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Are you ready? I"m here to edutain (educate and entertain) you about the world of dog sports, primarily agility. Join me as I discuss my journey, and share successes, laughs and failures. I"ll talk about training and effective ways to work with your teammate. I"ll also speak with special guests & other trainers. My hope is to help you grow in the sport we all love. Every journey is different, but they all start with the startline.

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Episode 14 - Stress

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2020/06/30

Michele and I dive anecdotally deep into trial stress. It's been one of our biggest challenges and we are quasi-experts in the field at this point. From stressing up to stressing down, our dogs have displayed it all but certainly not in all the ways it can be displayed. We encourage you to step back and look at your runs objectively. Is your dog happy? Are you finding yourself having to cheerlead and by the end of the run exhausted that you had to coax your dog along with promises of sweet nothings

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00:59:45

Episode 13 - Back at It

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2020/06/21

Michele and Cara dip their toes back in the agility trial waters. The new normal has some benefits and if you want to be a part of it, think about joining a club! We discuss all of that as well as fat bars, a bit about stress and what we missed these past 3 months away from trials. Clubs, trial secretaries, and venue owners are working hard to bring us the sport we love. Support them with your entries, your offers to help and by focusing on what is working. Most importantly, be kind to your dog,

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00:45:03

Episode 12 - Life Hacks for Keeping Track

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2020/06/10

We take a step into Cara's wheelhouse in this episode. One of her favorite things to do is organize because the goal of organization is to create efficiency. Efficiency means preventing the wasteful use of a particular resource such as time! Finding shows, filling out entries and keeping track of Q's can be overwhelming and super-duper time-consuming. It doesn't have to be. Learn some hacks that Cara and Michele use so they know how to find shows, how to track what the heck you entered, how in the

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01:02:26

Episode 11 - Kay9 Fitness

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2020/06/02

Canine conditioning is a big deal regardless if you have a performance dog or a couch potato. Older dogs, baby puppies and everything in between need regular fitness exercise in order to be healthy. Karen Kay, from Kay9 Fitness, joins us to explain just why that is. So many dogs are receiving wonderful veterinary and post-op care for injuries but what if you could help prevent them in the first place? The health of our dogs is in our hands. The more fit we can keep them, the more likely they are to

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01:01:58

Episode 10 - Car Safety Setups & Keeping Cool

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2020/05/24

The agility forums have been littered with worries about having to crate from our cars so Michele and I decided to tackle this tantrum head-on. We both happen to be experts in crating out of our cars, particularly in hot weather - we do not have heat-tolerant dogs by any stretch of the imagination. Listen as we describe our setups and even post them on Facebook, we have it down to the tiny 4" spot you might have in your car, Cara knows something you could stick there like your chair! We also

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00:52:06

Episode 9 - The Stockdale Paradox

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2020/05/15

Michele and I set out this week to bring you great information on how you can keep your dog conditioned during the pandemic. We even made some videos to share with what you can accomplish with things such as couch cushions - but things changed. We both have had an emotionally tough week and rather than provide an episode on conditioning, which we still absolutely will, we're bringing you an episode on keeping your mental condition healthy. The Stockdale Paradox, created by James Stockdale, an ex-POW

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Episode 8 - Fangirling & ETO With Meg McCarthy Cataldo

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2020/05/08

Michele and I are lucky to trial in New England which is chock full of super agility stars. Many, even as much as half of the members on the Agility World Team are from here, so we naturally get to fangirl these folks. Meg McCarthy Cataldo is just one of those agility superstars and we brought her on to share with you. We learn how she first found agility from a TV segment to how she set her goal to make the World team, conquering it twice, but not without a couple of years spent taking the last

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00:48:23

Episode 7 - Homemade Agility

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2020/05/03

You're stuck at home - you have some equipment, you don't have any equipment, you have a well-trained dog, you have a novice dog. . . it doesn't matter! We discuss so many options available to you without equipment, skill or geographical limitations. Here are some thoughts - ok, really our outline for the episode but you get the idea. At-Home Training What equipment do you have and workspace What level are you What resources are there available? Equipment Sawhorses and broom handles make

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00:48:41

Episode 6 - Find the Joy in helping others

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2020/04/23

Michele and I had the privilege to spend our evening with Grace Heck (houndsofheck.com) and Stefanie Rainer (stefanierainer.com). These two women are not only sparkling stars in the agility ring but they are spreading sparkles around our community with their Power of Positivity Fundraiser (and T-shirts). The dog training world has taken a huge hit in the pandemic. Not only were the mats rolled out from underneath all of the competitors but the trainers were left without students, without income and

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00:47:34

Episode 5 - What's Your Positive?

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2020/04/09

Let us know what you are doing to stay positive during the PAIN-demic. What activities are you doing with your pups, what are some new things you wouldn't have been able to do or find yourself with more time to do? Please share, we need the social interaction :) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/startlinepod/support

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Episode 4 - Entry Refunds During the Pandemic

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2020/04/06

Michele and I discuss at the beginning of the COVID-19 shutdown of all things social in life, the impact of refunds on clubs versus exhibitors. We don't always agree so enjoy listening to how our opinions panned out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/startlinepod/support

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00:43:14

Episode 3 - Entering a Trial

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2020/04/06

We go through the process of how to enter a trial. We may also plea for online entries, listen and enjoy our conversation! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/startlinepod/support

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00:37:34

Episode 2 - Novice A Stories

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2020/04/06

Join us as we share our stories with our first agility dogs! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/startlinepod/support

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Episode 1 - Preview

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2020/04/04

Our first episode! Get an idea of what's to come! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/startlinepod/support

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