11 Podcast Episodes
E304: Petra Ford - Confidence for the Obedience Dog
E304: Petra Ford - Confidence for the Obedience Dog
Being able to successfully compete in obedience requires a dog who has a confident understanding of each skill and exerc... Read more
18 Mar 2023
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35mins
E298: Nicole Wiebusch and Petra Ford - "Proofing for Performance"
E298: Nicole Wiebusch and Petra Ford - "Proofing for Performance"
Nicole Wiebsuch and Petra Ford joined me to talk about what goes into training fluency that will hold up under the press... Read more
3 Feb 2023
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41mins
E285: Petra Ford - "For Better or Worse: Sticking with Training"
E285: Petra Ford - "For Better or Worse: Sticking with Training"
Training and trialing with our dogs isn't always easy — Petra and I talk about how to handle it when errors happen, and ... Read more
28 Oct 2022
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32mins
E264 - Petra Ford - "Thriving Under Pressure"
E264 - Petra Ford - "Thriving Under Pressure"
Walking into the competition ring comes with pressure! Petra and I talk about how to create a positively conditioned emo... Read more
1 Apr 2022
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29mins
E240: Petra Ford - Fitness for the Sports Dog
E240: Petra Ford - Fitness for the Sports Dog
Description: Petra Ford and I talk about how fitness can help optimize your dogs performance in the sport or sports of ... Read more
15 Oct 2021
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25mins
E234: Sara Brueske, Sarah Stremming & Petra Ford - "Pressure in Training"
E234: Sara Brueske, Sarah Stremming & Petra Ford - "Pressure in Training"
Description: Pressure in dog training can have a lot of different meanings and factors in a variety of ways — in this e... Read more
3 Sep 2021
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1hr 13mins
E202: Petra Ford -"Optimal States of Arousal for Training and Competition"
E202: Petra Ford -"Optimal States of Arousal for Training and Competition"
Description: Arousal matters... in today's episode I talk to Petra Ford about how to find that perfect balance, where y... Read more
22 Jan 2021
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32mins
E185: Petra Ford - "What goes into heelwork?"
E185: Petra Ford - "What goes into heelwork?"
Description: Ever wondered what it takes for your dog to accomplish beautiful heads up heeling? Petra and I talk about ... Read more
25 Sep 2020
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27mins
E173: Petra Ford - "Keeping Heeling Fun + New Puppies!"
E173: Petra Ford - "Keeping Heeling Fun + New Puppies!"
Description: Many dogs lose their enthusiasm for heeling once they begin to train patterns — we talk about keeping heeli... Read more
2 Jul 2020
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32mins
E148: Petra Ford - "Conditioned for Excellence in Obedience"
E148: Petra Ford - "Conditioned for Excellence in Obedience"
Description: Petra and I talk about the fitness that is required of our competitive obedience dogs... and how working on... Read more
10 Jan 2020
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31mins