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Introducing the PYRWILD Arena

14 August 201914 August 2019 by pyrwild, posted in training, updates

So excited to share that PYRWILD now has its very own arena with a wonderful sand surface located 10 miles west of Eugene.

lane county eugene agility training arena

Lots of hard work and love has gone into getting this arena set up and ready to go for my super students. A 10 year dream come true. ❤️

Previous classes will continue. Although, some class times have shifted.

⚠️NEW CLASSES

Starting the 19th of Aug

Sport Puppy Class 🐶

Monday 4pm-5pm (8 weeks long)

A fun class to build your puppies thinking skills, confidence, body awareness and engagement while also building foundation skills to set the pups up for a successful sport future.

Handler Fitness Class 🏃🏻‍♀️

Monday 6:45pm-7:15pm (6 weeks long)

This will be a fun, laidback class that works on different handler skills that will set up handler’s for success in agility. Building sprint stamina, develop quick twitch muscles, improving foot work (two step front crosses- can you do it ?) and human warmups and stretches for agility !! We warm up our dogs before they run- but us handlers are athletes, too !

🎓UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Teeter Tune-Ups – Aug 24th 📐

AM Teeter Foundations, Skill & Confidence Building 10am-12:30pm

OK for dogs 8 months+ and dogs who could improve their teeter performance or dogs just learning the teeter.

PM Advanced Teeter Skills 1pm-3:30pm

For dogs who have a teeter and want to work more advanced skills. Independence, lateral teeters, impulse control and other fun teeter challenges.

Startline Skills – Aug 25th 🤓

AM Startline Foundations 10am-12:30

This workshop is great for dogs just beginning or dogs who have issues with startlines. We will build the pieces for the dogs startline behavior and stay while making it a fun game for the dog and also building their anticipation for the release.

PM Startline Scenarios 1pm-3:30pm

For dogs who have a startline and dogs that are or will be competing. Will work through different startline scenarios that are often seen at trials and handling maneuvers to navigate them. We often forget this part of training that will set the dog up for success for when you do get to a trial.

Please Contact Me to register upcoming workshops or inquire about classes 🐾

One Month with Onnea

15 June 201914 August 2019 by pyrwild, posted in Onnea, training, updates

Video is in chronological order of what we’ve been up to during our first month together. Lots of serious training as you can see. 🙂

She is an absolute dream come true. Well, maybe even more incredible than I could’ve ever dreamt. I don’t know what else to say. I just love her.

I have lots of photos to share, too. But my internet situation is tricky right now and they’ll have to wait.

Introducing Onnea 🍀

16 May 201916 May 2019 by pyrwild, posted in photos, updates

This special little girl came home from France this past weekend. I am so in love with her already and she’s already bonded knowing that I am her person. There’s something so special about the way she looks at me. She is confident, determined, crazy playful, super sweet and tiny ! I am in such awe with this perfect little girl. You can find me over the moon. ❤️

pyrshep puppy onnea berger des pyrenees 12 weeks

Her name means ‘good luck’ or ‘congratulations’ in Finnish. Why the Finnish name ? Well, because I was originally supposed to bring home a puppy from Finland but fate twisted the stars otherwise bringing me to her. I kept the name. I think the name fits her perfectly. 🍀

pyrshep puppy onnea berger des pyrenees 12 weeks

I look forward to all that is to come with this special little girl and sharing life with her. She’s already my little world traveller. Welcome to the PYRWILD pack little Onnea.

Teeter Tune-Ups starts in June and runs the whole month 🌟Sign up here

I also have some availability for my classes taught in Eugene, OR 🐾 Please email me with interest.

A PYRWILD Update

15 April 201914 August 2019 by pyrwild, posted in photos, training, trial results, updates

A lot of (EXCITING) stuff has happened in the last couple months.

We relocated to Eugene, OR and now live in a lovely cottage in the trees.

I am also now teaching agility full-time @ Infinity Dog Sports and am over the moon over this opportunity. I taught my first workshop last month and it was a huge success, too. I feel so in my element teaching and am quite honored to be an instructor. The community here has been so welcoming and kind. It truly is a dream come true.

eugene oregon indoor agility arena pyrwild workshop education

My life has 100% ‘gone to the dogs’ and I wouldn’t change a thing. I look forward to all the opportunities that will continue to come my way and all that PYRWILD education grows.

Mayhem had a super time competing last month @ the Eugene trial. He earned a Q/3rd in JWW saturday and a QQ with two first places sunday. He’s now 5 QQ’s away from his championship. I am looking forward to competing with him three days coming up this weekend again at Eugene. We’re both having lots of fun- and that’s the key and most important part to me. He’s such an incredible little dog.

I ended up pulling Zae’s World Team Tryout entry after his last competition some weekends ago. His confidence has been lacking in the trial environment and I wouldn’t want to go to a big event like that unless we could truly push and do our best. I will continue working to rebuild his confidence and focus at trials along with working on my own mental game at competitions. We’ll show ’em what we’ve got next year. 🙂

Because, without a doubt, the skills are there. The teamwork is there. The love for playing the game together is there.

Here are some extreme weave scenarios I practiced with the skipskap last week. He’s such a superstar and always surprises me with his brilliant success. And yes, these were our ‘first tries’. 🙂

We’re still settling in but enjoying living in Eugene ! The dogs and I are quite happy to be an hour from the coast. More photos from our beach adventures on Flickr.