Running Contacts
New video running contact training videos from Nina Mayer and Jay.
This is a page of links to single videos that are compilations of the Trkman running-contact method. Most of them show the process from beginning to end but are short of detail. They are useful as a summary of the process and also a way to see lots of different types of dogs being trained. [...]
Kathy Mazzola has posted lots of nice footage of her running-contact training with her Border Collie Gorgeous. On her YouTube channel there are 16 videos showing many stages of training. The videos begin at the very early plank stage and go right to full contacts. Kathy has worked sequences into her plank work, which I [...]
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Nina and her border Collie Jay live in Germany. They are training running-contacts using Silvia Trkman’s method. She has a blog/website that has a lot of agility posts on it. It is written in German so I am unable to tell you much more about it. Nina’s YouTube Channel has a lot of European agility [...]
Wendy Pendleton has some video of her training process with her awesome Golden Retriever, Cheetah. Wendy is training a running A-Frame using Rachel Sanders box method. The videos are on her YouTube Channel. I’ve created a playlist of them for easy viewing but I’m sure more will be added to her Channel as time goes [...]
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Today I noticed an article by Tracy Sklenar in Dog Sport Magazine. At the moment the article can be read on-line as a sample article. Tracy talks about some of the things to consider when choosing between stopped contacts and running-contacts. There are some thoughts on the differences in training and maintainance of both types [...]
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Ingerid Magrete lives in Norway and is currently training her dog Orkan to do running contacts using Sylvia Trkman’s method. Orkan is a yellow Schipperke, born in February 2008. Ingerid is talking about the training process on her blog The Wins and Losses of a Clicker Trained Agility Dog. You can search the blog for [...]
I discovered some more video links. This time from Swedish Trainer Emilie Svensson. Emelie has a YouTube playlist of her running-contact training with her PyrShep Magi. She also has a blog that is related but it is in Swedish so I can’t tell you much about it. The Playlist starts at the end of the [...]
I’ve added a new trainer to the running-contact training videos and blog entries. The newest trainer is from Melanie Miller from North Carolina. Melanie documents the training of her Border Collie Smitten, in her blog and on YouTube. It’s a thorough account showing the full training process. The link to Melanie’s web site, blog and [...]
Melanie Miller owns Agile Minds Agility in Raleigh, North Carolina. Melanie has had great success with her Visla Austin. Melanie’s Blog has a lot of posts relating her experiences with training running contacts with her Border Collie Smitten. Most are tagged Smitten & Board. On her YouTube Channel Melanie documents her training process for running [...]