training

I've competed a lot. I've trained and trailed and in many dog sport venues: Agility, Herding, Obedience, Tracking, Rally, Schutzhund, K9 Nose Work, French Ring, Dock Diving. We've had quite a bit of success, of differing degrees, and when it all comes together it is an exhilarating thing! When it doesn't go as well as hoped, it's a time for assessment of our teamwork, our training and just plain working through those trial nerves. People always say I look so calm when I step to the line of an agility course. Inside, my nerves are screaming and I'm just trying to…