15 Posts Tagged With "LindaMecklenburg"
The Power of Recall to Side/Heel - Video
29 Aug 2014
Training a Recall to Side or Recall to Heel is an important foundation agility skill that is often overlooked or brushed past when starting…
AgilityNerd & Bad Dog Agility: Happy Handling!
10 Sep 2013
I read the Bad Dog Agility blog and know Esteban and Sarah's handling is influenced by Greg Derrett and, while my handling style has…
Ban Dangerous Steel Jumps Now!
28 Nov 2012
There is no reason to use dangerous steel jumps anymore! Period. There are just too many opportunities for injury. Eye injuries and…
Seminar False Starts
02 Nov 2012
As I've mentioned I attend a number of dog agility seminars each year and I'm always a little disappointed when a seminar starts and the…
Advanced Class: A Little Piece of Evil - 01-Jun-2011
04 Jun 2011
Thanks to a Linda Mecklenburg International Handling Seminar I attended last week, I was inspired to add a double Back Side handling…
My Agility Handling and Training Philosophy
27 Feb 2011
While preparing for my agility handling seminars I've been trying to "codify" my thoughts on handling and training. When I give a seminar I…
Mental Aspects of Front and Rear Crosses
26 Jul 2009
After discussions on the challenges of timing crosses with some students I wanted to pass along some thoughts about Front and Rear…
Rubber Contacts and Training
21 Jul 2009
Rubber chip coated contacts are becoming more and more popular and are a "good thing" due to the excellent traction they provide, but they…
Cues
01 Feb 2009
As dog trainers and handlers we talk a lot about "cues" and "cueing" our dogs. As more people are evaluating Handling Systems a lot of the…
Linda Mecklenburg's Awesome Paws Website
07 Jun 2008
Top agility competitor and trainer Linda Mecklenburg now has a website . That in itself isn't notable, now a days most trainers have an…
Meeker's First USDAA Trial
16 Apr 2008
Well Meeker and I put on our "big boy pants" and tried his first USDAA agility trial this past weekend (only my second USDAA trial…
Single Sided Threadle Handling
30 Jan 2007
I learned this technique from Rachel Sanders at Dana Pike's "2006 Fall Maintenance Camp" . It was remarkable that the vast majority of…
Fall Maintenance Camp: Barry, Carter, Moureaux, Pinder, and Sanders
10 Nov 2006
Wow! Phew! That's how I felt after attending a five day camp at Dana Pike's facility in Wilmington, IL. I was happy and exhausted by the…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Oct 12 and Oct 19 2006
11 Oct 2006
These are my final Dearlove Agility class courses of the season. I hope you've enjoyed running them as much as I have. I greatly enjoyed…
Agility Email Lists
18 Nov 2005
Here are the Agility email lists to which I subscribe. I've put a little comment next each describing why I subscribe. Some I just check…