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WORKSHOPS: March 16th in Eugene

by pyrwild, posted in training

Excited to share that I will be teaching workshops Saturday, March 16th in Eugene, OR !  The workshop is split into four parts with opportunities for teams of every level to learn. 🙂

Ready Steady GO!

8:00-10:00 Start Lines are an essential part of every agility run, and can set a team up for success or…a learning moment. Develop your team’s start line setup and criteria for a clean, fast beginning to your runs, as well as strategies for clear negotiation of the first sequence of obstacles on the course.
Recommended level: Foundation 2 – Novice.

Reward Your Dog!

10:30-12:30 Running agility is rewarding for us, but what is rewarding for our dogs? Learn how to build a toolbox of rewards specific to your dog, as well as the crucial skills of reward timing and placement.
Recommended level: Foundation – Advanced. 

Choices, Choices! Best Options for Handling Open Level Courses

1:00-3:00 Gain experience with analyzing course maps, finding the best lines between obstacles, and choosing which handling options are best for your team.
Recommended level: Intermediate/Open.

Let’s Talk Lines

3:30-5:30 Finding the ideal line for your dog can be increasingly difficult as you meet new course configurations and challenges. Learn more about how to find those lines and choose your handling strategies accordingly.
Recommended level: Advanced/Masters.

 

Contact for more information and to register 🐾 Spots are limited !

Some updates

by pyrwild, posted in trial results

We have been competing a sunday here and there and the dogs have been doing super and having great results.  Since my last update, Mayhem has gotten 2 QQ’s, four first places, a third place and Zae has gotten several execellent Q’s with great times several times faster than the master dogs 🙂   He gets more confident each run and we are having a lot of fun.

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Mayhem was #3 on 2016’s Bad Dog Agility’s breed power scores This was after just beginning to compete again and some runs with a stressed out Mayhem.  He has been running beautifully at trials since then.  After many years and trying countless things twice over to combat Mayhem’s ring stress I might have finally found a solution.  I have a food bowl game I quickly work on with the dogs several times a week and Mayhem struggles through it but has really helped him work through stress.  I do include this method in my Winter Games class and the next session will begin March 1st.  Registration is open now.  For more info click here.

Today marks 2 years since I brought Zae home from Germany.  He has taught me so much and helped push me even further to be the trainer that I am today.  Excited for many more years with my little skipskap !

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Zae OA OAJ

by pyrwild, posted in trial results

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Zae had two days trialing at two different locations Nov 20 and 27 and earned a title each day. 🙂  Zae has moved up much quicker than anticipated in the levels.  We were in no rush to move up levels with the days here and there we did compete–novice and open were just easy breezy for the little skip skap!

Nov 20 was a novice/open only trial and Zae not only won each of his classes but had the fastest time of all heights too.  He nailed a beautiful dogwalk into a weave entry perfectly in standard.  And in jumpers midway though the run I noticed my shoe was untied so not so good handling :o)

 

 

Mayhem’s 6th birthday was Nov 25–he still is a little baby though 😀 He also competed Nov 27 but was battling his ring stress and did not Q in his runs.

Coming up Dec 19 Zae will turn two years old!  Also, because I am finishing up my last semester before I graduate we will take a break from competing until Dec is over.