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When perfections steals your joy. joy perfection Sep 23, 2025

How many times have you walked into the ring with a process goal in mind — “connect,” “commit to my rituals,” “breathe”? And yet, when the run is over, the first thing you measure is the outcome: did we Q?

 

This is one of the biggest mindset traps in dog sports. We say we’re focused on the proces...

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Are you still having fun? joy rest Jun 13, 2023

June can be kind of intense, especially in the AKC agility community. 

(For those of you untouched by this madness, June 30th marks the last day to qualify for the Invitational in Orlando in December.)

 

And while many of you are "marked safe" from the craziness of qualifying, we could all use th...

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