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Bad Dog Agility Podcast — 402 episodes
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394: Surviving the Agility Desert
393: Using the Course Map
392: Hitting the Road
391: Performing Under the Lights
390: When to Add to Your Pack
389: 320,000 Dogwalks
388: What ISC Entry Data Tells Us
387: Video Assisted Review in AKC and UKI
386: Boy Dog or Girl Dog?
385: AKC National Agility Championship Wrap-Up with Guest Peter Wirth
384: 4 Feet or 5 – Does Bar Width Actually Matter?
383: Dog Agility on Netflix?
382: What Dog Agility Can Learn from Olympic Swimming
381: Puppies with Friends
380: Mixed Breed Dogs in Agility
379: The Medium-Speed Dog's Guide to NAC
378: Westminster Masters Agility Champion Amber McCune
377: Wait Your Turn
376: Optimal Lines in Agility
375: When Stress Hijacks Your Handling
374: Fail Better
373: Burnout in Dog Agility
372: "My Dog Deserves Better"
371: Kris Seiter & Naavdanya Win Worlds
370: FOMO in Dog Agility
370: FOMO in Dog Agility
369: Jennifer Gives a TED Talk
368: From Agility Ring to Superman's Superdog!
367: The Success Cycle
366: What Separates the Top 10% from Everyone Else
365: Why You Need a Coach (Even If You Don't Think You Do)
364: Mastery or Survival - The Class vs. Trial Mindset
363: New Research Focusing on Dog Agility Safety
362: Post NAC Wrap-Up with Abbey Beasley
361: Last-Minute AKC NAC Prep
360: How Handlers Compromise Good Training
359: Team USA Coach Nancy Gyes Retires
358: Westminster Masters Agility Championship 2025 with Emily Klarman
357: Preparation Checklist for Big Events
356: Should You Specialize?
355: Is It Time to Change the Dogwalk?
354: Building Community in Dog Agility
353: Game Changers in Dog Agility
352: AKC Director Carrie DeYoung Retires
351: The Inaugural AKC ISC Championship
350: Interview with AWC Vice Champion Dalton Meredith
349: Boundless Junior Agility Co. with McKenzie Minto
348: The Fine Line Between Wanting and Needing
347: Interview with Penny Leigh, Director of the AKC Agility League
346: Interview with Senior Open World Champion Dudley Shumate
345: The 2024 Premier Cup Wrap-Up
344: Dogs and Fireworks
343: What is a Good Q Rate?
342: Interview with the First 12" Westminster Overall Winner Cynthia Hornor
341: British Agility and the Longines Global Champions Tour
340: Health Clearances in Dog Agility
339: Support vs Babysitting in Dog Agility Handling
338: Post 2024 NAC Wrap-Up
337: 2024 AKC National Agility Championship Preview
336: How To Walk Your Dog Off the Course
335: Getting an Adult Dog for Agility
334: How Top Trainers Get Their Next Dog
333: Teeter Criteria
332: Agility Seminars
331: Inside Look at AKC's New Agility Proposals with Carrie DeYoung
330: Early Take Off (ETO) – Part 2
329: Early Take Off (ETO) – Part 1
328: Navigating your Agility Ambitions in 2024
327: How Many Verbal Cues Do You Need?
326: Interview with US Open Champion Perry DeWitt
325: The UKI North American Invitational
324: Resource for AKC Agility Course Maps
323: The Past, Present, and Future of AKC ISC
322: Handler Mental Recovery After Canine Physical Recovery
321: Post NAC Wrap-Up with Emily Klarman and Perry DeWitt
320: What NOT to Train Right Before a Big Event
319: Essentials For Your New Puppy
318: Should You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?
317: 2022 AKC Agility Invitational Wrap Up with Jane Bronson
316: Make or Ditch New Year's Resolutions?
315: Winter Training and Holiday Update
314: Take the Lead Provides Health and Disaster Assistance for AKC Agility Handlers
313: Interview with Junior Handler Jada Sawhney
312: Interview with European Open Winner Angie Benacquisto
311: Performing Your Best After Travel
310: How to Deal with Ring Conflicts
309: Post Westminster Interview with "Team Bee"
308: Interview with Club Representative Jane Dewey
307: Post NAC Wrap-Up with Betsey Lynch, Jennifer Crank, and Amber McCune
306: Interview with Trial Secretary Noreen Bennett
305: Interview with Judge Sheyla Gutierrez
304: UKI in 2022 with Greg Derrett
303: Interview with Enya Habel and Anna Hinze
302: Does Your Agility Training Feel Like Whac-A-Mole?
301: Are You Overusing Some Cues in Dog Agility?
300: Eleven Reasons to Trial
299: Playing It Safe
298: Managing Your Dog During Class
297: Function Before Fashion
296: At What Age Should You Move to Preferred?
295: The Timing of Verbal Cues
294: Interview with Kathy Keats on Dogs, Sport, and Life
293: Forward-Chaining and Back-Chaining
292: What To Do When Things Start Off Poorly at a Big Event
291: Fall Agility Update
290: Speed vs Accuracy
289: The End of Coach's Eye
288: Interview with 2-Time Highest Scoring All-American Westminster Winner Lisa Topol
287: Where There's a Will There's a Way
286: Why Agility?
285: Private Lessons
284: How to Get a Perfect 1600 on Your Next Agility Run
283: Running Other People's Dogs
282: Should You Switch From Stopped to Running Contacts?
281: What Do Handlers Eat at Big Events?
280: NAC Wrap-Up with Judge Tim Verrelli
279: Pinwheel Problems
278: How to Help Your Dog the Right Way
277: What Are Your Nerves Telling You?
276: Building Success
275: Handler Fitness and Agility
274: 21 Days to a Better 2021
273: Strategy or Execution?
272: All About the Tunnel - Part 2
271: All About the Tunnel – Part 1
270: Winter Training
269: Frustration Barking in Agility
268: Are You Using Too Many Call-Offs?
267: Finding the Motivation to Train
266: Jekyll and Hyde Contacts
265: Fall Update on Agility Trials and COVID-19
264: Extending Obstacles
263: Cheerleading Your Agility Dog—Bring It On
262: Wise Feedback for Dog Agility
261: Does Your Dog Head Check?
260: Effective Use of Ring Rentals
259: Moving Toward Mastery
258: Four Stages of Competence
257: Consistent Contact Criteria
256: Proofing Checklist for Dog Agility
255: Wearing Masks in Dog Agility
254: Management Versus Training
253: Your Dog's Learning Pattern
252: How to Integrate Tugging into Your Training
251: How to Get the Most Out of Your Online Learning
250: Is Your Dog Agility "Good Enough"
249: Agility Relief with Anthony Clarke
248: How Should We Train During the COVID Pandemic?
247: Interview with Greg Derrett on UKI At Home Agility Program
246: Should You React or Anticipate in Dog Agility?
245: Interview with Repeat Crufts Championship Winner Dan Shaw
244: Protecting You and Your Dog from COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
243: Does Your Agility Dog Trust You?
242: Interview with Westminster Champion Jennifer Crank
241: What Can Statistics Tell Us About the Last Decade in Dog Agility?
240: Markers in Your Agility Training
239: How to Pick the Right Agility Organization for Your Dog
238: Westminster 2020 Preview
237: AKC 2020 Rule Changes Including Fix and Go and For Exhibition Only
236: Enjoy Your Way to Success
235: Our New Puppies Teach Us Five Lessons
234: Getting the Most Out of Your NQ Runs
233: Changing Your Agility Dog's Unwanted Behavior
232: Interview with FCI Judge Tamás Tráj
231: Noise Sensitivity in the Agility Dog with Amy Cook – Part 2
230: Noise Sensitivity in the Agility Dog with Amy Cook – Part 1
229: Is Your Dog Too Worked Up for Agility
228: AWC Interviews with Jennifer Crank, Tobias Wüst, Sarah Baker, and Jessica Patterson
227: Why You Should Watch the FCI Agility World Championship
226: Sequential vs Parallel Training
225: Using ROI to Structure Your Training
224: Defining YOUR Success in Dog Agility
223: Summertime Dangers for the Agility Dog
222: Interview with the Aces High Flyball Team
221: Six Strategies for Dogs That Shut Down or Get Distracted
220: AKC Agility Premier Cup Wrap-up
219: Eight Ways You Can Improve Your Agility Attitude
218: Great Expectations for Your Puppy
217: Interview with Crufts Winner Dan Shaw
216: The 2019 AKC National Agility Championship Wrap-Up
215: The 2019 AKC Agility Premier Cup Presented by EEM
214: Thinking vs Action in Dog Agility Training
213: Interview with Westminster Champion Perry DeWitt
212: Do You Really Need Video Analysis?
211: The Importance of Handling Flexibility
210: How to Goal Set for Big Events in 2019
209: Blind Cross Your Way Into the New Year
208: Experiments in AKC Course Design with Greg Fontaine
207: Interview with FCI Gold Medalist Martina Magnoli Klimešová
206: Three Lessons from the Agility World Championship
205: Five Tips for Better Contact Performance
204: How to Use Proofing in Your Dog Agility Training
203: BDA Goes to SeaWorld San Antonio
202: AKC Invitational with Carrie DeYoung
201: The European Open and Border Collie Classic with Sarah Baker
200: Interview with EO Champion Max Sprinz
199: How to Speed Up Your Agility Dog
198: Do You Use Natural Cues or Trained Cues?
197: All About the World Agility Open, with Jennifer Crank
196: Should the Table Stay or Go?
195: The 2018 AKC/FCI Agility World Championship Tryouts
194: Forced Breaks in Your Dog Agility Training
193: Who is the World Champion in Agility?
192: Technical Debt in Dog Agility
191: Interview with Crufts Champion Dave Munnings
190: One Million Downloads Plus AKC Nationals Wrap-Up
189: How to Structure Your Dog Agility Season
188: Handler Desensitization
187: Physical and Mental Commitment
186: How to Handle Invisible Obstacles
185: Interview with Westminster Champion Jessica Ajoux
Westminster Special: Round Table with Jennifer Crank and Sarah Baker
Westminster Special: Living the Dream; Novice to Westminster
Westminster Special: Mutt Hysteria (Catching Up With Stacey and Roo!)
184: Debunking Your Dog Agility Excuses
183: Starting 2018 with Start Line Problems
182: Choose Your Own Agility Adventure
181: Should You Use a Clicker During Agility Training?
180: The Nuance of Speed
179: Which is Faster, a Front Cross or Rear Cross?
178: Pushing the Edge
177: Westminster Preview with Paul Campanella
176: Second Dog Dynamics
175: Putting Yourself On the Spot
174: Changing Your Plans
173: Interview with Silvia Trkman on EO, Course Design, and Handling Challenges
172: Watching Your Dog on Course
171: Obstacle Focus vs Handler Focus in Dog Agility
170: Homeostasis in Dog Agility
169: Creating a Crate to Crate Routine
168: How to Avoid Tilt in Your Dog Agility Training
167: The Dog Agility Spectrum
166: Get Ready for Summer with Brittany Schaezler, DVM
165: Should You Be a Dog Agility Minimalist?
164: The Value of Outside Influence on Your Dog Agility Training
163: Tips for Memorizing Courses
162: Why Does My Dog Run Slower at the Trial?
161: Interview with Junior Handler Sasha Zitter
160: How to Work Through Mistakes in Your Agility Training
159: Handler Muscle Memory for Dog Agility
158: The 2017 AKC National Agility Championship Wrap-Up
157: The Comparison Trap
156: How to Practice Effectively
155: Three Emotions Keeping You From Setting Agility Goals
154: Kids and Dogs and Jennifer Crank
153: Interview with 2017 Westminster Champion John Nys
152: Developing Your Social Network in Dog Agility
151: Judging with Video Review
150: The Global Judging Program with Lee Gibson
149: Perception versus Reality
148: The Paradox of Choice in Dog Agility
147: Susan Garrett on Dropped Bars
146: Record Keeping Trick for Dog Agility
145: Course Building in Your Own Backyard
144: Interview with Sarah Stremming on Behavior Problems in Performance Dogs
143: Starting Fast and Finishing Strong
Excerpt from Episode 12: Interview with Greg and Laura Derrett
142: Dog Agility World Shuns the Chute
141: Welcoming Novice Competitors
140: Bad Dog Moms
139: The Test/Train/Adjust Cycle
138: The Path From Your First Run To Your First Q
137: Swedish Jump Heights and Its Effect on FCI
136: Interview with WAO Judge Anthony Clarke
135: Interview with European Open Team USA Coach Ann Braue and Michael Teh
134: Priming Your Dog Before and Agility Trial
133: 2016 AKC World Team Tryouts Wrap Up
132: Contrarianism in Dog Agility
131: Free Your Agility Dog
130: How to Reward Your Dog Before and After Their Run
129: The Connection Paradigm
128: Talent Vs Preparation
127: Interview with 2016 AKC 20″ National Agility Champion Sarah Baker
126: Dog Agility NOW
125: How to Handle Without Thinking
124: Dealing with Disappointment in Dog Agility
123: The 2016 Masters Agility Championship at Westminster
122: Debugging Your Dog Agility Training
121: Dealing with Over-Arousal in Dog Agility
120: Power60, NAC Prep, and Looking Forward to 2016
119: Handling (Three Aspects of Agility Training Part 4)
118: Individual Obstacle Performance (Three Aspects of Agility Training Part 3)
117: Drive for Agility (Three Aspects of Agility Training Part 2)
116: Interview with Justine Davenport and Jessica Patterson
115: Three Aspects of Agility Training
114: Interview with Newest World Champion Pavol Vakonič
113: 2015 FCI Agility World Championship Wrap-up
112: How to Run Agility Like a World Champion
111: The Myth of the Ring-Wise Dog
110: Howard Boyle goes to the Moravia Open and the Canadian Classic
109: Intuitive Handling versus Theory-Based Handling
108: Choices on Course
107: Training the Teeter
106: System Versus Talent
105: Entitlement and Dog Agility
104: Building Confidence Through Challenges
103: Green Dog Gotchas
Episode 102: International Man of Mystery Howard Boyle
101: Interview with Crufts Judge Lee Gibson – Part 2
100: Interview with Crufts Judge Lee Gibson - Part 1
99: 2015 ITT Wrap Up and the Luna Effect
98: The Importance of a Clear Start to Every Sequence
97: Improving Your Transitions During Training
96: The Challenge of Transitioning to International Coursework
95: Interview with the 2015 26" National Agility Champion Desiree Snelleman
94: 2015 AKC National Agility Championship Wrap-Up
The New AKC Premier Class is Coming
92: 2015 AKC National Agility Championship Preview
91: Dog Agility at Crufts
90: Strength and Conditioning with Guest Robby Porter
89: Small Dog Challenges
88: Cesar Millan Crashes Westminster Agility
87: Improving Your Course Memorization
86: A Look at Rankings in Dog Agility
85: Have We Solved the Game of Agility?
84: Large Dog Challenges
Episode 83: Interview with Kayl McCann – OneMind Dog coach and the owner of Kayl McCann Dogs
Episode 82: What To Do When You Feel Overwhelmed
Episode 81: Tips for Training Alone
Episode 80: AKC NAC Qualification Changes from 2015 to 2016
Episode 79: Be a Student of the Game
Episode 78: The Power of Latent Learning
Episode 77: The Secret to All of Dog Agility
Episode 76: Verbal Cues in Dog Agility
Episode 75: The Poisoned Cue
Episode 74: Training the Tire
Episode 73: How to Generalize Behaviors with Your Novice Dog
Episode 72: Three Ways to Use a Helper
Episode 71: FCI Agility World Championship Wrap-Up
Episode 70: Five Tips for For Watching the FCI Agility World Championship
Episode 69: Dog Agility – The Great Motivator
Episode 68: Innovation in Dog Agility Training
Episode 67: Reflections on Weave Pole Training
Episode 66: The Decline of AKC's Novice A Class
Episode 65: Recognizing Artificial Limitations
Episode 64: The Benefits of an Abundance Mindset
Episode 63: A Newcomer's Guide to Handling Systems
Episode 62: Celebrating 20 Years of AKC Agility
Episode 61: Tactical Training and Trialing in Agility
Episode 60: Preparing for Your Novice Debut
Episode 59: The 2014 International Team Tryouts
Episode 58: The Rocky Road to Success
Episode 57: Interview with Denise Fenzi – Part 2
Episode 56: Interview with Denise Fenzi – Part 1
Episode 55: When to Quit an Agility Training Session
Episode 54: Irrational Confidence in Dog Agility
Episode 53: Conditioned Emotional Response and Your Agility Training
Episode 52: 2014 AKC National Agility Championship Wrap-Up
Episode 51: 2014 AKC National Agility Championship Preview
Episode 50: Puppy Paralysis
Episode 49: Using Differential Rewards
Episode 48: Westminster Masters Agility Championship on Live TV
Episode 47: Addressing Bar Knocking in Practice
Episode 46: Expanding Your Comfort Zone
Episode 45: Patterning in Dog Agility Training
Episode 44: Dog Agility Dreams & Goals
Episode 43: Susan Garrett Interview on Positive Training and Handling Systems
Episode 42: The Internet, Dog Agility, and You
Episode 41: Janita, Jaakko and the One Mind System
Episode 40: Interview with Michael Ellis on Tugging – Part 2
Episode 39: Interview with Michael Ellis on Tugging – Part 1
Episode 38: Tips for Retraining Your Agility Dog
Episode 37: Constructive Criticism vs Demonization
Episode 36: The 2013 EO and AWC USA Teams
Episode 35: Alternative Medicine for Agility Dogs
Episode 34: Retraining Your Start Line Stay in Dog Agility
Episode 33: 2013 AKC National Agility Championship Wrap-Up
Episode 32: Improving Your Mental Game for Big Events
Episode 31: How Does Internationalization Impact Dog Agility?
Episode 30: Analyzing Mistakes and a Look at Systems
Episode 29: 2013 AKC National Agility Championship Preview
Episode 28: Training with Toys
Episode 27: "Off Breed" Dogs in Agility
Episode 26: Eight Methods to Get Rid of Unwanted Behavior
Episode 25: Secrets to Super Agility Performance – Part 2
Episode 24: Interview with Silvia Trkman
Episode 23: Interview with 2013 FCI South African Organizing Committee
Episode 22: Secrets to Super Agility Performance – Part 1
Episode 21: Day 4 Wrap-Up of the FCI WAC
Episode 20: Day 3 Wrap-Up of the FCI WAC
Episode 19: Day 2 Wrap-Up of the FCI WAC
Episode 18: Day 1 Wrap-Up of the FCI WAC
Episode 17: FCI World Agility Championship Preview
Episode 16: Kathy Sdao Interview – Part 2
Episode 15: Kathy Sdao Interview – Part 1
Episode 14: Agility Instructors, They're G-r-r-reat!
Episode 13: The Agility Calendar Girls
Episode 12: Interview with Greg and Laura Derrett
Episode 11: The Rear Cross
Episode 10: Training with Food; Training with a Clicker
Episode 9: Course Walking Tip; Learning from other Dog Sports
Episode 8: Using a Camcorder in Training; Heat Stroke & Water Intoxication
Episode 7: Daisy Peel Interview on Mental Management
Episode 6: CCL Injuries and TPLO
Episode 5: Nancy Gyes and Carrie DeYoung Interview
Episode 4: Short Sessions; Agility Spectators
Episode 3: Start Line Stays; Online Agility Classes
Episode 2: AKC World Agility Team Tryouts
Episode 1: Using a Crate During Training