In this episode (32:04)

In this podcast, Sarah, Jennifer and Esteban talk about Whac-A-Mole and dog agility.

You Will Learn

• Why training your dog can feel like playing Whac-A-Mole.
• The difference between training sequentially vs in parallel.
• How you can use problem-based training to fix your issues.

Mentioned/Related

• Never heard of Whac-A-Mole? Here’s the wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whac-A-Mole
• Episode 226: Sequential vs Parallel Training
• On the Job Training using Placement of Reward
• Episode 139: The Test/Train/Adjust Cycle

In this episode (15:25)

In this podcast, Sarah, Jennifer and Esteban talk the difference between OVERUSE and MISUSE and dive deeper into what your instructor may mean when using these terms.

You Will Learn

• Why instructors (including us!) should be careful with terminology.
• Why “overuse” may be misuse in disguise.
• Why it’s problematic to have one cue for a wide range of responses.

Mentioned/Related

• Episode 63: A Newcomer’s Guide to Handling Systems
• Episode 30: Analyzing Mistakes and a Look at Systems

In this episode (29:45)

In this podcast, Sarah, Jennifer and Esteban talk how having goals for trialing, beyond ribbons and titles, can help you improve your dog agility performance.

You Will Learn

• How being clear on your trialing goals can save you time and money.
• What Jennifer and Esteban do with their ribbons.
• How your goals can shift through a dog’s career.
• How you can structure your goals leading to big events.

Mentioned/Related

• Episode 182: Choose Your Own Agility Adventure