with our...

Today I'm discussing three things I think we as agility handlers and trainers tend to take for granted that maybe we shouldn't. Even if we DO get away with it, why wouldn't we do everything we can to improve the...

My high-drive, high-arousal working kelpie Spire has recently turned eighteen months old, and I'm reflecting on the best things I did and the best decisions I made about raising her.

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "agility foundations"? It might be a little different than what comes to mind for me. Allow me to explain where I think foundations really begin... it might just give you...

Get to know Sarah, her story, and how she learned some of the most important values that define her approach to dog agility training and competition. Like what you heard and want more? Check out my Facebook page,...