Episode 47: Using Targets in Agility Training ** Using target plates, or preplaced rewards, in agility can be very powerful. Learn about the different target structures that Margaret and Emma use to train their dogs. Two Target Jump Training: Short versions Part 1: https://youtu.be/qDHgYJN-aps

Part 2: https://youtu.be/0Yw-MIWTyWQ

Distance training using one target: https://youtube.com/shorts/9gh0NiBw_2E Focus forward teeter training: https://youtube.com/shorts/EFW2vRve3_M

Contact Sprints: https://youtube.com/shorts/cRrGUk5MmCo?si=CArchpBcAy4F7dLf Jump Bend Grid with toy target (can use food lid target): https://youtube.com/shorts/Kxl8FbeyP-A?feature=share Stick the landing - brining the target to my dog: https://youtube.com/shorts/rxW_Xrbcxzk Extension to collection training (aka, teeter training): https://youtube.com/shorts/m2UQWiBmUbg

Episode 46: Top 5 Training Skills for Dogs and Handlers ** Margaret and Emma discuss their top 5 training skills for dogs and handlers, and how they help with agility. If only able to train 5 things for agility, what would they be?? Two Target Game: https://youtu.be/qDHgYJN-aps Hand Position Matters: https://youtu.be/IZ6ViGgKBH0 Emma's Rear Cross Flip Game: https://youtu.be/EF0caU-YbHE

Episode 45: Introducing Teeter Training in New Locations Margaret discusses with Emma what she learned from Eli about training a teeter on her own, how to help your dog develop the skills to handle the teeter at speed and using this information to introduce new teeters, in new locations to your dog in preparation for the trial environment. An agility dog benefits greatly from two important teeter factors, lots of positive history on the teeter, and experience with multiple teeters in multiple locations. Eli Teeter Training in New Locations: https://youtu.be/w2ii8DknC18 Eli's bounce grid to teeter: https://youtu.be/XU6fv7a28gs

Episode 44: Eli's First Trial - What Really Happened Behind the Scenes ** We did a thing, we trialed together. Listen to Margaret recount the day of Eli's first AKC agility trial to Emma.

Episode 43: Agility is Confusing ** Join Margaret as she talks about all the different ways that agility can be confusing, but at the heart of it all, listen to your dog and keep their confidence up!

Episode 42: Let's Stress About Stress ** Unqualified to really help you, listen to Margaret and Emma's strategies for dealing with stress in agility.

Episode 41: Contacts, I Mean Weave Poles ** 12/7/2001 Margaret wrote the follow during a Susan Garrett seminar, "If you need to help your dog w/ contacts - your dog doesn't know contacts." Follow along as Margaret and Emma discuss this same principle with regards weave poles and suggestions on how to go about helping your dog know weave poles.

Episode 40: 2024 Goals in Agility ** Join Margaret as she talks you through building or not building agility goals for 2024. Tiny book, 79 pages. On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals by Turid Rugass