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January Workshops - Registration Opens December 22
* Registration closes January 31 - 12pm (Noon) Pacific Time
WW146: Dec. 29 - Cue Clean Up
Clean cues! What are they and how do we get them? As trainers you hear a lot of people talking about their cues. What you will also likely hear and see are people adding and u...
Deborah Jones (Faculty)
WW147: Jan. 5 - Happy Holds (REPEAT)
Teaching your dog to hold an object can be one of the most challenging behaviors to train. This workshop will include and in-depth discussion on not only teaching your dog to ...
Sara Brueske (Faculty)
WW148: Jan. 12 - Duration? Easy Peasy!
Do you struggle to get your dog to hold a sit or a down? Does she dance like a monkey during stand-for-exam? Do the four-paw-shuffle at the start line? Leap joyfully off her s...
Helene Lawler (Faculty)
WW149: Jan. 19 - Excellent Obedience: Super Sits & Fantastic Finishes
Excellent Obedience Workshop Series. Have you experienced crooked or rock back sits on fronts, finishes and halts, bumping on left turns, slow or creeping drops, knocking a j...
Petra Ford (Guest Instructors)
WW150: Jan 26. - Critique Your Own Agility Runs!
Are your competition runs filmed only to take up space on your device, never to be looked at or reviewed again? Maybe you watch them and can only see every tiny thing you did ...
Megan Foster (Faculty)
February Workshops - Registration Opens January 22
* Registration closes February 29 - 12pm (Noon) Pacific Time
WW151: Feb 2. - Handling Disengagement from Engagement
Disengagement is what happens when a dog starts out checked in and then… Disengages! A dog who appeared properly acclimated, opted into work, and then…poof! Changed their mind...
Denise Fenzi (Faculty)
WW152: Feb. 9 - Confident Exams (REPEAT)
In this workshop we will work on your dog understanding that exams are not about being petted! This will take the pressure off your shy dog and your over greeter will ha...
Laura Waudby (Faculty)
WW153: Feb. 9 - It’s All About the Rewards – Using Placement of Reward to Your Advantage
Where you deliver the reinforcement for a behavior rewards the rep your dog just did, but it affects the next rep. We can use that to our advantage by thinking about where tho...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
WW154: Feb. 16 - Excellent Obedience Workshop: Jazzy Jumping and Dazzling Drops
Excellent Obedience Workshop Series: Have you experienced crooked or rock back sits on fronts, finishes and halts, bumping on left turns, slow or creeping drops, knocking a j...
Petra Ford (Guest Instructors)
WW155: Feb. 23 - Multi-Dog Mayhem: Learn to Take Turns
Efficiency is the name of the game when you have multiple high energy dogs and limited time. This workshop will help you develop a training plan to teach your dogs to take tur...
Sara Brueske (Faculty)