Episode 277: When To Start Agility Training With Your Puppy: Insights From A World Champion

When is the right time to start agility training with your puppy? That's a popular question I receive, and I'm sure other world champions also get asked! So, to answer, I’m covering everything you need to know about starting agility with a puppy, including the most important factor, and when and how I begin training. Even if you don't do agility, what I'm sharing can apply to a wide range of activities we enjoy with dogs, including being amazing members of our family.

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In this episode you’ll hear:

When to consider starting agility training with your puppy, beyond growth plates.
The factors I consider before starting a puppy in agility.
How to create success, safely and fun for agility puppies.
About the physical and mental readiness needed for agility obstacles.
The four R’s - Relationship, Recalls, Retrieve, Reinforcement Zone.
What’s important about agility handling, verbal cues and discriminations.
How to use jump grids and fitness exercises to prepare your puppy.
My personal experiences with my own agility dogs as puppies.
Why I love forest fitness for a puppy's development.
How to manage the intensity and frequency of agility training for puppies.