Training Your Performance Dog

Can Puppies Do Agility?
By Carolyn Fuhrer Many veterinarians will advise their puppy clients not to do agility until their dog is full grown. This is correct and well-meant advice. Puppies should not be...
Can Puppies Do Agility?
By Carolyn Fuhrer Many veterinarians will advise their puppy clients not to do agility until their dog is full grown. This is correct and well-meant advice. Puppies should not be...

Agility Course Test – Standard 1 and 2 and Jump...
By Carolyn Fuhrer This year, in addition to the ACT 1 Standard and ACT 2 Standard levels, AKC has added 2 additional levels: ACT 1 Jumpers and ACT 2...
Agility Course Test – Standard 1 and 2 and Jump...
By Carolyn Fuhrer This year, in addition to the ACT 1 Standard and ACT 2 Standard levels, AKC has added 2 additional levels: ACT 1 Jumpers and ACT 2...

Agility for All
By Carolyn Fuhrer | May 01, 2022 Agility, if introduced and taught correctly, can be a wonderful experience for almost any dog. Agility can help build confidence by exposing...
Agility for All
By Carolyn Fuhrer | May 01, 2022 Agility, if introduced and taught correctly, can be a wonderful experience for almost any dog. Agility can help build confidence by exposing...

Tracking Dog Urban
By Carolyn Fuhrer | Jun 01, 2022 Tracking Dog Urban is an AKC optional titling tracking test which was introduced in 2014. The three regular titling tracking tests familiar...
Tracking Dog Urban
By Carolyn Fuhrer | Jun 01, 2022 Tracking Dog Urban is an AKC optional titling tracking test which was introduced in 2014. The three regular titling tracking tests familiar...

AKC Rally - Some Things to Think About Before Y...
According to AKC Rally Regulations, Rally trials demonstrate the dog has been trained to behave in the home, in public places, and in the presence of other dogs in a...
AKC Rally - Some Things to Think About Before Y...
According to AKC Rally Regulations, Rally trials demonstrate the dog has been trained to behave in the home, in public places, and in the presence of other dogs in a...

Motivation in Training
By Carolyn Fuhrer According to the dictionary, motivation is defined as an inducement or incentive to act or perform a behavior. When we ask our dogs to work and...
Motivation in Training
By Carolyn Fuhrer According to the dictionary, motivation is defined as an inducement or incentive to act or perform a behavior. When we ask our dogs to work and...