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Agility
AG316: Precision Charged Weaves - Handler Choice
Did you miss registration for “AG315 - Precision Charged Weaves Poles” last session? Did you take the class, and would you like to continue to get feedback on your weave progress? This handler’s choice class allo...
Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)
AG385: Power Steering! Fast Transitions from Speed to Collection
In agility, courses rarely require the same speed from start to finish. The goal is for dogs to learn how to power through, fast flowing lines and then transition seamlessly into more technical sequences without ...
Loretta Mueller(Faculty)
AG600: Fit to Jump: Fitness for Agility Dogs
Fitness is useful for all dogs, but especially for those participating in training and competition in performance sports. Working through a complete fitness workout regularly can positively impact cardiovascular ...
Kelly Daniel(Faculty)
Behavior
BH225: Achieving Zen: Building Confidence and Calm
Helping animals learn to relax and feel more confident here, there, and everywhere Is the animal you live with struggling with confidence? Do they have a tough time relaxing? Does every little thing spiral...
Irith Bloom(Faculty)
BH230: Control Unleashed - A Deep Dive into Pattern Games
Bring the power of Control Unleashed into your training with this deep dive into CU Pattern Games! Control Unleashed is a program that was founded by Leslie McDevitt to help dogs adapt to and live comforly in our...
Kim Palermo(Faculty)
BH275: Reactive Integration
Reactive Integration Skills for the Fearful, Frustrated, or Forward Dog In this class we will help to identify what the basis is for your dogs reactivity. It isn’t always fear-based. It can even start out as fea...
Karen Deeds, CDBC (Faculty)
BH400: The Social Approach
Welcome to the The Social Approach! I’m so happy to introduce you to the project I've been been working on for more than a year now with Josefin Linderström of Canine Consilience! She and I have been exploring bl...
Amy Cook, PhD(Faculty)Amy Cook PhD & Josefin Linderström(Faculty)
BH405: Composed & Focused Around Critters
This class is for the dogs who just cannot ignore the scent, sight and/or sound of prey animals or birds, making walks with them difficult to enjoy. Prey drive is one of the fundamental parts of making dogs who t...
Tracey McLennan(Guest Instructors)
Body, Health & Fitness
CC230: Construct a Winning Conditioning Plan for Your Sport Dog
Build a Winning Conditioning Plan! Fitness and conditioning are the foundation of everything we do with our dogs, whether they compete in sports, step into the conformation ring, or simply enjoy an active life b...
Ashley Escobar(Faculty)
Electives
FE345: Imitation and Mimicry - You Can Do It
Are you ready for the next step in your journey with your dog? Are you ready to communicate in a way few have explo? You’ve heard of it! You know you want to do it! You can! And so can your dog! &nb...
Julie Flanery(Faculty)
FF245: Stunt Dog Tricks
Want to train fun, active tricks that "wow" your friends? This class focuses on teaching more extreme tricks that are sure to impress. In this class we will teach body stalls, rebounds, dog catches and other tric...
Sara Brueske(Faculty)
Foundations
FE155: Crucial Concepts of Competition - Shaping/Luring/Capturing and More!
Got a new puppy? A new sport prospect for the sport of your choice? Got future plans but no idea how to start? Which behavior DO you start with? Got a pet dog and discove how fun teaching is? Interested in traini...
Shade Whitesel(Faculty)
FE518: Loose Leash Walkers Anonymous
Are you done with being dragged everywhere you go with your dog? Sore shoulders and back? Got a long-time freight train puller? Or are you just starting out with a new puppy in the house? Either way, ...
Heather Lawson(Faculty)
FF215: Game Changer!
As positive reinforcement trainers, we understand that our dogs have choices – the choice to engage or not engage, to stay or go, to work or not work, to choose us or choose the environment. These choices are cru...
Julie Flanery(Faculty)
FF235: Dots: For Sports and Life
Are you looking for a new approach to sport-related training? Or an outside-the-ring training task that you’ve been hoping to tackle from a different angle? Let me introduce you to…a dot! Such a simple training ...
Bronagh Daly(Faculty)
FF320: Better Still: Stays Without Frustration
Sometimes the hardest behavior to teach is no behavior at all. Imagine asking your dog to stay, and instead of cycling through sits, downs, spins, paw lifts, barking, or a dozen other behaviors, they sim...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
Obedience
OB115: TEAM Sports Foundations - Level One
Interested in obedience or rally? This isn't a class full of heeling around in circles! Learn about using foot targets, backing up, and fancy pivoting. Geek out about precise position changes such ...
Laura Waudby(Faculty)
OB160: Ring Confidence for Obedience, Rally, and Agility
This course is for anyone who trials in any sport! The lectures will specifically look at routines for agility as well as obedience and rally. Most handlers spend months or even years teaching their d...
Laura Waudby(Faculty)
OB215: Competition Heeling Part One - Fundamentals
Great heeling is a pleasure to watch. Dog and handler moving together as one. The dog is happy, animated, joyful and confident. Heeling is a dance that should express joy and teamwork. How do you accomplish...
Petra Ford(Faculty)
OB340: Strike a Pose: Fabulous Positions!
You enter your sport ring/field, dog heeling by your side. When the exercise comes, you leave them on a specific position and walk away. You cue each position change, and your dog executes them perfectly with paw...
Shade Whitesel(Faculty)
OB355: Open Foundation Fun!
Open Obedience Foundation Fun! It’s time to move away from thinking of obedience as serious. An open run is really just a long chain of pet tricks! Breaking the exercises into small pieces and teaching eac...
Petra Ford(Faculty)
OB375: Enhanced Engagement - Building Competition Skills
Most dogs know how to do the exercises. They even have a foundation in engagement. But when they compete, things often fall apart. Competition requires another level of engagement. Dogs must maintain engagement w...
Petra Ford(Faculty)
OB380: Unstick the Stuck Heeling: What's Keeping you from Trialing?
Are you and your dog struggling with heeling? Do you and your dog have nice heeling when you train, but the performance falls apart when you leave the comfort of home? Have you been stuck with the same problem fo...
Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)
OB800: Mondioring OB: All-Breed Obedience
Mondioring Obedience is a fun new obedience venue cate to all breeds! Based on real-life challenges and working under distraction, Mondioring takes familiar obedience exercises to a new level. With the devel...
Sara Brueske(Faculty)
Other Dog Sports
DS380: Push it! Treibball Foundations and Problem Solving
Want to build your distance control and connection with your dog while participating in a great new sport? Or maybe you’ve always been fascinated by herding, but don’t have sheep. Check out Treibball! So...
Melissa Breau(Faculty)
DS570: Retriever Sports: Fetch & Deliver to Hand
In this class we make it super fun for the dog to target your hands with the bumper or toy! Making contact with your hands is what turns on the fun! Once it's fun, we can make it harder to hit our hands - and ad...
Jennifer Henion(Faculty)
DS575: Retriever Sports: Whistle Sit & Casting Games
We've got a new twist on whistle sit and casting training. It used to take a million reps and lots of non reward markers. That gets boring fast for most dogs. And for you. In this class, we've got fun game...
Jennifer Henion(Faculty)
Rally & Freestyle
RA260: Get Ready to Rally - Foundation Skills
Rally signs are only part of the picture. It's the skills behind those signs that create confident teams. Get Ready to Rally: Foundation Skills is designed to help you build those skills the right way fr...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
Scent Sports
N101J: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework
Strong Foundations. Clear Communication. Odor-Driven Learning. Nosework is one of the fastest-growing dog sports for good reason — it’s fun, builds confidence, and is suile for dogs of all ages and temperamen...
Julie Symons(Faculty)
N120S: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements
Did you know that the MOST important time in a dog's early career in Nosework happens AFTER they learn target odor (as in NW101) and BEFORE they start their general searching? Making mistakes now are costly. &nbs...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
NW265: Nosework Small Space Skill Up
Too hot to go train? Or maybe you are just short on time? This class is about leveraging YOUR HOME to train your nosework dog. We will spend six weeks working on pieces of the puzzle that will s...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
NW335: Nosework Handling: Insights and Improvements
Is your handlng helping or getting in the way? Have you ever walked out of a search wondering whether your handling got in the way of a better performance? We've all been there. Handling plays a much bigger ro...
Julie Symons(Faculty)
NW345: Container Wizardry: Fixes, Proofs, and Results
This class is about creating the AMAZING Container Dog... Containers are tough in that they really are NOT a searching exericse... they are a Selection exercise. That means that we can get all sorts...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
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