Esteban, Sarah, and Jennifer share personal experiences and unpack the common stereotypes around male and female dogs in agility. With Esteban running girls, Sarah running boys, and Jennifer having trained both, the trio brings a range of perspectives and lands in the same place: the sex of a dog matters a lot less than people think.

• Why Esteban, Sarah, and Jennifer each gravitate toward (or away from) a particular sex and what actually drove those choices
• The most common stereotypes about male vs. female dogs in agility, and how much truth the three coaches find in them
• Why limiting your puppy search by sex may cause you to overlook the dog that could be your best partner yet
• How other factors like temperament, drive, relationship, and timing outweigh sex when it comes to finding and developing a great agility dog

• Canine Handler Fitness
• Saint Rocco's Treats

In this episode, Esteban, Sarah, and Jennifer sit down with Peter Wirth, the handler of that amazing Corgi, 8″ National Champion Welly. We also discuss the challenges of this year's courses, including the low Q rates, multiple falls off the dogwalk, and the weave pole challenge that eliminated half the Finals field.

• What Peter and Jennifer thought about the high number of weave pole faults in the Finals
• What the Q rates were in both Prelims and Finals and what they tell us
• What this year's NAC might signal about the future direction of course design

• Hammy the Corgi as a Potato
• Episode 379: The Medium-Speed Dog's Guide to NAC

Does the difference between 4-foot and 5-foot bars really matter in dog agility? In this episode, we dig into how bar width impacts everything from course design to your dog's performance, and why this seemingly small difference can have bigger implications than you might think.

• How 4-foot vs 5-foot bars affect course design and handling decisions
• Whether bar width changes your dog's jumping mechanics and consistency
• Why Jennifer and Esteban don't like opening a course with a tire followed immediately by the dogwalk

• Episode 129: The Connection Paradigm

• Canine Handler Fitness