Bad Dog Agility Podcast

In this podcast, FCI silver medalist Jennifer Crank interviews FCI gold medalist Martina Magnoli Klimešová.

• What skills and foundation Martina thinks are most …

In this episode, Sarah and Jennifer discuss three key lessons from the Agility World Championship.

• How Jennifer’s preparation led to her individual silver meda…

In this podcast, Jennifer, Sarah and Esteban give you practical tips for strengthening your dog’s contact obstacle performance.

• 5 tips for improving contact pe…

In this episode, Sarah and Esteban discuss the concept of proofing, pointing out common misconceptions and explaining exactly how you should use proofing in your agility train…

In this episode, Sarah and Esteban discuss how training a dolphin to swim upside down can help your dog run faster on course.

• How SeaWorld trainers use various…

In this podcast, Director of Agility for the American Kennel Club Carrie DeYoung joins Sarah and Esteban to talk about the upcoming AKC Invitational, which will be held Decemb…

Esteban and Sarah Fernandezlopez welcome Sarah Baker to the podcast to discuss the European Open and the Border Collie Classic.

• Who won the European Open Team …

Jennifer and Sarah welcome 2018 Large Dog European Open Champion Max Sprinz to the podcast.

• How Max trained Baxx’s running contacts.
• How Max uses distance skil…

In this podcast, we discuss how you can improve your dog’s time by focusing on efficiency on course and increasing your dog’s natural speed and drive.

• How the …

In this podcast, Sarah and Jennifer discuss natural versus trained cues and how it affects training time, your mental state, and your dog’s response.

• Why it’s …

In this podcast, Sarah, Esteban and Jennifer talk about the 2018 World Agility Open Championship.

• What events make up the World Agility Open.
• The unique strate…

In this podcast, Sarah and Esteban talk about the table, how to train for it, and whether or not it still belongs in the sport of dog agility.

• The most common …

In this podcast, Jennifer Crank and Sarah Baker join Sarah and Esteban for the 2018 AKC/FCI World Team Tryouts wrap up.

• Which dogs earned automatics spots on…

In this episode, Sarah and Jennifer discuss how to deal with forced breaks in your agility training.

• Why taking a break from agility can be emotionally difficu…

In this episode, Sarah and Jennifer outline four international championship events and explain how they differ in format, jump height, and governing organizations.

In this episode, Sarah and Esteban apply the software development concept of technical debt to dog agility.

• What technical debt is.
• What problems in agility ca…

In this episode, 2018 Crufts Champion Dave Munnings joins Sarah and Esteban to talk Crufts, the UK agility scene, running contacts, and more.

• Who won Crufts.
• H…

In this episode, 2018 American Kennel Club National Agility Champion (16″) Jennifer Crank joins Sarah and Esteban for the AKC Nationals Wrap Up.

• The qualifying…

In this podcast, Sarah and Esteban talk with Leslie Eide, DVM about structuring your agility training in a way that gives you peak performance at a specific event.

In this episode, Sarah and Esteban about how we can train ourselves to take risks on course.

• What desensitization is.
• How desensitization can help us deal with…