Fostering Excellence in Agility

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Megan Foster, Founder of Synergy Dog Sports and creator of Fostering Excellence in Agility, shares her passion, knowledge, tips and secrets for all things dog agility. Each episode, she will take you through a critical element of agility training and break down the history of it, the dos and don’ts, as well as some key action steps you can take today to continue your path to excellence. Discover how to approach agility training from a place of wellness and learn how to build an agility training program that fits your needs and fuels your passion for the sport. Megan has taken her experience over the last 25 years and developed a systematic approach to agility that applies the most innovative positive reinforcement techniques to both ends of the leash. Megan not only coaches students on their training and competitive goals but also mentors other dog agility coaches to hone their craft in the dog sport world. Ready to ignite (or re-ignite) your passion for this game? Hit subscribe & let’s go!

Recent Episodes
  • Do I Stop Trialing?
    Apr 22, 2025 – 10:11
  • Preparing for (Any) Event
    Mar 25, 2025 – 16:58
  • Planning Your (Winter) Training
    Mar 19, 2025 – 10:33
  • Walking the Course
    Mar 4, 2025 – 08:31
  • Using Props in Our Training
    Feb 19, 2025 – 11:19
  • Expectations of a "Q"
    Feb 12, 2025 – 16:39
  • Recognizing When Things are Going Wrong
    Feb 4, 2025 – 13:30
  • Making the Most of Your Trial Experience
    Jan 28, 2025 – 12:03
  • Effectively Reducing Reinforcement
    Jan 21, 2025 – 09:25
  • Leaving the Ring Early
    Jan 14, 2025 – 11:10
  • What Does Proofing Look Like?
    Jan 7, 2025 – 19:19
  • Addressing Bar-Knocking Behavior
    Mar 22, 2024 – 35:07
  • Adjusting Criteria in Training
    Feb 22, 2024 – 21:59
  • Recapping Sprint's Agility Debut
    Aug 10, 2023 – 45:05
  • Are You Ready to Compete?
    Jul 20, 2023 – 38:24
  • Using FEO and FnG Effectively
    Jun 8, 2023 – 31:48
  • Agility Course Analysis
    Jun 1, 2023 – 34:29
  • Repairing Startline Behaviors with Sarah Espinoza-Sokal
    Mar 2, 2023 – 01:23:10
  • How Outside the Ring Behaviors Impacts Inside the Ring Behaviors
    Feb 16, 2023 – 37:34
  • How Trialing Informs Your Training
    Jan 28, 2023 – 23:14
  • Training on Their Timeline with Sarah Stremming
    Jan 19, 2023 – 01:05:48
  • Who Should Know Better?
    Jan 12, 2023 – 14:50
  • Increasing Motivation
    Jan 7, 2023 – 20:15
  • Principles of Teaching
    Dec 8, 2022 – 24:55
  • Why Do We Enter Competitions?
    Nov 10, 2022 – 25:45
  • Assessing Your Handling System
    Nov 3, 2022 – 22:53
  • What Are Seminars For?
    Oct 20, 2022 – 25:21
  • Community Q&A: Teeter Training
    Sep 29, 2022 – 27:04
  • Concept Training for Improved Homeschooling
    Sep 8, 2022 – 19:13
  • Improving Training Habits Based on Brain Research
    Sep 1, 2022 – 36:43
  • Stopped vs Running Contacts
    Aug 25, 2022 – 24:19
  • Feedback & Motivation with Liz Joyce
    Aug 11, 2022 – 31:52
  • Technique Training
    Aug 4, 2022 – 34:04
  • Foundation Skills for Agility Dogs
    Jul 28, 2022 – 30:35
  • Essential Skills for Agility Dogs
    Jul 21, 2022 – 32:04
  • Why I Upgraded to Location Specific Reward Markers
    Jul 14, 2022 – 32:06
  • Puppies Part 3: Agility Foundations
    Jul 7, 2022 – 23:40
  • Puppies Part 2: Stop "Should"ing Yourself
    Jun 30, 2022 – 36:45
  • Puppies Part 1: Life & Dog Sports
    Jun 23, 2022 – 22:41
  • Training Plans
    Jun 16, 2022 – 20:21
  • Troubleshooting Your Handling
    Jun 9, 2022 – 26:00
  • Breaking Down Splitting
    Jun 2, 2022 – 26:37
  • Your Mechanics Matter
    May 26, 2022 – 32:07
  • Loopy Agility Training
    May 19, 2022 – 31:24
  • The Big Picture
    May 12, 2022 – 20:15
  • Story Time! Who I am and why I'm here!
    May 5, 2022 – 11:01
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