Course Details
Canine fitness involves teaching skills for understanding, using appropriate equipment, considering handler mechanics, and managing your dog's arousal. All of these factors can impact a dog's form in exercises, however selecting and using appropriate equipment can immediately have a huge positive impact on form.
This workshop will use a wide variety of equipment, but there are no compulsory items. This is all about making selections from what you have, or assessing what equipment may be useful to add. This includes canine fitness specific equipment, human fitness equipment, general dog training equipment like cones and target platforms, and using novel items like likimats, and chairs.
This workshop will cover:
- - What is good form? Key indicators
- - Equipment options
- - Case studies: examples of form correction with equipment changes
- - Key exercises form explanation and equipment options (for working students to experiment with their own equipment setup)
Working students can work through the demonstrated fitness exercises, or work on equipment changes for any fitness exercises they are currently having trouble with, or would like to learn.
Dogs in working spot teams should have clearance to be doing fitness training. If your dog has had an injury, medical issue, or you are otherwise unsure if this is suitable for your dog please check with your dogs healthcare professional, or contact Kelly.
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Lecture Publish Date: Sunday Sept 22nd
Video Submissions Due Date: Sunday Sept 29th @ 12pm noon PT
Feedback & Questions Video Publish Date: Wednesday Oct 2nd
Instructor: Kelly DanielKelly Daniel (She/her) is a learning and dog training addict. She has been training and competing with her dogs (of various shapes and forms) for around 15 years ...
