Training Tuesday: Training on Their Timeline
Two dogs on different paths to the same place
Used with permission from Megan Foster's Fostering Excellence in Agility.
In this podcast, Sarah Stremming, Cog Dog Coach, joins Megan Foster to discuss how their two youngest dogs, Rayya (Sarah's Icelandic Sheepdog) and Sprint (Megan's Border Collie) have completely different training plans and are on really different paths, but how those paths ultimately lead to the same place. These two coaches dive in to why these differences are so important and the reality of the extra time and care it takes to adjust each detail depending on the day.
Listen to the podcast and read the transcript here: https://fxagility.mykajabi.com/podcasts/fostering-excellence-in-agility/episodes/2147851756.
About Megan Foster
Megan Foster (pictured above) has been involved in the dog sport world nearly her entire life. With over 20 years of experience, she has competed with a variety of dogs, including an American Eskimo and West Highland White Terrier, Shelties, Border Collies and Parson Russell Terriers, and has worked with an even larger variety of breeds. Her accomplishments include many titles and championships, as well as international competition. She began teaching agility full-time in 2013 through her training school, Synergy Dog Sports, which became Fostering Excellence in Agility in 2023. She believes in developing a system of communication based on the dog’s perspective and what dogs naturally understand, and then individualizing that system for the humans that train and run them. For more information, visit https://fxagility.com/about/.
About Sarah Stremming
Sarah Stremming is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC) who spends her time working complex cases with her clients, mentoring colleagues, and presenting worldwide. She has been in the field of dog behavior for nearly two decades and has competed in dog sports for even longer. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Colorado State University, the Living and Learning with Animals course with Dr. Susan Friedman, a decade of conference attendance, endless reading, online courses and more. Of equal importance is her extensive hands-on experience with a variety of dogs and their people in training, sport, veterinary, daycare, shelter and boarding settings. When not working, she can be found deep in the woods in the Pacific Northwest behind two Border Collies and an Icelandic sheepdog. Learn more and check out her courses and podcast at https://sarahstremming.com/.