The Wrong End of the Tunnel

Neil Ellis is a world renowned dog agility judge, and is judging at the European Open 2024. Neil also runs a charity, and series of shows in the UK called Iconix and has many other exciting plans in the pipeline. I had a great conversation with Neil, i hope you enjoy :)

James is a multiple medal winner for Team Great Britain in international competition with his medium cocker spaniel, Willow. Currently he also competes in UK in grade 7 with Willow and his border collie, Bay. This conversation was recorded just after the European Championships where James won two Bronze medals, and just before he left to go to compete in the AWCs. We wish you good luck in the Czech Republic! I hope you enjoy.

Daisy Peel is a good friend and top level agility handler and trainer, competing for and in America. She has years of expprience competing at the highest level, and i thoroughly enjoyed our chat. I hope you do, too. She is also the owner of the online training platform www.theagilitychallenge.com Go and take a look!

This week we welcome good friend and European Open Agility Gold medallist in the small height category, and silver medal in the Large teams, Martin Reid. I hope you enjoy.

This week we welcome international medallist in dog agility, dog trainer, dog breeder and all round good guy, Max Sprinz. Max has competed on the German team for many years, in multiple heights, and in todays episode we get to know him a little more, and how he thinks. I hope you enjoy

This week is the start of a "spin - off" series that we will upload to our channel. For those wanting to keep updated with happenings of the podcast, you can do so here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093313054171 I will be interviewing people in our agility/ dog training community, to better get an idea of how they think, what their opinions are, and steal some knowledge in the hope to be able to crush them in competition....Not really, we just have a nice chat Me and Dave Munnings have put together some questions, in the hope that everyone's answers can give you a different insight into the world of dog agility. These will be interspersed between our normal podcasts. This first week we are fortunate enough to welcome the world renowned dog agility competitor and trainer Dan Shaw . Tell a friend who might like it, and let me know what you thought in the comments!

In this episode, Dave and Kert delve deep into the intricate world of dog behaviour at agility shows. With their combined decades of top-level competition experience (mostly Daves') they bring you insights and stories that shine a light on the often unseen and un-talked about side of the agility ring.

This started off as a chat about life before agility, and ended up being a general chat. Hope you enjoy!

We talk about what Iconix is. Why we love it. Why you should love it! Who is going to the next one?? Here is the Facebook page for anyone interested. Feel free to share it with your friends and anyone else you think might enjoy. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093313054171

In this episode, we explore the exciting world of the Crufts dog show and what it takes to compete in the dog agility competition. We share insights on the history and significance of Crufts, as well as the unique challenges and opportunities of competing in one of the world's most prestigious dog shows. Dave shares his tips and advice on how to prepare for the competition. Mentally and physically!