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Grafik: Glühbirne mit Kompassstern, Tunnel und Sprung, darunter Agility Campus Wissen

Here you will find in-depth articles on all kinds of topics around dog training and agility. Because I have a background in psychology, every article has a pinch of learning psychology in it: why your dog learns something, and why sometimes it just doesn't. And at the end there are always concrete action steps you can put into practice right away in your next training session.

Mindset

Not Yet Instead of Fail: Growth Mindset in Training

If an exercise hasn't worked for months, it's rarely down to your dog. What growth mindset really means in dog training and how to spot fixed mindset thinking in yourself.

Lernen

The Cue You Never Trained

Your dog reacts to signals you never taught it. How the habit loop works and how you can use habits on purpose in your training.

Mindset

Flow in Agility: Why Some Runs Feel Different

Some runs feel as if everything happens on its own. What goes on in your head and in your dog's head, and how you can create the conditions for it.

Foundations

The One-Minute Revolution

Is your dog sniffing instead of working with you? Why a single minute often builds more connection than a whole training session.

Lernen

Knowing vs. Doing

It works perfectly at home, and somewhere else suddenly not at all. Why knowing and doing are two different things and how you train the step in between.

The European Open 2025, Part 2: What Silver Taught Me About Pressure, Mistakes and Success

Experiences

EO 2025, Part 2: What Silver Taught Me

Team competition, individual runs and a silver medal that stayed on my mind more than I expected. What I learned in Portugal about pressure, mistakes and success.

The European Open 2025, Part 1: How Move and I Prepared for Portugal

Experiences

EO 2025, Part 1: Preparing for Portugal

3,000 kilometers, intense heat and a very special competition: how Move and I prepared for the European Open 2025 in Portugal.

6 Valuable Tips for a Successful First Start in Agility

Youngsters

6 Tips for Your First Start in Agility

The first start in agility is an exciting moment for every dog and handler! In Germany, the first start is possible from 18 months. Here we have the A0 class, in which some …

Youngsters

When and How Can My Puppy Start?

Today we have gained a deeper understanding of canine development. The learning process begins the moment your four-legged friend enters our lives, whether we are aware of it or not.

The Focus Cue: Foundation for Distance Work

Foundations

The Focus Cue as a Foundation for Distance Work

Agility has changed rapidly: sequences have to be handled at a distance. How to build obstacle focus: mostly without your own equipment and in a small space.

Skills

3 Simple Challenges for Small Spaces

Very few agility handlers have their own course right on their doorstep. When I was a student, I lived in 25 square meters. And I trained anyway. Three exercises for small spaces.

Foundations

Keeping the Balance: 3 Valuable Pillars

“Everything will be different with the next dog.” You hear this resolution a lot. Why an extreme focus on one area becomes a problem and how building drive, impulse control and thinking skills are connected.

Skills

Seesaw Training: The 5 Most Common Mistakes

Luring instead of shaping, no clear end position, starting too early, holding the seesaw with your hand and overestimating your own dog's skills: the five mistakes I see most often.

Reading alone is not enough

From reading to training

Here I explain the principle. If you want to put it into practice with your dog step by step, you will find the right training plan for it in the course library.

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