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BDA Preview: 2020 Idol Star Dog Agility Championships

23 October 2020 - baddogagility

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Episode 265: Fall Update on Agility Trials and COVID-19

23 October 2020 - baddogagility

In this episode (50:28) In this episode, the team discusses the impact of Covid-19 on major dog agility events in the United States, highlighting various adjustments and postponements including the recently announced changes for Westminster 2021. You Will Learn How Covid-19 has impacted major agility events. How the US Open went 100% virtual. What Covid-19

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Episode 264: Extending Obstacles

15 October 2020 - baddogagility

In this episode (39:25) In this episode, Sarah, Jennifer, and Esteban highlight the challenges of dog agility’s “extending” obstacles: the tire, the double/ascending, the triple, the panel, the wall/viaduct, and the broad/long jump. You Will Learn Why these obstacles tend to cause dogs to extend their jumping/striding. How dogs measure their take off point: which

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Episode 263: Cheerleading Your Agility Dog—Bring It On

8 October 2020 - baddogagility

In this episode (19:40) In this episode, Jennifer, Sarah, and Esteban talk about cheerleading in dog agility. You Will Learn Why people use cheerleading in dog agility. Why cheerleading may not be the fix you think it is. When cheerleading is okay. Which BDA instructor was a cheerleader in the movie Bring It On. Sponsor

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Episode 262: Wise Feedback for Dog Agility

1 October 2020 - baddogagility

In this episode (19:43) In this episode, Jennifer, Sarah, and Esteban discuss the three elements of “wise feedback” in dog agility. Learn how you can give yourself (or your students) more valuable feedback that leads to immediate improvement. You Will Learn What the three elements of wise feedback are. Common feedback mistakes that handlers make.

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Dear Solei 2019

10 October 2019 - allstaragility

Dear Solei, I blinked and 9 years have gone by in an instant, so it seems. 9 amazing years with you being an extension of my consciousness, souls working in harmony and dancing through the courses as one. Now our time running in the ring together is coming to a close. Livers are stupid things […]

Make those Posts Disappear!

8 June 2018 - allstaragility

Having a facility with 3 posts in our arena, we realize that this can be a bit daunting for course designers. The main thing to remember is that these supports should disappear and not be an influencing factor in handler or dog performance. Here are a few things I have learned in my years designing […]

An Open Letter to My Students

1 March 2017 - allstaragility

To My Agility Students: At the risk of sounding mushy, I will just say it: I want to help each of you succeed with all of my heart and every fiber of my being. However you define success with your dog, I want that for you. I share in the excitement a new puppy brings, your pain […]

Offset Box Drills

17 November 2015 - allstaragility

As training with Mooz is progressing into more jumping and sequencing, all of my dogs are benefiting from revisiting some of my favorite drills. This particular one I want to share because I believe it is extremely versatile and will help most every team, regardless of experience or skill level. I call this drill the Offset Box. […]

Reflecting, Not Dwelling.

27 October 2015 - allstaragility

Solei. Where to even begin? She has been the light of my existence the last 6 years. There are only a handful of days where she has not been by my side and it would take hours to calculate the miles we have traveled together over this planet. She is a sweet, wise, old soul and […]

Danish championship, 31.08.19 – 01.09.19

5 September 2019 - Helge Himle

17.08 – 18.08.19 – Ribe CACIAG, Denmark

20 August 2019 - Helge Himle

14.07.19 -16.07.19 – Fionia Cup, Denmark

16 August 2019 - Helge Himle

15.06.19 – 16.06.19 – Hammerfest, Norway

13 August 2019 - Helge Himle

08.06.19 – 09.06.19 – Ribe, Denmark

29 July 2019 - Helge Himle

GPF Cani-cross 2021

26 October 2020 - David (gt-internet)

Communiqué GT Cani-cross Le GPF CANI CROSS de la Centrale Canine aura lieu les 13 et 14 mars 2021. Modalités d’inscription : Le GPF Canicross est ouvert à tous, licenciés ou non, confirmés ou débutants, adultes ou enfants. Les inscriptions sont…Lire la suite GPF Cani-cross 2021 ›

Mise à jour de la documenthèque (dog-dancing)

17 October 2020 - David (gt-internet)

Document mis à jour

Bien Être Animal et Agility

14 October 2020 - David (gt-internet)

Communiqué du GTA En tant que responsable du GTA, je reçois des mails traitant d’un problème récurrent qui est celui de l’âge du chien en regard des concours d’Agility. Il me semble nécessaire d’apporter des informations quant aux décisions prises…Lire la suite Bien Être Animal et Agility ›

Coach équipe de France de dog-dancing

12 October 2020 - David (gt-internet)

Communiqué Pour les 3 années à venir, qui nous conduirons tout droit à l’échéance 2022 et la tenue du championnat du monde en France, la commission et le GT accordent leur confiance à Sophie Perez pour œuvrer avec détermination et…Lire la suite Coach équipe de France de dog-dancing ›

Équipe de France dog-dancing

12 October 2020 - David (gt-internet)

Communiqué La prochaine échéance pour l’équipe de France de dog dancing sera le championnat du monde 2021 qui se tiendra du 10 au 13 juin en République Tchèque. Afin de sélectionner les binômes ayant le potentiel de faire partie de…Lire la suite Équipe de France dog-dancing ›

Improved Cone Numbers!

28 December 2017

I've improved the Cone Number Creation Page with a smaller size option 2" x 2 5/8" that fits on Avery #6572 label sheets or Avery #6578 water repellent label sheets. These self stick labels are a little smaller than the 3" x 3" labels and fit on low profile/flat cones:

Image showing a 2 inch tall number on a 7 in tall cone.

2 inch number on a 7 in cone

Image showing a 2 inch tall number on a flat cone.

2 inch number on a "flat" cone

I've tested them out on my laser printer and the numbers line up nicely on the labels!

So if you want to DIY your own cones, want to number courses up to 50 obstacles, or need lettered/combination numbers you can Create Your Own Cone Numbers!

Self Stick Wall Coordinate Numbers!

17 December 2017

I've changed the layout of the Wall Coordinate numbers PDFs to work with Avery #8126 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" shipping labels. Just use the Wall Coordinate Number page to create and download your numbers as PDFs. Then print them right on the Avery self stick labels:

Image of two wall numbers showing one half page sticker being peeled up

This means it's even easier to put up multiple sets of numbers on the walls of your facility! A little time with a tape measure and you're ready to setup any course diagram regardless of English or Metric coordinates or where the designer put the zero/zero location!

Custom Agility Cone Numbers

4 December 2017

Want your own numbered cones at home or for your training place? Want to run courses up to 50 obstacles long? Would you like different colored numbers? Or do you need to number combination obstacles with 'A', 'B', 'C' or even 'D'? Well now you can!

I've just added a new feature to the website to create big, easy to read, multi-color number sets you can download, print or plain paper, cut out and tape or glue onto your cones. You can also print the numbers right on self-stick labels!

The page generates a PDF containing numbers 1-50 and combo numbers 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D to 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D. Here are some example pages in different foreground and background colors:

Here's how the 3" x 3" numbers look on 9" tall and 7" tall cones:

Image showing a 3 inch tall number on a 9 in tall cone.

3 inch number on a 9 in cone

Image showing a 3 inch tall number on a 7 in tall cone.

3 inch number on a 7 in cone

So go to the Cone Numbers page, pick your colors and download your own set(s) of numbers! Give it a try!

Beautiful Coordinate Numbers for Your Agility Ring

22 November 2017

Whether you call them "numbers", "coordinates", "wall numbers", "grid numbers", "yard lines", or something else, having coordinates posted makes setting up courses easier.

I've just added a new feature to the website to create big, easy to read, multi-color number sets you can download, print and put up in your facility.

If you print out numbers in multiple colors you can put up one set of numbers for when course maps have the zero location in a corner, another set for when maps have the zero in the middle, and another pair of sets in meters for setting up those international courses.

Example of three sets of course numbers posted on a wall

How do you do it? Just click the "Numbers" page link and fill out the form. To support measurements in feet and in meters you can specify the interval between the numbers as 2, 3, 5, or 10. Pick any combination of text and background colors. Then click the Generate PDF button and two PDFs are created giving you numbers from -120 to 0 and from 0 to 120. Then all you need to do is print out the ranges of numbers you'll need.

I'd love to hear your feedback!

I might be making a page to generate another set of numbers used in agility soon...

You Can Have "More Like This"!

5 June 2016

If you've browsed most courses on the site I hope you've seen the blue "See n Similar Courses" button:

Clicking on it shows you a page full of sequences that start the same as the current course. Which is great for training! You can use the same jump set up and you have a page full of sequences to practice longer and/or harder sequences that build on one another.

More Like This

After I added four new box jump layouts it occurred to me that you might want a page of similar sequences for that layout. So I added the More Like This button to the title of each "Box" layout:

So if you click the button in the "Arc Left" title you'll see all the sequences starting out the same using the Arc Left layout!

Not only do you have a fast way to see all the similar traditional box sequences, now you can see the similar sequences for all 18 non-traditional box sequences! I hope this gives you even more ways to spice up your training! See it in action!

Open Letter to Bill Johnson, Ohio District 6 House

24 October 2020 - budhouston

Mr. Johnson, I phoned your office at the end of August to express my concern with the deliberate sabotage of the U.S. Postal Service to influence the outcome of the national election that is underway. I have included below your entire response. This response is a political spin calculated to blow smoke up my ass. […]

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!

19 August 2020 - budhouston

What I really want to see in the upcoming election is a sweeping Democratic victory in both the executive and legislative branches. And my principal motive is… revenge. I want revenge on Putin who is the real architect of the festering politics of hate and division that have overtaken our country. Mind you, Putin has […]

Garden League ~ Weeks 18 & 19 ~ August 2020

12 August 2020 - budhouston

You can find current and cumulative results for the Garden League here: GardenLeagueResults.pdf Both Weeks 18 and 19 are documented below. These games are perfectly nested… which means that you can transition from one game to the next without moving a bit of equipment. These games continue the second series of the Garden League. All […]

May 2020 50×70 Fast & Fun Results

7 June 2020 - budhouston

Two clubs have reported results for the 50×70 Fast & Fun League in May. We continue reporting to acknowledge everyone who has the will and wherewithal to continue playing during these interesting times. We are using “historical” courses, which have been played before. The efforts of dogs playing in May earn Lifetime Performance Points (LPP), […]

NDAL 60×90 Masters Results

7 June 2020 - budhouston

Two clubs have reported results for the 60×90 Masters League in May. We continue reporting to acknowledge everyone who has the will and wherewithal to continue playing during these interesting times. We are using “historical” courses, which have been played before. The efforts of dogs playing in May earn Lifetime Performance Points (LPP), as the […]

Giorno: 24 Ottobre 2019

Education of an Activist