OneMind Dogs

You’re at the startline of an agility competition course that you’ve just driven hours to attend. Your dog is sitting, holding it, watching you lead out. Then, just as you turn to send them, they break early. In that moment you have a choice. Pull them off the course and reset (or walk them out if resetting is not allowed), knowing you’ll get an elimination, or let it go and ...

You’re mid-run. Everything feels right. You give the cue you’ve given a hundred times before, and then your dog turns the wrong way. Or runs straight past the jump you were sure they’d take. You replay it in your head afterwards and can’t figure out what went wrong.

If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. And more importantly, your dog isn’t being difficult, stu...