The first step toward building a skill is to figure out exactly what type of skill you're building. Every skill falls into one of two categories: hard skills and soft skills. This tip comes from Daniel Coyle's The Little Book Of Talent, and is adapted for use by us agility handlers!
It's tempting to think that if we don't have the latest and greatest this or that, we'll never be successful. If we don't have...
Over the years, I’ve talked a lot about something called purposeful or deliberate practice, and how important it is to your dog agility handling...
Here's a bit of dark humor for Valentine's Day that has to do with dog training...sort of...mostly it's just a fun thought experiment!