The below clip is from the Fluid Motion On Demand Training Series – Foundation for Directionals class. In this clip I am talking about using training gates to teach the dogs how to do a “Tight”
Author Archives: Amanda Nelson
Weave Practice with Nargles and Try
A video of some weaving practice with Nargles and Try.
The Long Road
I have taught many seminars over the years, and one thing that each one has in common is the search for the “quick fix”. Missed contacts, trouble weaving, getting from obstacle #1 to #3. Everyone wants the magical answer to the problem over the course of a three day seminar. Heck I want the magicContinue reading “The Long Road”
Pressure Points
The game of dog agility is all about pressure, applying pressure to increase distance or to create a turn, or relieving pressure to bring the dog into to you. In my TEAM Training system I talk a lot about pressure and how to teach your dog how to read the various kinds of pressure, inContinue reading “Pressure Points”
Fluid Motion Command Series – Tight
Fluid Motion Command Series – Tight I will be writing a series of articles giving an overview on how I teach my directional commands. In the first of the series I will be discussing how I teach Tight. Tight for my dogs means for them to turn as tight as they can toward me, whereContinue reading “Fluid Motion Command Series – Tight”
Letting Go
In this post I want to talk about a couple of different things. Pressure in the agility world and letting our mistakes go. For me these two topics go hand in hand. I have a very hard time letting things go, I hold on to the mistakes I have made and roll them around inContinue reading “Letting Go”
Treats vs. Toys
I use treats for almost all of my training sessions, most all dogs are food motivated, and you can provide a wide variety of exciting treats for your dog. So why treats over toys? I am not against toys, and I use them sometimes in my training sessions depending on the needs of my dog.Continue reading “Treats vs. Toys”
And….Wait! Again!
I had posted a previous blog about how I use the Moving Wait as the core of my distance training as well as using it for impulse control, this post will expand on that concept. https://fmagility.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/and-wait/ So one of the first things my dog’s learn as puppies is to do a Moving Wait, it isContinue reading “And….Wait! Again!”
And….wait!
People who know me, also know that i LOVE moving waits! Both my dogs Nargles and Try are taught moving waits right at the beginning of their agility career. I use them almost all the time, training and trialing both. A moving wait is great for building confidence in dogs as well as working onContinue reading “And….wait!”
Train, Play, Repeat!
Most of the time when i ask people “how long do you train for?” i get lots of different answers, some may have short training sessions that only last 5-10 mins once a day and others may have longer training sessions that last 30 minutes with short breaks during the session. The length of a training session dependsContinue reading “Train, Play, Repeat!”
