Off Course Agility

Off Course Agility

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Off Course Agility episodes

  • Pat Daggett - NADAC judge
    On this episode Pat Daggett tells how he discovered agility, talks about his dogs that have run in NADAC. How and when he became a NADAC judge and we have a good discussion on how he goes about course design. We finish up with a bit about his attendance at NADAC championships over the years.
    56 min
  • Audri Tarr, handler of the beagle Cee Cee
    My guest is Audri Tarr a fellow beagle owner. We talk about her agility dogs including Cee Cee, a beagle that ran at NADAC Championships in Sunbury Ohio. She tells how she started in agility, her dogs, Lily, Cee Cee, Toto, and Calypso. She discusses how some of these were foster failures and her attending the NADAC championships in the east dating back to 2011.
    44 min
  • On deck with Ed Peters
    Your host Ed Peters catches you up on where he is on some Agility topics, including agility school / training, an A frame agility project, virtual runs and a Thank you to the listeners.  Remember feedback, comments or volunteering to be a guest can all be done via an email to [email protected]
    32 min
  • Carole Daggett - NADAC judge

    Carole Daggett is a NADAC judge, my former instructor, and a fellow attendee of trials and seminars. Carole is the first NADAC judge to be a guest on my podcast, we discuss how she first became involved with agility, her agility dogs over the years, and how she became a judge. Carole has been a NADAC judge for over 20 years and she has judged both Dino and Tres. Carole brings up how the first time we met was when I was in her beginner agility class with Dino and her husband Pat and his dog Druid.

    41 min
  • A visit with the North Jersey Agility Yappy hour
    A group of North Jersey NADAC agility people have been meeting weekly with Zoom  on this episode I take my podcast to this group for a bit of fun with a round table of agility questions.  Special thanks to Melissa, Maureen, Danielle, Roger, Pam, Dennis, Margaret, Cindy and Len for participating.
    47 min
  • Heidi Konesko from New Hampshire
    My guest is Heidi Konesko from New Hampshire and she discusses how she started in agility. Talks about the dogs that have been her agility teammates. Heidi discusses her vacation to Champs in 2011 and the 2017 Championships where she ran with her Australian Shepherds, Penny and Hi Jack. We talk a bit about agility camping and virtual trials / runs. 
    Late breaking after this podcast was recorded. Heidi now has a new good looking Australian Shepherd, Maybelle.
    43 min
  • Linda Lavolette from Michigan
    My guest is Linda Lavolette from Upper Michigan. Linda is my first guest who is a judge, a UKC agility judge. She discusses how she started in agility, her dogs, a bit about UKC agility, why she became a judge and what the Bay De Noc Kennel Club is doing now that COVID-19 is affecting trials.
    Please send us comments to [email protected] or you can message us on Twitter at @OffcourseBeagle
    39 min
  • Maureen deHaan from New York, who runs Play~Bow trials.
    My guest is Maureen deHaan who puts on Play~Bow trials in April and October in New Paltz, NY. She discusses how she started in agility and how she began holding trials and some of the things needed to run a NADAC trial. (Note in second half of our talk sometimes there is a lag on my questions and responses with a slight delay after her answers. My volume level is lower than hers. I will look into this for future podcasts.) 
    Remember you can reach out to us at [email protected] with ideas, comments and if you would like to be a guest on a future podcast.
    44 min
  • Amata Hinkle from Alabama
    Guest Amata Hinkle from Alabama discusses how she started in agility, her involvement in Search and Rescue and caving. Her SAR activities and training occur on weekends and this is why all her dog Edraith's NADAC Qs have been obtained via the NADAC Video Run program.
    A few final comments at the end about NADAC topics: Champs and NADAC training week.
    48 min
  • Nancy Hoffman from New Hampshire
    Guest Nancy Hoffman from New Hampshire discusses how she started in agility with her Jack Russel Terrier Stewie and now continues with Skipper, another JRT. She also talks about going to NADAC Championships in Springfield, Illinois with Stewie and more recently to Springfield Ohio in 2019 with Skipper.
    36 min

About Off Course Agility

From the publisher's feed

A podcast about dog agility focused on the NADAC venue. Your host Ed Peters started handling in NADAC with his beagle Dino in 2005. Now he is competig at the Novice level with his new beagle, Tres. His sister also competed in NADAC with her beagle Belle who is now retired after running at the Elite level in most classes except for the pesky Chances class. Guests discuss how they started in agility, the venues they run and share their story.