If you want to watch some agility on the tube, check it out right now! I just saw a fabulous run by a rough collie doing Jumpers with Weaves. I think the prelims are on for a good chunk of today. Some other sports are on as well, I think. Let me know if and what you are watching. Stay warm out there!

Since the spots are limited in this course on Clean Run, I wanted to give you a heads up before it is officially announced. Here's the direct link: https://www.cleanrun.com/product/semi_private_lessons_individualized_help_for_your_agility_needs/index.cfm Do you need feedback on your practice or trial runs so that you can advance your training? Work on agility skills at home with provided small-space sequences or upload runs from trials or training classes to get feedback! This class has no structured weekly lesson that determines what skills you will work on. Instead, each week I will provide four numbered sequences (nested so you can use the same setup for all) for a 40' x 40' space. But you don't have to use them! You can submit videos of you running those sequences or any others—you get to choose what you want help with! The only limitation is the amount of video you can submit each week (details available at the URL above, or visit cleanrun.com and click "New" and "New Courses" to find it) When providing feedback on videos and making suggestions, I will work within your handling system and with your goals in mind. I provide a positive training environment for dogs AND people with lots of encouragement! I have years of experience supporting and evaluating agility runs in various organizations, plus I also have experience in distance training and a love for reinforcement and motivation. So work in these areas, and many more, can also be supported. When you enroll, each week you get 4 small-space "mini-courses" that can be run on the same equipment setup. You may use those sequences or any other sequence or course (including those from previous Clean Run Learning Center classes, trials, or from your own backyard training) for evaluation. There will be no demonstrations or instructional lessons outside of what might come up in the evaluations.

Had a chance to play some ISC (international-style) agility this weekend. We're out of practice and Kyber doesn't have a backside behavior (it doesn't exist in CPE agility) so we had a few bobbles. But he ran really nicely regardless. We got some nice compliments on our Standard run especially.

I’ve been thinking of how I can improve Louie’s ability to go to weave entries. I thought about approaching it from a Vito’s game perspective. This is our first attempt. I also but the guides back in place to see if I can get him confident enough for some speed. I’m also leading him a lot more than I should for Vito’s game. But I think it’s too much of a stretch to get him to figure it out without some help.

Who else plays in Premier Standard with their dog? I think it's becoming our favorite class. Just wanted to share this awesome run from Brady today, it's his 12th Premier STD Q. I think we love it because there is really no pressure to Q & it's just FUN (like T2B!) I messed up our JWW run today so I will just keep watching this to make me feel better 😂🤩