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Positive/Modern Dog Agility Training with Stephanie Best, Based in Verwood, Dorset

27/07/2026

🥇Skedaddle Agility 🥇
Competing in the Netherlands 🇳🇱

20/07/2026

✨ A little update ✨

With the news that the EOs in France has been cancelled, I’ve decided to take this unexpected opportunity to have a few days away .

As a small business owner, I’ll still need to keep on top of a few admin tasks, but I’ll be keeping these to a minimum so I can properly switch off and enjoy some time away.

Thank you so much for your understanding, patience, and continued support. 💙

17/07/2026

✨ Wing wraps = tighter turns, better lines & more confidence ✨

A small skill that creates a big impact! Teaching your dog to wrap tightly around a wing helps develop commitment, understanding of the line, and confidence when navigating tight turns on course.

One of the key details is toy placement 🧸
By delivering the toy on the ground, we encourage the dog to keep their head low — which helps the rest of the body naturally follow into a tighter, more efficient turn.

The toy is also delivered close to the wing to build value for the commitment of going all the way around the wing, encouraging your dog to wrap as fast, as tight, and as efficiently as possible.

Break it down, reward the right choices, and watch those turns improve 🐕💨

Remember — it’s not just about the finished behaviour, it’s about building the foundations step by step 🐾

Save this for your next training session! 😄
Company of Animals Coachi

08/07/2026

🌍 Senior Open Agility World Championships 2026 🇬🇧🇩🇪

A huge amount of good luck to our regular students and grounds keeper as they head off to compete at the Senior Open Agility World Championships 2026!

🍀 Ande Smith & Gertie
🍀 Nikki Goodridge & Bosun
🍀 Valerie Fanton & Flyte

We are all wishing you the very best of luck. We know you’ll do yourselves proud, and we have no doubt that you’ll absolutely rock it!

Most importantly, enjoy every moment of this incredible experience. You’ve all worked so hard and thoroughly deserve to be there.

We’ll all be cheering you on from home! 🇬🇧

07/07/2026

Does your dog loose time on the finish line in agility?

We want the home straight to be as fast, powerful and explosive as the beginning.
So it’s a great idea to train a ‘Go’ cue. ‘Go’ meaning the dog keeps driving forward.

A really easy hack to teach this, is by teaching the dog to run to a reward out in front of it.

Reward can with be a toy or their favourite treat.

To start:
🐾Have the dog by your side, throw the reward ahead in a straight line, then release the dog to the reward straight away.

🐾Repeat a few times then start to add the ‘Go’ cue. You want to say this just before the dog is released so the verbal cue is paired with the behaviour.

🐾Then start to add 1 jump (with either no pole or the pole very low) in between the dog and the reward. Ensuring the dog understands to go over the jump to get the reward.

🐾Then you can increase the amount of jumps in between the dog and the reward

Save this for your next session and have fun training 😄
Company of Animals

06/07/2026

📣Space Thursday 9th July at Agility Venue Hire at Company of Animals Pet Centre 📣

11.30-1.30 G6-7
Early times to beat the heat 💪 Pm to book 😄

21/06/2026

🏆 Yesterday was a pretty special for the team at the GB IQ 🇬🇧

🐝 🏆Bee WINS Overall 🏆🐝
🥇 Jumping
🥇 Agility
🏆 Overall Winner 🤩

🐾 Skedaddle
🥉 Jumping

Proud of both dogs — the hard work behind the scenes continues to pay off 💪✨

06/06/2026

🏆🍾HUGE Congratulations today 🍾🏆

Julie Ann Bishop and Blue for WINNING overall CRUFTS singles and qualifying for Crufts 2027 🤩🥳🏆🍾

Alex Mcfetridge and Pika for getting that Final WIN to GRADE 7🥳🍾🏆🤩

Valerie Fanton and Flyte coming 4th in the Intermdiate Chanpn Final 🥳🍾🤩🏆

Well done ladies, all your hard work paying off and I’m super excited for you 👏👏👏

01/06/2026

The other day, someone asked me what my greatest achievement is.

It made me stop and think. Of course, the titles, trophies, ribbons, and rosettes that my dogs and I have won over the years have been incredibly special, but that isn’t what came to mind first.

My greatest achievement is seeing progress.

Watching a weakness become a strength. Seeing a dog go from finding something difficult or confusing to understanding it and performing it with confidence.

Things don’t always go to plan, and training is never a straight line, but helping a dog work through a challenge and come out the other side is what gives me the most satisfaction.

In this reel, you’ll see Skedaddle competing at the FCI World Championships in 2025, followed by a recent training session. A year ago, I wouldn’t have been confident he’d understand that weave entry consistently—it was probably our weakest skill. But in the slow-motion clip, you can actually see him thinking about his entry and making the correct decision.

Moments like that make all the training worthwhile.

I love seeing dogs receive the support, understanding, and training they need as individuals. Success looks different for every dog, and my goal is always to help them build confidence and understanding along the way.

There will always be skills that need maintaining and areas that need polishing, but knowing I’ve put the work in to help my dogs understand what I’m asking of them is something I’m incredibly proud of. 😊

12/05/2026

🥳Exciting year for Stephanie Best Agility students🥳

Starting with WAO in the Netherlands 🇳🇱

Student Rachel Dixon and Otis, competing for Team Australia 🇦🇺. Otis was specially selected to be handled by Australian’s Amber Poppy for team Australia.

Huge amounts of Good luck 🍀🍀🍀

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