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04/05/2026

A massive congratulations to Anna and Freya who gained 3 wins and managed to get to grade 6 today 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I'm so proud of you guys and all of the hard work you put in.

25/04/2026

Good Luck to everyone competing this weekend. Remember your training. Don't rush your handling. You've got this! I'm so proud of you all and I know you have got the skills to succeed.

20/04/2026

Some runs from agility nuts. Rio was unwell so not our best work I don't think and we had to leave early. He's all better and back to his normal bouncy self now though.

16/04/2026

I love little training sessions like this, just testing fastest options.

As always, in a competition run, I might play it safe and choose a backside cue over a threadle. But I love that threadles put me further ahead on the course.

Which option would you choose?

15/04/2026

Can anyone relate?

25/03/2026

In agility, results don’t come from one good run.
They come from what you do every single session:
reinforcing commitment
building understanding
sharpening your handling
Excellence is built long before you step into the ring.

17/03/2026

One of our runs from Derbyshire last weekend. I'm really proud of this even though we got eliminated, I really do love running Marcel's courses. A little messy with the weaves, I think he just couldnt see them as the scribe table was right behind them.

15/03/2026

I came across this quote in a book recently and it really stuck with me.

Everyone wants to win. Everyone wants the podium photo. Everyone wants the clear round.

But the truth is… winning isn’t built in the ring.

It’s built in the cold mornings, the muddy fields, the sessions where things go wrong, the repetitions nobody ever sees.

It’s the hours spent training when it’s raining.
When you’re tired.
When the dog is distracted.
When progress feels slow.

That’s the real work.

The will to win is easy.

The will to prepare to win, day after day, in all weathers, when nobody is watching, that’s what actually makes the difference.

And that’s the part I love most. 🐾

06/03/2026

The 5 Pillars of Canine Sports Performance

In agility we often focus on handling, contacts, and weave poles.

But true performance goes far beyond obstacle skills.

When you look at agility through a sports performance lens, you realise that great runs come from several systems working together. If one pillar is weak, it can limit what your dog is capable of on the course.

Here are the five pillars of canine sports performance.

1. Physical Fitness

Agility dogs are athletes. Courses demand explosive acceleration, jumping power, tight turns, and fast deceleration.

Most agility runs last around 30–40 seconds, relying heavily on the body’s explosive energy systems.

A strong canine athlete needs strength, power, coordination, balance, and endurance. Without these, performance drops and injury risk increases.

2. Arousal Control

Dogs perform best in an optimal arousal zone.

Too little arousal leads to slow, disengaged dogs. Too much creates frantic dogs who struggle to listen.

High arousal activates the fight-or-flight nervous system, which reduces thinking ability. The best agility dogs learn to balance excitement with focus.

3. Technical Skills

Dogs must understand the technical demands of the sport: jumping technique, turns, weave poles, contacts, and obstacle commitment.

However, skills only hold under pressure if the other performance pillars are strong.

4. Recovery

Training creates fatigue in muscles and the nervous system. Performance improvements actually happen during recovery.

Without proper rest and recovery, dogs may show slower running, reduced enthusiasm, or increased injury risk.

5. The Handler

The final pillar is the handler.

Your timing, movement, confidence, and emotional state all influence your dog’s performance. Clear, confident handling helps dogs run faster and more confidently.

Bringing It Together

When all five pillars are strong, performance improves dramatically.

Instead of constantly fixing mistakes, you begin building a system that supports a confident, powerful canine athlete.

Because agility isn’t just about obstacles.

It’s about developing a high-performing team.

09/02/2026

Monday Mindset: Letting Go of Perfectionism in Agility

I’ve realised something about myself through agility.

I don’t avoid training or competing because I don’t care enough. I avoid it because I care too much.

Perfectionism shows up in agility as “waiting until we’re ready”. Waiting until my handling is cleaner. Waiting until my dog feels more consistent. Waiting until I feel confident enough to deserve a go.

If I can’t run it well, I don’t want to run it at all. If the session isn’t going to be productive, I’m tempted to skip it. If I can’t picture a good round, I start talking myself out of entering.

And the problem is agility doesn’t work like that.

Perfectionism doesn’t create great agility teams. Repetition, mistakes, feedback, and showing up on the bad days do.

Some of the biggest lessons I’ve learned haven’t come from perfect training sessions or clean rounds. They’ve come from missed cues. Late handling. Dogs taking the option I didn’t plan for. Walking out of the ring knowing I could’ve done better.

And every time I waited for things to feel “ready”, I delayed my own progress.

Because here’s the uncomfortable truth:

You don’t get better at agility by avoiding the messy stages. You get better by training through them.

Lately, I’ve been practising letting go of perfectionism in my training.

Running sequences even when I know I’ll make mistakes. Entering shows before everything feels nailed. Allowing sessions to be average or even bad without deciding it means something about me or my dog.

Progress in agility isn’t linear. Confidence isn’t something you wait for, it’s something you build by doing.

So this week, my focus isn’t perfect runs or flawless handling. It’s presence. It’s information. It’s reps.

Because a “messy” session still teaches my dog something. A scrappy round still gives me data. And showing up consistently beats waiting for the perfect moment that never comes.

If you’ve been holding back from training, from competing, from putting yourself out there because you’re waiting to feel ready, this is your reminder:

You don’t need to be perfect to step into the ring. You just need to show up.

The rest gets built along the way.

02/02/2026

Trying to teach Rio that the answer to the question is not always weaves. I don't think I've ever known a dog so weave obsessed 🤣 it's maybe not the worst problem to have. Anyway, still more work to be done.

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