In general we read and discuss a lot how and when we should start Agility with our dogs. When it’s healthy to put that kind of pressure on a young dogs body. If you ask 50 persons about that topic I guess you will get 45 different answers. But shouldn’t we ask ourselves when and…
Jan Egil was going to be judging in Denmark two weeks after Halli would be old enough to compete, and my plan was longer to try if we can be ready for at least competing in jumping. We entered anyway both, agility and jumping. I took the chance to train the competition set-up and see…
We have officially started our agility winterbreak. My dogs get an agility-free periode of 4-6 weeks each year for regeneration. But that doesn’t mean too much laziness – we will focus on muscle building, balance- and coordinationtraining and condition. We visited Mari Westersund of atletiskhund.no in Froland yesterday and we will work together on a…
Teaching focus is fundamental in dog training. Sometimes we need our dogs to focus on us, which is quite easy to achieve with calling them. But in some cases we want them to focus away from us. We want a dog who is focused on obstacles and understands it’s task. Something we teach our puppies…
Happy 5 months, happiest little goofball in the world! Self control: We are still focusing a lot on self control and stays as this is the skill Livo is lacking the most haha. #traumatized Body awareness: I have introduced the first balance exercises to Kairi because I am convinced that it is never to early…
One of the first lessons I teach my dog is a strong hand-target. This is a basic lesson for many different techniques. I for example use hand target for teaching an „in“ command or to teach rear-crosses. This is how I want my hand target to look like. The toy in my other hand has…
The concept of trainsmarter.no is to build a strong understanding of tasks/behaviour outside of the agility field and to transfer the skills into the agility field. You don`t need to be an agility professional with a lot of equipment for this. No agility venue, no own garden, no obstacles. All you need is a little…
Last weekend, we had the spontaneous opportunity to participate at the Norwegian Open workshop with Tereza Kralova and Jan Egil Eide. Norwegian Open has been cancelled due to the Norwegian dog disease as you might know. Luckily, the organisators could offer this workshop on the weekend instead of the competition. I have to admit that…
We love online classes! It’s a perfect possibility to train with your trainer of your choice no matter the distance. And it`s the most flexible kind of training. You decide when to train, where to train and what to train. Most online classes have the option to chose between active and auditing spots. There are…
«Oh nooo, not another puppy online class…!» – is maybe what you are thinking. But don’t worry, it ‘s not. This blog is an invitation to follow two crazy dog ladies, their dogs and their alternative agility lifestyle… – okay, forget the ladies, this is getting even better: An invitation to follow the journey of…