038 In this episode, Megan shares her two ways for reducing reinforcement and the training strategies she implements for each.

037 When does Megan think about leaving the ring early and what does that look like? Listen to episode 37 to find out!

036 Megan explains how she proofs different behaviors to aim for her ultimate goal: ring sustainability.

035 Megan unpacks her thoughts about bar-knocking in this requested episode.

Megan's favorite jumping experts: 
Linda Mecklenburg https://awesomepawsagilityacademy.com/current-classes/ 
Dr. Leslie Eide https://www.thetotalcanine.com/online-learning.html 

Join the coaching program https://fxagility.mykajabi.com/fx-agility-waitlist 

Sarah Stremming's Webinar, Bravery School https://sarahstremming.com/products/webinar/bravery-school/ 

Teeter training program  https://fxagility.mykajabi.com/offers/sUU48VFG/checkout 

034 Should you make something easier in training or try to pivot in another way? Find out what Megan thinks in this episode! 

033 Megan shares her experience debuting Sprint, her two-year-old Border Collie, in agility competitions. Find out insights into what Megan saw change in Sprint's behavior over time and how well the debut strategy worked. 

Resources: 
Episode 32: Are You Ready to Compete?

Youtube: Sprint's First Trial Highlights

Youtube: Sprint's Second Trial, Novice Jumping

Youtube: Second Trial, Novice Agility

Episode 28: How Outside the Ring Behaviors Impact Inside the Ring Behaviors

Episode 31: Using FEO and Fix & Go Effectively 

032 When should you start competing and what does that look like for each team? How to plan to maximize success all comes down to the splits in behavior that we need our dogs to understand. 

031 For Exhibition Only and Fix and Go On are two tools we have in the competition ring that can help us narrow the gap between how our dogs perform in training versus how they perform in trials. In this episode, Megan breaks down the pros and cons of each and talks about how she would use either of these options. 

Mentioned in this episode: 
Using FEO/NFC with a toy in the ring: https://youtu.be/C6z7UqyPzDo
Proactively helping a dog before they make a mistake: https://youtu.be/xq4oobNp2wo 

The Pitfalls of Cue Escalation --> https://fxagility.com/blog/the-pitfalls-of-cue-escalation/

Different Types of Training --> https://fxagility.com/blog/reducing-delaying-reinforcement/

Beginning of Run Routines --> https://fxagility.com/blog/beginning-of-run-routines-evaluating-your-dogs-readiness/

End of Run Routines --> https://fxagility.com/blog/end-of-run-routines-do-you-have-it-do-you-need-it/

Episode 29, Startlines with Sarah Espinoza-Sokal --> https://fxagility.mykajabi.com/podcasts/fostering-excellence-in-agility/episodes/2147886802

030 Megan talks about learning the course from the dog's perspective, the importance of sticking to the plan, the five phases of course analysis, and course memorization tips. 

Join Megan on June 1st at 6pm PT for her FDSA Webinar, Agility Course Analysis

029 Megan interviews Sarah Espinoza-Sokal about her experience repairing her Kelpie, Zi's startline performance. Megan and Sarah unpack the unique pieces of the training puzzle and discuss why each piece was important and how Sarah was able to implement it in training and in competition. 

You can follow Sarah on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/agilityodyssey 

Sarah invested most of her first 30 years into a passion for horses. In 2016, she decided to rehome her last horse and devote herself to agility instead. She quickly fell in love with international-style agility, and set her sights on one day competing in Europe.

Sarah’s first agility dog suffered a career-ending injury in 2017, retiring before he earned Novice titles. She started over with agility dog 1.5 — a Working Kelpie puppy named Zi — in September 2017.

Sarah and Zi competed in their first national competition at Cynosport in 2021. In 2022, they were fortunate enough to run at World Team Tryouts, the West Coast Open, the US Open, and European Open Team Tryouts, vastly expanding their skills as a team.

A lifelong writer and obsessive nerd, Sarah shares her story of pursuing excellence in agility on her Agility Odyssey Facebook page, where she loves to discuss both the smallest of training details and the largest of life lessons.