This 2.5hr workshop will focus on foundation skills and sequencing appropriate for puppies 4 months to 1 year old. Younger puppies will learn important "pre-agility" skills like restrained recalls, start line stays, body awareness exercises, confidence with novelty, engagement, reinforcement skills, forward drive, and shadow handling. Older puppies will work with jumps and tunnels to practice forward extension, collection, commitment, verbal discriminations, and handling basics. The workshop material will be tailored to each team's level, so older dogs that need some work on their foundations are welcome too!
This 2.5hr workshop is for all of the dogs that struggle with focus or engagement during training or competitions. Whether your dog spins up and out of control or gets sniffy and shutdown.... there are skills we can teach our dogs so that they are better about "opting in" to training. If your problem is that your dog is perfect in training but can't bring the same performance to a competition, you will learn how to fade reinforcement from your body, teach value for remote rewards, and develop a ring routine that will help minimize the stress and confusion of the competition environment for your dog. This workshop is appropriate for dogs of all ages, including puppies as young as 4 months old! Start them off right, instead of waiting to fix problems once they arise!
This 2.5hr workshop will cover how to teach a fast, confident, and reliable stopped contact behavior (both 2on-2off or 4on) as well as how to troubleshoot problems you may be having with your current behavior. The workshop material will be tailored to each individual team so dogs just starting out, older retrains, or those just looking for drills to strengthen and proof their existing stopped contact behavior are welcome!
This 2.5hr workshop will focus on short sequences to test skills common in UKI and on AKC ISC courses. Novice to Masters level are welcome and all equipment will be used. An understanding of backsides and threadles, and good obstacle independence is recommended, but teams can also focus on teaching or troubleshooting whatever skills they need help with most!
