In this episode (36:01) In this podcast we discuss how to use social media and the internet to improve your dog agility. Mentioned Our Previous Podcast on Online Agility Classes Our Previous Podcast on Using a Camcorder in Training Dog Agility Blogger Action Day (the next one is next week!) How to ensure Facebook notifies
August 2013

We limited this analysis to the 20 inch class to determine who benefits most from the qualification changes from 2013 to 2014 for the AKC National Agility Championship. This first chart shows the 20 inch dogs who qualified for the 2013 AKC NAC. The red points indicate dogs who would NOT have qualified had the

In this episode (50:40) Janita Leinonen and Jaakko Suoknuuti join the podcast to talk about the One Mind agility handling system. In addition to being the originator of the system, Janita just returned from winning large dog individual gold at the 2013 European Open. Mentioned Janita’s Winning run at the 2013 European Open One Mind

In our last post, we showed how the change in the qualifying requirements for entry into the 2014 National Agility Championship (NAC) affected the number of dogs who qualify and the average speed of those dogs. In this post, we’ll take a look at how the qualification changes affect the number of shows a typical

The AKC changed the qualifying requirements for entry into the 2014 National Agility Championship (NAC) from the previous year. First, let’s take a look at the difference in requirements. 2013: 6 QQs and 400 points. 2014: 4 QQs, 500 points, and 20 qualifying runs in standard and/or jumpers. In the chart below, the first row