Course Details
The essential components of success in canine performance sports include attention, focus, and engagement. In the dynamic world of dog sports, overcoming external stimuli, or distractions, is paramount. The ability of a dog to maintain focus not only defines their success but directly influences the confidence levels of both the dog and the handler.
Explore the nuances of attention, focus, and engagement as distinct yet interrelated elements that are key to a successful performance. Understand the significance of these abilities and how they contribute to creating a dynamic partnership between you and your canine companion.
This session will bring fun games designed to aid in developing our dogs' desire to stay connected and kindle our dog's enthusiasm for maintaining attention, focus, and engagement.
About the Instructor:
Julie Flanery CPDT-KA has been working professionally with dogs and their owners since 1993. Her focus is helping people form strong relationships with their dogs, through clear communication, and positive reinforcement.
She has placed Obedience, Freestyle, Rally, Rally-FrEe, Agility, Trick Dog and Parkour titles on her dogs and has earned a Championships in Heelwork-to-Music and a Grand Championship in Freestyle and Elite Grand Championship MCL in Rally-FrEe. She has achieved both High Technical Merit and High Artistic Merit in both Freestyle and Heelwork to Music several times over, including three prestigious Attila Challenge awards, as well as several “Top H.A.T.” awards for High Scoring Heelwork, Attention and Teamwork.
In 2012, Julie developed the sport of Rally-FrEe to help freestylers increase the quality and precision of their performances. It has since become a stand-alone sport enjoyed by dog sport enthusiasts all over the world. Julie has been a workshop and seminar presenter both nationally and internationally and in 2022 wrote the book “Joy of Heeling – Building Confidence, Enthusiasm and Precision through Games”.
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