Heather Eckenrode is my guest on this episode. Heather does agility with her medium sized mixes Bradshaw and Rooney. Her up and coming dog is Franco, a real cutie by my sister's judgement. Her dogs are named after important names from the Pittsburgh Steelers history. Heather and her dogs have run in many venues including NADAC, CPE, UKI, DOCNA, USDAA and ASCA.

In this episode she talks about some of the special challenges with Bradshaw who has been known to have bathroom issues when running in the agility ring. With her careful management Bradshaw has accomplished many Qs, titles and championship placements through the years.

Special Thanks to Heather for reaching out to be a guest on the podcast.

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Ed Peters discusses how for him in New Jersey, May is NADAC season. The time of year where he can easily travel to NADAC trials for four weekends in a row.

He has a little fun practicing to be an agility commentator.

If you are at a trial where I am trialing look for my Off Course Agility Podcast lawn sign which has a phone number where you can leave us a message to share your fun from the trial.

As always you can reach out to us at [email protected].

Erin and Clay Batchelor from Maryland are both instructors at Pawzazz Agility. They both discovered agility and started training in 2011, Erin with Lola, an English Shepherd, and Clay trained with Yoshi, an Australian Shepherd. Later Erin got her border collie, Jinx and Clay got Knox. They have been extremely successful at NADAC Championships in 2017 and 2019 with Jinx, Yoshi and Knox. They have competed in NADAC and AKC agility, and also done barn hunt and dock diving with their dogs.  

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On this episode Ed Peters talks a bit about AKC 2021 Nationals that were on ESPN. Ed, Tres, his sister and Belle recently attended one day of an actual trial.  Tres ran Into jumpers (no Qs where obtained) but it was good to be at a trial. Ed comments about a new NADAC forum that seems to be in beta testing at

nadacforum.com

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My guest on this episode is Eric Brad from Vancouver Island, Canada. Eric has been doing agility since the early 2000s. NADAC is where he currently trials but he started in the AAC (Agility Association of Canada). Eric and his wife are fanciers of the Belgian Shepherds which I learn on this podcast includes the Malinois, Tervuren and the Groenendael. Eric is a student and teacher of modern animal training methods based on behavioral science. Eric is a certified professional dog trainer, having earned his CPDT-KA certification from the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers. He has written many articles and essays, many of which are available as Canine Nation podcasts (available on Spotify, iTunes, and other podcast directories) and also at his Canine Nation website. 

You can find more information about Eric and his writings at his website:

caninenation.ca

Eric has a new mailing list where his new writing is appearing first at caninenation.substack.com

Also an archive of Eric's essays and articles can be found at caninenation.lifeasahuman.com

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Ed Peters discusses and comments about the following NADAC news items which can be found on the NADAC website.

2020 Survey Results and Discussion

https://www.nadac.com/2020-survey-results-and-discussion/

Merging of Barrelers / Hoopers

https://www.nadac.com/barrelers-and-hoopers-voting-results/

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How often have you seen a couple who does agility together? 

On the east coast when I think a couple that does NADAC agility with their dogs and their human partner, Pat and Tom Moloney-Harmon are a couple that quickly comes to mind. So on this episode in honor of Valentine's day I talk to them about how they started in agility. Pat and Tom are fanciers of the Shetland Sheepdog and have run quite a few in NADAC and USDAA. They have also both attended many NADAC championships. They live and trial in Maryland but I met them in south Jersey at an In The Zone trial but I've also seen them as far north as Vermont at a Northeast Agility Enthusiasts trial.

The idea for this episode was suggested by Margaret MacEwen.

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On this episode Ed Peters discusses the NADAC changes for 2021, the NADAC Top 10 for 2020 and a final commentary.

NADAC changes were discussed by Chris Nelson in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5H6osuW47E

The NADAC 2020 can be found at 

http://www.nadac.com/2020TopTen

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Lorrie Reynolds from Colorado has been doing agility since 2002. She has run in NADAC, DOCNA and USDAA. She started with her dog Maxx and has gone to both NADAC and DOCNA Championships over the years with her dogs.

She is a certified trick dog instructor, canine conditioning  and fitness coach and stunt dog judge through Do More With Your Dog.

She has a website where you can find out more.

www.maximufundogs.com

Lorrie's video of Novice Tricks

https://youtu.be/ppaz21K_-HE

Intermediate Tricks

https://youtu.be/EQRgXh1wDAw

As always if you have any comments or feedback for Off Course Agility you can email us at [email protected]

Ed Peters reviews the first year of the Off Course Agility podcast and then talks about changes for 2021.

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