http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com Dog Friendly Activities Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:04:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/2012/01/new-mexican-dog-agility/ http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/2012/01/new-mexican-dog-agility/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:26:58 +0000 Suzy http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/?p=1428 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 [...]

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]]> http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/2011/12/feeding-multiple-dogs-toddler-style/feed/ 0 http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/2011/11/rankine-qualifiers-in-new-mexico/ http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/2011/11/rankine-qualifiers-in-new-mexico/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:02:52 +0000 Brianna http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/2011/11/rankine-qualifiers-in-new-mexico/ In preparation for USDAA Nationals, Rankine and Aaron entered a show in New Mexico.  This morning they earned a 1st place in Master Gamblers and 1st place in Advanced Standard.  Way to go — that training is paying off.

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]]> http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/2010/01/ahh-a-back-rub-babies-can-be-useful-cute-video/feed/ 0 http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/2010/01/goldens-love-games-agility-trials-and-tribulations/ http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/2010/01/goldens-love-games-agility-trials-and-tribulations/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:01:41 +0000 Aaron http://blog.onlinedogcoach.com/?p=514 I have high hopes that 2010 will be our Golden's year to shine. We had some successes and failures at the first dog agility trial of 2010.

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