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Go-Get-’Em Agility Podcast

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Dog agility podcast brought to you by Go-Get-’Em Agility. Topics and discussion about various dog agility topics.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 74: True versus Relative Collection WTD

    Episode 74: True versus Relative Collection What's The Difference?

  2. Episode 73: Xylitol Poisoning

    Episode 73: Xylitol Poisoning ** Listen to this important PSA about Xylitol Poisoning in Dogs

  3. Episode 72: Who is to Blame?

    Episode 72: Who is to Blame? ** When things go wrong on an agility course, a bad line, faulty equipment, a whole jump goes down, who is to blame? The judge for setting a bad line, the competitor for failing to predict the bad line, the dog for failing to listen? Listen to Margaret's opinion on…

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  4. Episode 71: Biggest Bang for Your Buck

    Episode 71: Biggest Bang for Your Buck ** 70% to 30% - that is the percentage I think skills building should be to course work maybe even 80% to 20%. You'll get more bang for your buck with skills training than you will with course work. Course work shows you where your skills training is good…

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  5. Episode 70: WTD Dog Push-ups vs Up and Down Game

    Episode 70: WTD Dog Push-ups vs Up and Down Game ** Learn the powerful difference between a dog push-up and the up and down game. Master the up and down game to gain more focus and with yourself and your dog.

  6. Episode 69: Feeling Overwhelmed

    Episode 69: Feeling Overwhelmed ** Want to know how I get through feeling overwhelmed? Take a listen.

  7. Episode 68: WTD Between a Run By and Send Jump

    Episode 68: WTD Between a Run By and Send Jump

  8. Episode 67: BorderPap Puppy Jack

    Episode 67: BorderPap Puppy Jack **Emma and Margaret discuss Emma's new puppy Jack, a sport mix BorderPap. Breeder: Kristin Wolter - Resolution's Sport Dogs Dam: Nova Sire: Tonx (Jessie Listar-Guest owner)

  9. Episode 66: Leave It and Not Yet - What's the Difference?

    Episode 66: Leave It and Not Yet - What's the Difference? ** Big, big, huge difference in my opinion and in my training. Leave it = Forever Not yet = 30, 40, 50 seconds or less Leave it = Poisonous, dangerous, disgusting Not yet = Reward food or toy

  10. Episode 65: Organizations - What's the Difference?

    Episode 65: Organizations - What's the Difference? There are lots of agility organizations to trial in, here are a just a few of the differences between them.

  11. Episode 64: Playing It Safe - What happens when a dog is incorrect?

    Episode 64: Playing It Safe - What happens when a dog is incorrect? ** Playing it safe versus always trying for correct may leave you never knowing how much your dog actually knows. Take a chance and go for more distance, more distraction, more duration...you never know, your dog just may be able...

  12. Episode 63: Agility and Jumping - What's the Difference?

    Episode 63: Agility and Jumping - What's the Difference? ** Starting a mini series called What's the Difference where I talk about the difference between random agility topics that jump into my head or students have asked me.

  13. Episode 62: What Top Handlers Cultivate

    Episode 62: What Top Handlers Cultivate ** Top Handlers don't have a secret that makes them great, they have a relationship with their dog, a working understanding of trust and safety. And so can you!

  14. Replay: Episode 8: Relationship Building

    In light of the great write up by Iwona Golab, I am republishing Episode 8 on relationship building. There is more and maybe I'll put another podcast together, but I think this is a good episode to revisit.

  15. Episode 61: End Routines

    Episode 61: End Routines ** Dogs thrive on routines and making an end routine noteworthy will help strengthen your dog's feelings toward the hard work and the reward they need and want for their hard work. Want more, reward more, strategically with connection and duration.

  16. Episode 60: Putting It All Together

    Episode 60: Putting It All Together ** The final podcast in Margaret's Beginning Agility Foundation Workbook series.

  17. Episode 59: Podcast on Podcasts

    Episode 59: Podcast on Podcasts **Join me as I list out my favorite podcasts. The Q Coach with Julie Bacon https://www.theqcoach.com/ The Hidden Brain with Shankar Vedantam https://hiddenbrain.org/ The Wrong End of the Tunnel with Chris Kerton…

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  18. Episode 58.5: Verbal Cue Memorization

    Episode 58.5: Verbal Cue Memorization ** Apologies, this is a short add-on to Episode 58 about verbal cues. I forgot to talk about how I remember to use them.

  19. Episode 58: Verbal Cues

    Episode 58: Verbal Cues ** Continuing on the Beginning Foundation Agility Workbook, section F, Verbal Cues.

  20. Episode 57: Equipment

    Episode 57: Equipment ** Section E of my Beginning Agility Workbook is dedicated to Equipment. From the moment a dog begins working on, around, in or over equipment I am focused on clarity the dog has for the equipment, confidence on, in or over the equipment, independence and speed.

  21. Episode 56: Sends

    Episode 56: Sends **Margaret continues to talk about her Foundation Skills - Sends. Forward = straight line sends "Go!", obstacle sends various names, cross body "Get it" sends and lateral sends "Out." Multiple videos to help you understand: At minute 1:26 Target plate introduction:...

  22. Episode 55: Turns

    Episode 55: Turns **Continuing on with my Foundation Workbook, Section C = Turns. In this section I focus on the Pull Turn and the Push Turn. Below are some videos highlighting a small fraction of the pull and push training that I do. I do focus a lot on this type of training, so there is a lot…

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  23. Episode 54: Rear Cross Side Change

    Episode 54: Rear Cross Side Change ** Part 3, Section B, Going through the chapters of my foundation classes, Margaret talks about the Rear Cross side change. Workbook is not finished, but if you'd like to see my outline and Foundation through Level 1 (including Teeter and Weaves) you can…

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  24. Episode 53: Cues and Side Changes

    Episode 53: Cues and Side Changes ** Part 2 Section B, Going through the chapters of my foundation classes, Margaret talks about Cues and Side Changes. Workbook is not finished, but if you'd like to see my outline and Foundation through Level 1 (including Teeter and Weaves) you can download it...

  25. Episode 52: Recall to Heel

    Episode 52: Recall to Heel **Part 1 - Section A of Margaret's foundation exercises she works with her own dog and her students. Part of Linda Mecklenburg's Jump Training - Recalls to Heel: 1. Recall to Collection 2. Recall to Extension 3. Recall to Backup

  26. Episode 51: UKI West Coast Open 2024

    Episode 51: UKI West Coast Open 2024 ** Margaret and Emma discuss their adventure attending the UKI West Coast Open in Paso Robles, California UKI Agility: https://ukagilityinternational.com/ West Coast Open information:...

  27. Episode 50: Zanee Agility Camp 2024

    Episode 50: Zanee Agility Camp 2024 ** Six instructors over 3 days at Zanee Agility Camp, located at Run Wild Dog Sports Center, hosted by Jordan Biggs and Hana Spitz Ashley Deacon Stefanie Rainer Taner Dogan Shauna Oliver Grace Heck Casey Keller

  28. Episode 49: JOAWC - 2024 Junior Open Agility World Championships

    Episode 49: JOAWC - 2024 Junior Open Agility World Championships ** Listen to Emma and Margaret talk about the Junior Team USA. Please share with any junior agility competitor families. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6WcUJRIr3k 2024 JOAWC Website: https://joawc2024agility.be/ AKC...

  29. Episode 48: Walking an Agility Course

    Episode 48: Walking an Agility Course ** 25 years of walking courses, the strategies I've learned, ways that I help decide on side changes, location and memorization tactics to help run my desired walk through plan.

  30. Episode 47: Using Targets in Agility Training

    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…

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  31. Episode 46: Top 5 Training Skills for Dogs and Handlers

    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...

  32. Episode 45: Introducing Teeter Training in New Locations

    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…

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  33. Episode 44: Eli's First Trial - What Really Happened Behind the Scenes

    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.

  34. Episode 43: Agility is Confusing

    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!

  35. Episode 42: Let's Stress About Stress

    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.

  36. Episode 41: Contacts, I Mean Weave Poles

    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…

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  37. Episode 40: 2024 Goals in Agility

    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

  38. Episode 39: Book Discussion -Developing Handling Skills by Linda Mecklenburg

    Episode 39:Book Discussion -Developing Handling Skills by Linda Mecklenburg ** Listen in with Margaret and Emma as we discuss what Margaret thinks are the main threads throughout Linda Mecklenburg's book "Developing Handling Skills" Ebook:...

  39. Episode 38: Dog Sports Derby

    Episode 38: Dog Sports Derby ** Apologies right off the start line, I keep referencing the name of the sports arena as Derby Dog Sports, when in fact, it is called Dog Sports Derby. https://www.facebook.com/dogsportsderby or https://dogsportsderby.com/ Lovely facility and incredible day of…

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  40. Episode 37: Reactivity - Eli Part 2

    Episode 37: Reactivity - Eli Part 2 **Listen in as I explain how I have helped Eli to work through his reactivity triggers and where we are at. Pattern Games: Tracy Skelnar https://braincampflix.com/ http://www.controlunleashed.net/about.html

  41. Episode 36: Online versus In Person Training

    Episode 36: Online versus In Person Training ** Enjoy (or don't) our opinion on online versus in person training.

  42. Episode 35: Winter Training

    Episode 35: Winter Training **Margaret and Emma discuss training they do in the house during the winter months. Apologies, we do end up referring to visual drawings of some of our one jump work explanations. You can see the drawings via YouTube:

  43. Episode 34: Reactivity in Agility

    Episode 34: Reactivity in Agility **Listen to Margaret and Emma talk about Eli's SEC on and off the agility course, training to help prevent, why we think it developed and more. Video of Eli going after Doberman - you can't see it, but you'll hear it. https://youtu.be/Lh3xhVfT5jo Tracy Sklenar…

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  44. Episode 33: Ambition

    Episode 33: Ambition **Having ambition, when to pull back on it, when to push for it, all the while keeping your dog's confidence up. Cavaletti Poles Information by Kristin Wolter - https://activ8k9.com/workshop-and-seminar-menu/

  45. Episode 32: AKC League Discussion with Penny Leigh - League Director

    Episode 32: AKC League Discussion with Penny Leigh- League Director **Contact information for AKC League: Email: [email protected] AKC Agility League Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/akcagilityleague/ League on AKC Website: https://www.akc.org/akc-agility-league/

  46. Episode 31: Agility Fun Runs, Play Days, Trial like Practice

    Episode 31: Agility Fun Runs, Play Days, Trial like Practice ** Margaret and Emma discuss how to use your very first Fun Run effectively to assess where your dog is at with their attention, impulse control and more.

  47. Episode 30: AKC Agility League

    Episode 30: AKC Agility League **Listen to Margaret, Emma and special guest, Erin Lynch talk about AKC's Agility League.

  48. Episode 29: Not Addressing the Training Gap

    Episode 29: Not Addressing the Training Gap ** Are you bypassing a training gap by going on when a mistake happens? Should you go on? Should you train the dog skill more? Is it a handler skill? When your dog makes a mistake on course, they are giving you information, what you do with it makes the...

  49. Episode 28: Fast and the Furriest Blind Cross

    Episode 28: Fast and the Furriest Blind Cross ** Freeway driving and the blind cross, how are they similar? Find out as Margaret and Emma talk about cars and dog agility.

  50. Episode 27: Around the Clock

    Episode 27: Around the Clock ** Training your agility dog all the way around the clock is a great way to train, with a few exceptions. Example of around the clock training: https://youtube.com/shorts/CIkbsbG3iyk Another variation of around the clock training: https://youtu.be/cn1uzfx1IxQ

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