Training With Mary Ann Campbell

Keep Stress Out of Training
One of the biggest obstacles we have in training our dogs is stress. To be successful, it is important that we learn to recognize the signs of stress in ourselves and our dogs. Why? Because stress interferes with learning!
Neither people nor animals learn well when stressed. More importantly, it is never Read More

Column: Training With Mary Ann Campbell

Keep Stress Out of Training
One of the biggest obstacles we have in training our dogs is stress. To be successful, it is important that we learn to recognize the signs of stress in ourselves and our dogs. Why? Because stress interferes with learning!
Neither people nor animals learn well when stressed. More importantly, it is never Read More

Jo Sermon in the Great White North

By: Kiersten Lloyd
In November of 2008 I had the privilege of attending a seminar with Jo Sermon from England. This long legged, jovial, English accented lady was brave enough to travel to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada in the winter. I had heard different things about Jo and her teaching methods so I approached this Read More

Your First Agility Trial – Part IV

By: Sally Silverman
Part IV
Making the most of the experience:
With so many rules and courses, registrations and running orders to keep straight, it’s sometimes easy to forget why you are trialing in the first place! Some ideas for making the most of your first trial experience:
Walking the course
Some walk the dog’s path first; some break Read More

Trainer Section!

Attention all Dog Sport Trainers: Beginning in 2010 DogSport Magazine is welcoming a Trainer Section to our website. The trainer addition to the website will allow trainers to post comments, advice, handler tips, and more in the comments section below. DogSport magazine welcomes all feedback and positive training advice and methods from trainers in the Read More

Training Centers/Facilities!

Attention all Dog Sport Training Centers/Facilities: Looking to get more exposure of your training center online?  Contact us in the comments field below and we will list your training center/facility in this section. Please let us know your contact information, website, phone number, and classes offered. If  you have a logo to provide we can Read More

10 Tips to Training The Chute!

TRAINING THE CHUTE
1)  If you can easily remove the fabric portion of the chute from the barrel, start training with just the hard tunnel, otherwise roll up the chute until it is at the edge of the barrel (some chutes have varying lenth fabric portions, use the shortest length you have available to start).  Have Read More

The Problem With Shock

By Angelica Steinker, M.Ed., PDBC, CDBC, NADOI Endorsed, CAP2
Excerpt from the article: The Problem With Shock
It isn’t that shock collar training doesn’t work, because it does.  The question is at what price?  Some extremely skilled trainers may be able to offset some of the problems shock collars can cause. However, shock collars are for sale Read More

Teaching Directionals and Discriminations

Many commands mean different things to different handlers.  What is important is not the word you use, but that whatever word you initially associate with a specific behavior, you are consistent in your use of that word.  Often handlers who have super fast dogs that run ahead of them need good directionals and obstacle discrimination Read More