Episode 102: International Man of Mystery Howard Boyle

05/28/15 • 45 min

In this episode (45:54)

Howard Boyle is a Houston, Texas based agility competitor who routinely travels around the world to compete in the sport of dog agility. He recently traveled to the Bailiwick of Jersey, an island off the coast of France, to compete in the Jersey European Agility Festival.

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101: Interview with Crufts Judge Lee Gibson – Part 2

In this episode (33:31)

This is the second part of a two part interview with Lee Gibson. Please listen to Part 1 first! In this podcast we continue our discussion on course design including specific challenges presented in the Crufts course as well as Lee’s thoughts on designing courses for or against the running contact.

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2015 Crufts International Agility Finals course designed by Lee Gibson
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Watch Esteban and Gitchi Run the 2015 Crufts International Finals Course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCbGuFv9FKk

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103: Green Dog Gotchas

In this episode (26:28)

We’re joined this week by Brittany Schaezler for a discussion on some of the common (and not so common) mistakes we’ve seen our inexperienced dogs make as they begin competing. Add these items to your list of proofing and training and you’ll have a few less mistakes to worry about with your next Novice dog!

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Our Previous Podcast: Episode 60: Preparing for Your Novice Debut
Our Previous Podcast: Episode 98: The Importance of a Clear Start to Every Sequence

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Brittany put together a video showing a few of these green dog mistakes we discussed in the podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN8Hil5i9ys

Brittany’s Notes: “1st video–notices the judge counting for the first time (she was in Masters at this point), and alarm barks and loses focus the rest of the run. 2nd video (USDAA Starters), you can see her drop her head and check out all 3 of the stars on the dogwalk. Tunnel under the dogwalk still bothers her, so no 2o2o. At the table, you can see that she’s looking at the judge the entire count. I don’t lose her at that point, but after the teeter, she self-releases to go check out the judges, but does come back and finishes the run.”