Rankine and Aaron continue their quest for USDAA National qualifications at this weekend’s Southwest Agility Team (SWAT) trial in Albuquerque, New Mexico.   Today, Rankine will be competing with Ayr (the border collie) in performance versatility pairs with hopes of earning a qualifier that will allow them to compete at USDAA Nationals which will be held in Denver, Colorado.   Rankine will also be trying to earn qualifiers to complete his performance agility championship and perhaps a Grand Prix or Steeplechase qualifier.

Updates to come throughout the weekend – lets hope it’s good!

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The USDAA Nationals will be in Denver CO this coming October.  Rankine and Aaron are working hard to qualify.  At 5 years old, he is in his prime, but his owner’s admit that raising 2 young children, holding full-time jobs and keeping up competitive training is difficult.  We do our best and some weekends you hit the agility jackpot.  This weekend Rankine qualified in USDAA Steeplechase, pairs, snooker with a super Q and jumpers.  Oh yeah, his 12 year old brother TJ also earned snooker and jumper Qs.

Now if only we can earn a Team and Grand Prix qualifier.

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Time to get out the halloween costume, cutesy coat, or even just a bandana. Today is National Dress Up Your Pet Day!

Share your images of your pet’s best dressed on Online Dog Coach’s Facebook Page.

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January’s featured lesson is on Crate Training. Teaching your dog to enjoy going into the kennel helps alleviate their stress during crating for travel, agility trials, when Fido needs to be out of the way for a short time, and for vet visits or boarding.

If you have questions or tips to share with others, please post them here.

Happy Training!

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If you have multiple dogs, Online Dog Coach recommends that you establish a feeding routine.  This ensures that each dog gets his or her fair share and can helpful making feeding time less crazy.  In this video, 3 year old Chase shows you how feeding multiple dogs works at our house.  Please note that these dogs have had an established feeding routine for multiple years and we do not recommend that a young child try this without proper training and supervision.

Check out the video on our Facebook page.

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