Bad Dog Agility Podcast

In this podcast, Sarah and Jennifer discuss natural versus trained cues and how it affects training time, your mental state, and your dog's response.

• Why it's important to recognize whether a cue or skill is natural or trained.
• Why it's important to set proper expectations when teaching new skills.
• Why you should balance natural skills with trained skills when planning your training.
• How a natural skill can progress into a trained skill.

• Jennifer's Commitment Post: "How Committed Are You?"

In this podcast, Sarah, Esteban and Jennifer talk about the 2018 World Agility Open Championship.

• What events make up the World Agility Open.
• The unique strategy elements that are part of team roster construction.
• How the wild card application and selection process works.

• Episode 193: Who is the World Champion in Agility?
• Watch Jennifer's 1st place Pentathalon Sweepstakes Run

In this podcast, Sarah and Esteban talk about the table, how to train for it, and whether or not it still belongs in the sport of dog agility.

• The most common mistakes people make in training the table.
• How to make your table training more like your table trialing.
• Why Esteban thinks the table should be discontinued.
• The official BDA position on "Laurel" vs "Yanny".

• Post plus video: Having Trouble with the Table?

In this podcast, Jennifer Crank and Sarah Baker join Sarah and Esteban for the 2018 AKC/FCI World Team Tryouts wrap up.

• Which dogs earned automatics spots on Team USA.
• How the new scoring system affected results.
• What the competitors thought of the course designs.
• Why Gitchi did not run in Round 5.

• Q Rates at the 2018 AKC World Team Tryouts

In this episode, Sarah and Jennifer discuss how to deal with forced breaks in your agility training.

• Why taking a break from agility can be emotionally difficult for many handlers.
• How you can continue your agility training even if you or your dog are unable to physically practice.
• How to stay connected to the agility community while you are unable to compete.

• Episode 6: CCL Injuries and TPLO

In this episode, Sarah and Jennifer outline four international championship events and explain how they differ in format, jump height, and governing organizations.

• Which international organizations are associated with which championship event.
• Which USA organization controls the team selection for which championship event.
• The differences in jump heights between the various events.
• Which championship event does not allow mixed breed dogs.

• IFCS World Agility Championship
• World Agility Open Championships
• 2018 European Open (each year has its own website)
• FCI Agility World Championship (each year has its own website)

In this episode, Sarah and Esteban apply the software development concept of technical debt to dog agility.

• What technical debt is.
• What problems in agility can be thought of as technical debt.
• How to determine the true cost of technical debt to your agility training and trialing.
• Why you might not need to fix every problem in your agility training and handling.

• Episode 77: The Secret to All of Dog Agility
• Episode 117: Drive for Agility (Three Aspects of Agility Training Part 2)

In this episode, 2018 Crufts Champion Dave Munnings joins Sarah and Esteban to talk Crufts, the UK agility scene, running contacts, and more.

• Who won Crufts.
• How Dave's handling has changed over the years.
• Who Esteban thinks benefits the most from running contacts.

• Crufts Championship Finals – 2018
• Q-Me Agility

In this episode, 2018 American Kennel Club National Agility Champion (16″) Jennifer Crank joins Sarah and Esteban for the AKC Nationals Wrap Up.

• The qualifying rates for both the Challenger and Finals rounds over the past 3 years.
• What competitors thought of the courses and surface.
• What happened when the timer malfunctioned during Jennifer's winning run in the Finals.
• About birds that stick together.

• The AKC Nationals Maps and Results

In this podcast, Sarah and Esteban talk with Leslie Eide, DVM about structuring your agility training in a way that gives you peak performance at a specific event.

• How to plan your time off from agility.
• How to taper for an event.
• How to design a training plan for the entire year.

• Jumping Gymnastics Online Course (Fenzi Dog Sports Academy)
• Visit Dr Eide at SOUND Veterinary Rehab
• AKC Statistics on the 2018 National Agility Championship