Workshops
April Workshops - Registration Opens March 22 - 9am Pacific Time
* Registration closes April 30 - 12pm (Noon) Pacific Time
WW443: March 31: Backing INTO Pressure (REPEAT)
Dogs innately want to move away from pressure. In competition, our dogs constantly have to hold position and engagement when there is pressure from behind. Our dogs encounter ...
Petra Ford (Faculty)
WW444: April 7: Forward: Mastering the First Steps of Heeling
In a heeling pattern, the first few steps can affect the entire exercise. If your dog is distracted during those crucial moments, regaining their focus can prove challenging. ...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
WW445: April 7: Reducing Reinforcement
We need reinforcement to teach and strengthen our dog’s behaviors. But at some point, we must reduce the amount of reinforcement. If we don’t, our dogs will struggle to smooth...
Petra Ford (Faculty)
WW446: April 14: The Will to Workout - Workout 2
In this second workshop in the Will to Workout series, we'll continue with fitness concepts including developing an eye for form, how and when to progress, and fatigue and its...
Kelly Daniel (Faculty)
WW447: April 21: Control Unleashed: Effective End of Run Routines for Agility
The end of an agility run is often the most unpredictable time at an agility trial. It’s also generally the least rehearsed. In practice, the focus is more on the startline an...
Bronagh Daly (Guest Presentations )
WW448: April 21: Go To Source Nosework Games (REPEAT)
Does your dog consistently indicate off source (fringes) or gets caught up in pooling odor and falsely indicates? Or you may have a dog who walks odor or doesn’t clearly give ...
Julie Symons (Faculty)
May Workshops - Registration Opens April 22 - 9am Pacific Time
* Registration closes May 31 - 12pm (Noon) Pacific Time
WW449: April 28- Get Out of the House!
Most dogs know the exercises for obedience and rally and can perform them well at home. But trial environments have an array of distractions. And each trial will present at le...
Petra Ford (Faculty)
WW450: May 5- Go! Sending to Jumps and Cones (REPEAT)
The send exercises can be challenging to teach because the dog is required to move away from you. In this workshop, we’ll break down the steps to teach various types of send e...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
WW451: May 12- 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 have les...
Laura Waudby (Faculty)
WW452: May 12- Happy Heeling Patterns
Your dog knows how to heel, but maintaining engagement and enthusiasm for a full pattern is challenging. A heeling pattern is a complex behavior chain that requires an enormou...
Petra Ford (Faculty)
WW453: May 19- Beyond the “Like” - Photo Critiques for Experienced Photographers (REPEAT)
Do you collect a ton of "likes" and "hearts" and "Nice capture!" comments when you share your photos, but don't feel you are actually improving as a photographer? Are you stuc...
Amy Johnson (Faculty)
WW454: May 19- Creating Cues to Manage Arousal for Competition
We’ve all heard that our dogs need to be in an optimal state of arousal to maximize learning and performance. However, managing arousal both in training and in the ring can be...
Petra Ford (Faculty)
