I admit don’t know much about how the public school system works currently, but I can tell you that when I was in school, it was BAD to be wrong about something. You were a failure. You were stupid. When it happened in front of the rest of the class, you were ashamed. The end […]
Many of us have always heard that practice makes perfect. This is true with dog training as well! Whether you are preparing for competition or teaching your dog not to jump on guests, you must work with your dog on the skills that you want him to learn if you want to train them successfully. […]
At a recent trial, I saw many people I hadn’t seen in awhile. Bully has had some shoulder issues and between that and me starting a business, we haven’t been trialing very much for the past couple of years. It was great to see people and their dogs again and catch up. I noticed a trend though that […]
If you haven’t read Brene Brown’s book “Daring Greatly”, I highly recommend it. It talks about the power of letting our true selves shine in the face of emotions that might be uncomfortable for us and the personal rewards that come from doing that. The name of the book comes from the famous quote by […]
We are excited to announce that Cowtown Dog Sports is adding more classes in June! This includes the addition of morning classes for those of you who can’t make it in the evenings! We will continue to teach our Foundation for Agility 1 and Agility 2 classes, but we are now requiring that students attend our Basic Obedience class […]
Recently a local ASCA club held a Senior Specialty class at a trial – a chance for us to honor our old agility dogs. I took my 14 year old beagle mix Zeener. The dogwalk and jump bars were lowered. The chute and teeter were available by choice and we each got the chance to […]
About a year ago, we moved to a new property west of Fort Worth, Texas with the goal of starting anew and creating a haven for me and the dogs to play. It has been quite the adventure. We have installed lighting, fencing, built agility equipment, and started teaching agility classes. In short, we’re creating […]