339: Support vs Babysitting in Dog Agility Handling

In this episode (21:39)

This week, we delve into a topic suggested by one of our listeners: the fine line between babysitting and supporting your agility dog. In this podcast, we explore how the right balance of guidance and independence can significantly impact your dog’s confidence and performance on the course.

You Will Learn

• How the handling support your dog needs changes over their experience level.
• How you use trial and error to discover how much support your dog needs.
• Why Sarah thinks it’s a good thing to occasionally pull your dog off the correct obstacle.
• How to use placement of reward to increase the dog’s commitment to the obstacle.

Mentioned/Related

• Episode 187: Physical and Mental Commitment
• How Committed Are You?
• Episode 104: Building Confidence Through Challenges