Before I brought Spire home I was entertaining the idea of doing one of those “puppy diary” things that’s so popular in the agility world.
Category: The He(Art) of Agility

Last night I listened to an episode of the podcast Not Another Dog and Pony Show in which Sarah Stremming and podcast hosts Lauren Fraser

Sleep and time are a bit scarce around here these days because, well, puppies are hard. Evenings are really challenging with Spire right now, and

You know, I really thought I’d have more videos of 10-week-old Spire by now. Training videos, zoomie videos, toy play videos… ALL the videos! But

In case you noticed I didn’t write a post last week, there is a reason for that, and her name is Spire. Spire is a

Have you ever noticed yourself telling a story about why someone else can do something, but you can’t? I have. Many, many a time. I

One “secret” to success in agility is not letting the rules of the game define your training. You must know the relevant rules and filter

This August will mark five years that Zi and I have been competing together in agility. She’ll turn seven on September third, and if you

In the last two years I’ve thought a lot about what it takes to produce clean runs in agility — not just every now and

I love looking at run orders before a trial — seeing who else I can expect to see there, how many dogs will be in