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Oh yeah Welcome to the 40th anniversary of McCann professional dog trainers this Weekend we’re doing all kinds of fun Things here at our training facility We’re doing workshops recall races we’re Allowing people to try some agility just For fun but the thing that I really want To share with you today is something That I’m really excited about is the McCann Dog Stars agility competition Here in the McCann dogs Arena let’s go Take a look We’re nearing the end of the day you Guys saw my wind-blown hair and uh we Are nearing the end of day one at our McCann dogs 40th anniversary it’s been a Lot of fun maybe you joined us last Night at the live stream where we had a Chance to sit down with Marty and Deb McCann kale and I um It was it was really something that we Were really looking forward to and I’m Really glad that we had an opportunity To do a talk about the history of dog Training we’re in McCann professional Dog trainers has come from where McCann Professional dog trainers is going Actually you can check that video out on Our Channel if you haven’t seen it yet But today today we got something that’s A little bit different we’re going to Have our McCann Dog All-Stars agility Show not only are we going to do the
Agility show but we’ve got a rally Obedience show maybe you know what that Is maybe this is your first time seeing It we’ve got instructor Carol who you Might know from the channel five-time World champion of disc dog she’s going To be doing a bit of a demo I think We’ve got a couple of Tricks planned I’m Just excited to share this opportunity With you guys share this uh the event But as we sort of tick down the the uh Last the last hour of day one if you are Local make sure you pop by tomorrow We’re going to be running the same uh Hours I think it’s something like 10 to Four nine to four something like that We’re gonna be doing demonstrations We’ll be doing tours of the facility We’ll go through the can dogs history We’re also going to be doing McCann Dog All-Stars agility show we’re going to be Doing try your own agility we have a Couple of rings set up outside so that You can join us you know give your dog An opportunity to go through go through A tire maybe go through a tunnel go over One of our little A-frames we also have Something that’s been really fun to Watch over the course of the day today It’s something we called recall races And I know I think I a couple minutes Ago I just filmed that the intro for you Guys where we set the dog up um at one End we have these laser timers and uh
It’s time so you call your dog to come You go to the end of the ring you call Your dog to come and then we time the Distance we’ve got some pretty wild Times in there dogs of all shapes all Breeds all sizes putting in like two and A half second recalls down I think it’s I would I would guess maybe it’s like 80 Feet or something like that maybe it’s 100 feet but really fun to watch them go You guys can see there’s all sorts of Things happening behind us here we have Uh TV Crews all sorts of people you know Some of our Spectators I know there’s People that are still out in around the Building checking out all the things we Have to see today but I’m going to show You speaking of seas I want to show you The Sea of blue shirts in the corner You’ve been trying to trip over anything But look behind me Look at these are the canned dog Trainers let’s go let’s go check it see What these guys are doing Now something that I love to do in our Train station show I can’t see the chat Right now but um our producer can see it He’s gonna send me any anything Important that I need to mention but let Me know where you’re joining this show From I love during our train stations Lives when I find out the places all Over the world that people are joining Us online and YouTube or in our online
Training programs from I actually just Found out today we have a student in Knock knock Iceland which was very cool I looked at we have this really great Map that uh Dan moderator redhead made Of all our students representing the World and it’s really cool to see that Much blue but I didn’t even know that Knock knock was maybe the capital of Iceland pretty cool for me to discover But let me know in the chat where you’re Joining us from you might see some Familiar faces here depending on Depending on what videos you’re bail Watch maybe this is your first time here If that’s the case my name is Ken Steve I’m a professional dog trainer here at McCann dogs you’ve joined us on the Right day today is our 40th anniversary Celebration it’s going all weekend in Fact but we’re going to be doing a Agility demo this is something that we Used to do a lot we used to do a lot of Agility shows all over the world but in The last couple years it’s been a little Tougher Guilty and Frisbee and rally competition Here and we like to welcome you all and If you’re outside A lot warmer in New York come on in grab A piece of grass and sit down and enjoy Yourselves we have a bunch of our Trainers here today a bunch of our bunch Of trainers here today all that are
Going to compete in agility you’re going To see all kinds of different dogs uh Actually let’s do a closer why not [Music] Go in and just say hello to these guys [Music] Some of our amazing McCann dogs trainers All getting ready to do the Big Show Today so these are really exciting I Love these events and I remember when I Went to my first lesson one at McCann Dogs we do a bit of a smaller modified Version of the agility show it’s indoors Of course But it was so much fun to watch and um I Think you guys are gonna enjoy it today We’re actually we have a couple things Happening here we’re going to have a Judge who’s judging things like the Contact points now if you’re familiar With agility you might know that as the Dog comes down they need to hit that Yellow Mark they’re also going to be Judging bars not we’re going to be Setting up a 12 weave pulse and the Dog’s got to go through each and every One of those weed poles we’re also going To be timing each of these races and What we’ve done is set up a camera in The corner for you guys at home to see What the time is I’m gonna get the heck Out of the way and we’re gonna go Maybe to a different camera So that you guys don’t miss any of this
Action Out here with all the equipment and they Said I want to go out and crawl through That tunnel I know one cup we were doing A a show at Ontario Place and as I was Looking around Um just making sure we’re all set very Fast dog on the line ready to go I Looked in a tunnel and there was a Little two-year-old boy sitting in there Thinking he was just the greatest thing Through sliced bread it would have been A disaster had the dog gone but nothing Happened we got him out and he just Desperately wanted to play so hang on to Those kids hang on those dogs you can Make as much noise as you want you can Clap you can hear the dogs love to uh Have that energy in the house so we hope You enjoy the show without further Ado Uh do please help me welcome the McCann Dark Stars Entertainment team Excuse me [Music] [Music] This uh this is uh actually one of the Dog’s favorite part of doing the show They just love that running they think That’s uh the greatest Club running Around there [Music] We’re going to start the first one with A sports ahead and Sport called rallies And it’s a brownie has been around for
Several years and it’s really grown here In the hand in the past few years many Times Along with all kinds of students just Been growing we now have three classes a Week a team and deal with the rally Students wanting to train your dog and The various process your workshops and Many of our staff any students have Earned a lot of titles neurology and Involvements recognize instructor Check this out it’s pretty fun watching And Um [Music] Thank you So [Music] You’re working on equipment Um [Music] Society Which is a difficult story [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I know a lot of our students come to the Class and the teachers Take their dogs on the walk and it was Not too hard to get their dogs to this Stage where they are working lovely Coffee and he can be as well done so That was a very interesting
You know a lot of people think fiance Signals are very impressive but they’re Actually easier to teach a dog [Music] [Applause] Foreign Thank you [Applause] But I also didn’t want to be in the Morning [Music] Candy That died [Music] [Applause] [Applause] Thank you very much So that’s fine and what’s even more Impressive for those of you who have uh Seen maybe a couple videos we talked About it but Carol instructor Carol in The end here with Thorpe black and white Border collie he’s totally deaf so keep In mind that dog completely deaf Five-time world champion of desktop that Is something that you might not be aware Of and it’s a sport called tribal And uh you’re gonna see a demo it’s Pretty cool check it out [Music] Um Right now Um [Music]
So now she said well Let’s watch her show world how canines Dunk from basketball [Applause] Thank you Okay now you see these walls at this end There is a brand new sport called tribal The consumers are doing all kinds of Different steel involved involved Different size balls big ones little Ones [Music] And The dog is required to perform the trips To one side Um Using her nose Foreign [Music] [Applause] Thank you [Applause] Very soon [Music] [Music] Together Thank you Oh see okay [Music] He died [Music] [Music] So he just he just said [Music]
[Applause] Foreign [Applause] Ever left Okay [Music] These 11 year old Border Collie and Trying to carry on the tradition [Music] [Applause] Now disc I was so excited about this Performance from the first show I just Couldn’t wait to get to it [Music] [Music] [Music] So let’s enjoy Carol and Thor Foreign [Music] [Applause] [Applause] Oh My God [Applause] [Applause] Foreign [Applause] [Music] Foreign [Applause] Foreign [Applause] Border collie names the bird and he has Not been doing this as long
Carol actually rescued him at age five And for the last two years have been Training him to do uh gifts and I think He just started competing in uh just Trial but they’ve watched the difference In his speed and his uh athleticism he’s Going to be very fit and very clean and I think they’re really enjoy this Foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Come here Big Air Together [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Yourself [Music] [Music] [Applause] Foreign [Applause] Gonna start to grow and there were People I know I know super fun I think Everybody really enjoyed watching it Nice job great That’s awesome it’s so much fun watching Her do her disc routines sometimes we’ll Be uh on the train of Civilian studio And we’ll see uh instructor Carol
Outback practicing some of her routine And she has like a special disc Dog Festival so the dog can like bounce off The listening skills as well as the Technical abilities we actually have a Video on the channel that talks about How to throw like instructor Carol and There’s the trick that I learned from Her that has to do can’t remote is Called maybe the Hilty or something it’s Like it’s like a certain way you turn Your wrist really beneficial if you know How to throw for your dog makes it Easier for them to catch but now we’re Going to move into the agility show Which is I think what we’re here for is Let’s Dive Right In they depend on Verbal cues and hand signals Um to tell them where to go next and Which obstacles to do they do know all The obstacles by name and they Understand Verbal commands and going away to work With the dogs I want to point out a few Things to you the the polls in the Middle they’re called weave pools and That’s one of the most difficult Obstacles to teach a dog to do the dogs Have to enter with that first hole on Their right and then weave their way Through the poles reaching the other end Without missing a pool it’s very Difficult So we’re going to have a timer camp set
Up for you guys so that you can see what The times are As We Roll Along and Deb’s Just explaining some of the uh you know The fine details about how the judge is Going to judge this competition uh You’ll see the dogs quickly get their Confidence and and do very well with This the way it’s stored in dog agility For this competition right now is that It is based on time we have a Time clock And we will Time Each dog as they go Through but it’s not just a race of Speed the dogs have to be able to do all The obstacles properly so if they do Make a mistake or a fault as we call it They will have a five second penalty Added to their time at the end now we Have a referee Andrea out here is going To be watching to make sure everything Is done properly if the dog knocks a Pool then that’s a fall if the dog Misses a contact Zone which is the Contact obstacles are the dog walk the Teeter-totter and the A-frame and you’ll Notice the yellow zone at the bottom There the rules require that the dog get Their front feet in that Um yellow zone and that’s a safety Feature we don’t want the dogs launching From the top of the A-frame or the dog Walk or flying off the teeter-totter so They must complete that obstacle fully Or it’s a fault now if the dog happens To take the wrong uh obstacle out of
Order or sometimes the Handler sends a Dog out of order but they have to follow The correct path and if they Veer off That path then that is a fault we’ll go To a referee at the end of each dog and She will indicate how many faults on the Course and we will keep a track of the Dog that has the fastest sign that the Viewer fewest number of mistakes we have A Winner’s Podium at the far end When the dog that is in first place will Remain there until another dog knocks Them off with a faster time with a few With less mistakes so I think we’re all Set to go We have our first dog coming to the line This uh is Jade McNeely and it’s a German Shorthaired Pointer this is Otis He’s a bit of a rookie uh Jade has Trained her dog through all the levels Of obedience and uh is entered into uh Three levels of agility classes uh and She’s a rookie because she’s never done A show in this kind of venue she’s not Competed yet so please give her lots of Love as she makes her way around the Course This is Jade and Otis [Music] [Music] That’s all the back side jump because The dog had to go around That’s not a fault because it’s just a Little bit of a mess there
You got me gotta touch that yellow on The way down You know Jade is rewarding him because He is still a rookie so he uh he’s Getting all positive reinforcements for A job well done yeah the teeter-tart is A little tough You’ve been lifting really well you just Tie those weeds holes again he had Somehow [Applause] [Music] He had some wires on that we pulled to Help him Okay and here we come down to the Finish Line over that pink Jumpman [Applause] So I think uh was that clean do we have A clean run so the time of 68.79 and uh that wasn’t pretty good Because he’s a rookie and she took her Time you know rewarding the dog on the Contacts and now we’re removing the Weave the training age for the weeds and Most of the other dogs will have learned To do the weeds completely and are ready To do without the training age so All right let’s bring the next dog up And this is one of our favorites the dog Is on her shoulder if you’re wondering Where the dog is This is a little toy poodle she’s nine Years old uh she doesn’t really compete In agility although she’s trained to do
It all her favorite activity in life is Snuggling up on a blanket on the couch She’s just a love bug Um but this is Andrew McRae and she’s Going to show you just what a little What a little toy poodle can do Angela and hippie hippie [Music] You’ll notice that the jump Heights are Lower Is he listening well and watch how hard Angela has to go running besides his Little dog motivating her Encouraging her to go as fast as she can As fast as a whoa this is a tough one When you’re really little [Music] Thank you Just giving it her all Let’s uh gear Around the home runs Over this jump into the tunnel [Music] [Applause] [Music] How about that Angela McRae in hippie Hippie Shake she’s running away Angela Angela hey Ann Hey Look at it What a run beautiful we pull how did you Feel through your run I felt good but it Is exhausting no there’s a lot of work It’s really great lots of fun to watch Super fun yeah awesome
This is this is a border collie named Cat and he’s he’s nine years old Um and uh he was actively competing he Is actively competing now even though He’s a little bit older he’s considered A veteran once you hit seven years old You become a veteran and uh an Interesting fact is that last August at The Canadian national championship Pat Placed second in his jump height Division so Now the surprise you’re gonna see is he Is a very well trained dog he’s been Doing this for quite a while and and now Is going to attempt to move as little as Possible Um and try to direct cap around the room Um by the use of verbal commands and and Body or hand signals so we need you to Be a little bit more quiet on this one To make sure cap can get his Direction Because nella’s not going to run run With him so let’s hope it all works I’m Confident Please welcome Nell and calf [Music] I was told to turn right [Music] Stopped on his contact like a good boy a Lot of get out commands as he’s been Told to get out to the obstacle he needs To go to [Music] And turn left that’s it
Okay well so far so good What a good boy what’s great great Listeners [Applause] Okay with an unbelievable gay time of 48.82 seconds don’t you think that was a Magnificent performance let’s hear it For cash Not quite fast enough for first place That little stinker hippie hippie hippie Shake uh is hanging on to first place Less than a second difference at 47.08 is that right 47.06 is the time to be Okay now we’ve got another uh a bit of a Rarer breed um That You Don’t See too Often this is what we call a smooth Folly you all know what uh rough color Looks like the Lassie dog well this is The same dog only it comes in the smooth Coat Julie really likes the smooth coat Better than the rough coat Um and this is Blaze and he’s been Through all the obedience and again he’s Into the competition skills class of dog Agility so please enjoy Julie and Blaze [Music] Side jumps which is more difficult than The front Make his contact on the yellow [Music] Let’s see how blade [Music] All the dogs are listening very very
Well today Very well trained and here we come for The last batch I don’t know [Music] No pose on that was a clean run time of 49.60 Um that was a very good run that little Uh black and white Muppet down there is Uh had an amazing run and is hanging in With a 47.06 Okay another a little bit different Breed is uh this dog is a Norwegian Elkhound and uh this is Megan Kitchener Who comes uh two hours I think from Walkerton twice a week to teach class And train her dog Um and he’s also done all the obedience Classes and is now into Um one of the top levels of uh the Agility classes but he’s a rookie as far As competition goes so please encourage Megan and her dog Roland Thank you [Music] [Music] You can see that the dog really loved This sport it’s just a great Sport and You don’t have to compete you can do it Just we have recreational classes where You can just come out and learn how to Do it all and have fun running your dog [Music] I I don’t compete anymore but going to Class with my dog is the highlight of my
Week So much fun Rowan’s doing a great job here [Applause] So hippie shaking Angela are still in The lead 47.06 and we need to talk to our current Leaders Angela three dogs have gone Since you and hippie fever run how do You feel about your position right now Oh I’m pretty excited oh absolutely She’s doing great Wait bro Yay good dearly amazing what do you Think your odds are remaining in the top Spot until the end of the competition There’s some pretty fast dogs coming up Ken there are some very I’m not sure my Rain may come to it but for now you and Hippie Shake can enjoy the first place All right thanks Back to you this is a border collie She’s eight years old she’s the love of My life The dog not the kids She is too Um but I unless he is Agility many years ago now lives in Victoria BC so she hasn’t done this too Much and this is the first time today That she’s ever handled my dog so keep Your fingers crossed please welcome Lucky McCann and purple [Applause]
[Music] Gotta keep up with her left [Music] Up up [Music] [Applause] [Music] Well very very good job Here’s the thing about dog agility it’s Not just about having the fastest dog You have to be able to run clean as well Now fast can get your way ahead but you Have to make sure that you you know you Touch the contacts that you don’t go off Course if you don’t pop out of the weave Poles and this is what we’re seeing if These shaking hands are still in the top Spot because they had a clean run and Hippies relatively fast there’s a lot of Fast dogs coming up let’s see if they Remain there handling that uh race car Around the course myself Troll Song agility this is her newest dog or Her youngest dog and he is just getting Ready to to hit the competitive scene uh Doing very very well I think you’ll Really enjoy his speed and accuracy Please and uh welcome uh Chris and Nia [Music] [Applause] Yeah give up her toy Foreign [Music]
[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] New leader Chris Kroll and Nia uh pretty Exciting They actually took first place by about Four and a half seconds so that’s a Pretty significant jump up into first Place now we mentioned there’s some fast Dogs coming up These dogs continue getting faster and Faster and faster so will Chris and niak Be able to obtain their spot in first Place over the next few dogs I mean I Guess it just remains to be seen a lot Of training and a lot of uh you know Time is put into teaching these dogs Each of the individual skills and Building up their speed and building up Their conference you know something we Talk about around here is slow is smooth And smooth ends up being fast so all of This training that these instructors Have worked on little bits and pieces Little tweaks that they’re making make Their dogs faster through the course and The next dog is an absolute Ferrari Question is will rob be able to keep Ketchup on the right track we’re gonna Find out and catch up Thank you [Music] Whoops it easy
[Music] He’s just learned to go this boy [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Thank you You know uh ketchup there has a time of 39.61 he had one mistake earlier in the Course had he not The last jump even with his fault he Would have been able to take first place But Um ketchup just didn’t wait left his uh Back feet enough going over that final Jump but a job well done Rob and catcher All right Okay we’ve hit a few Border Collies this Is uh another German Shorthair Point Here just like Otis who we met earlier Um she’s a six-year-old female and uh is Quite a little agility star Christine Tried out for the uh 2023 uh Canadian World team and she will be going to the Netherlands next year representing Canada This is Christine Kubota and her dog Friday [Music] She likes to tell everybody how much fun She’s having [Applause]
[Music] Foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Okay so close Did anybody remember the time to be 47 [Music] 40 oh 42 34 and uh Friday comes in at 42.78 so a few tenths of a second Between those two times job well done Um Uh Christine and Friday [Music] Okay this is Steve if any of you are Online students you have probably met Steve he does a lot of work with the Online classes Um this is his young border collie final He’s only three years old and is doing a Really amazing Can I was going to play Steve was Fortunate enough to represent Canada at The world champions in August of 2022 And did a wonderful job especially Because he’s three years old and has Never had an opportunity Um with everything that’s going on in The world to get much experience at the High level competition but wait he has a Future you’re gonna see this dog um uh Do well in the upcoming years please
Welcome final With Steve motoring them around this Course He’s what we call a smooth border collie Traditional black and white Wow he’s lifting well everything’s going Great so far look at that tail folks Watch him use his tail as a oh As a runner he’ll use his tail as a Rudder to motor him through that door [Music] [Applause] [Music] Wow At the tunnel yeah he didn’t quite go in Smoothly and still posted 37-7-4 what a Remarkable run that was So Steve you got to go down the other End that’s it uh say goodbye to Nayak And uh that’s gonna be That’s gonna be a pretty hard time to Beat I think Okay this is sort of interesting this is Jamie Morrow uh with her border collie And following Jamie is hail McCann Jamie And kale are best buddies for the last 10 or 12 years going to many many Competitions together overseas Um Jamie has a young two-year-old dog Haley has a six-year-old dog but has Been unable to get into many Competitions because of the pandemic and Such and uh Jamie won the show at 10 30 This morning
And Kelly even though she loves Jamie to Death is out for Revenge So please enjoy our youngest dog here Today two-year-old bore smooth border Collie named smooch [Music] Thank you [Music] Foreign [Music] [Applause] Unfortunately [Music] Unfortunately I think we had a Miscontact on the dog walks and you know That’s exactly how difficult this story Is a missed contact you guys have a Blazingly fast smooch to smooth border Collie wise now it’s time for uh Because a fraction of a second in the Last competition that we had here Earlier today now it’s beeline for those Of you who have been on the channel a Long time you’ll have seen beeline grow Up you may have seen beeline actually Compete it’s an agility but uh she’s Blazing really fast but as I mentioned She has to be accurate too the time I’m Not sure you guys are in the chat I know The time to Beat It I forget but What’s the time to beat Time to beat The time time to Beat It
37.79 37.79 can be line be faster than that 34. 34-29 34-29 okay see what happens And uh uh and uh very important to our Business in terms of classes and Organization and online and everything She’s involved with but she’s also one Of the best uh dog trainers agility Trainers and coaches uh around uh this Is beeline this is uh This is your fourth or fifth quarter Fifth Quarter poly that she’s trained Many World Championships in fact 21 World Championships prior to having this Dog she’s she was in the wao world Championship in Netherlands last year Did very well but it’s a little bit of An experience but he’s never competed at The high end she has also been asked to Come back and represent Canada in the 2023 World Championship uh next summer So it all comes down to this how fast Can you go without making a mistake Please enjoy Kim McCann and beeline Foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] ER [Music] [Applause] Um [Music]
By a fraction of a second here in the Can and beeline 34.02. Three tenths of a second target decided To put the brakes on at the last minute And those back feet clearly got in that Yellow zone so congratulations the Winner Very exciting that was pretty exciting To watch let me know did you guys enjoy The agility show let me know in the chat Congratulations kale and Fila in a Blazing fast run I wanted to run so fast What do you think Buddy way to go [Music] Feline loves her McCann dogs talk Actually all weekend 25 off of all of Our toys yeah fuzzy ball talk in the Store the other thing I wanted to Mention is that all donations that are Coming in for us this weekend last night For our show all kinds of super chats Thank you guys for donating all of the Donations this weekend or going to the Ontario Veterinary College uh canine Cancer research and super good cause We’re excited about the opportunity to Help them celebrate great work the thing I want to mention is if you are in the Area tomorrow drop by the McCann Professional dog trainers training Facility we’re doing this all over again On that note at the end of day one thank
You guys for joining us I hope you Enjoyed this show I can’t wait until I See you next time in the train station Happy training guys bye for now