Dog Agility Training: 3 Big Mistakes All Dog Owners Should Avoid #114

Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett

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Education, Puppy, Recallers, Animalbehaviour, Dogs, Kids & Family, Pets, Dogtraining, Dogsthat, Petmanners, Susangarrett, Pets & Animals

4.8 • 679 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

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I got my reputation as a professional dog trainer primarily through excelling in the sport of dog agility. I’ve been teaching and competing in agility for over 30 years and have achieved over 30 National and World Championships. There are three big mistakes that I see people make when training for dog agility and these are the same three things that make it difficult or easy to train for any sport or to have the most amazing family pet possible!

In the episode you'll hear:

• Why a joyful, engaged relationship with your dog is vital for any sport.
• That Recall, Retrieve and Reinforcement Zone are what I get in place first.
• The top 3 mistakes that are common in the sport of dog agility.
• What dog agility and a wild mustang have in common.
• About the foundations you need for agility.
• How slow is smooth and smooth is fast and why not to rush to the obstacles.
• That 50% of dog agility happens between obstacles and is flatwork.
• Why it’s all about keeping dogs safe and dogs and handlers having fun.
• The reason it’s essential to listen to the feedback from your dog.
• The 15 ways your dog will communicate with you.

Resources:

• Join our Free Online Dog Agility Masterclass - https://www.handling360.com/
• Learn About Home School the Dog - https://dogsthat.com/hstd-joinnow/
• Blog with Video: RZ For Dog Sports (Don’t Leave Home Without It) - https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2020/02/rz-for-dog-sports/
• Podcast Episode 112: Stressed Dog? How Trigger Stacking Might Be Putting Your Dog Over Threshold - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/112/
• Podcast Episode 35: Pro Dog Training Tip To Improve Your Dog’s Focus - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/35/
• Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube -https://youtu.be/vAkL3UVoOBs

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0:00.0	If you've been following this podcast or potentially you've Googled who Susan Garrett is,
0:15.0	you may know that I got my reputation as a professional dog trainer primarily from excelling in the sport of dog agility
0:22.6	where I've won multiple world championships, many, many U.S. national and Canadian national
0:28.2	championships and have been loving, teaching and competing in the sport of dog agility for more
0:33.6	than 30 years.
0:34.7	Hi, I'm Susan Garrett.
0:36.3	Welcome to Shape by Dog.
0:37.4	And today I'm going
0:38.2	to share with you the three biggest mistakes people make when they're training their dogs in
0:43.1	the sport of agility. And here's the kicker. These three things are exactly the same three things
0:49.6	that make it difficult or easy to train a dog in any sport or to have the most amazing
0:56.0	family pet possible. The exact three things. I'm also going to share with you the 15 ways
1:04.2	and a dog training in the sport of agility communicates with their handler. And guess what? Same 15 ways your very own dog may be trying
1:16.3	to communicate with you. I'll share that at the end of today's podcast. Now, my hallucination
1:21.2	is the reason people make these same three mistakes is because they focus on the wrong thing.
1:26.7	When you think of dog agility,
1:28.0	what do you think of? Possibly you think of a dog darting in a weave poles or jumping up
1:33.8	and over an a frame or speeding over a jump or through a tunnel or turning tight. It's exciting. It's
1:42.3	amazing. I mean, it's just mind-blowing to me to see the athleticism of these
1:46.8	dogs. But when you focus on those things, these other three things go by the wayside. So,
1:53.8	number one thing is people do not focus on having a joyful, engaged relationship with their dogs. One where the dog
2:02.9	has an amazing recall, has a brilliant retrieve, and understands very clearly how to be in
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