Top Class K-9 Competition Obedience Foundation Work I
This is a fun class intended to teach foundation work for the dog/handler teams wishing to compete in formal obedience, rally or just to do something fun with the dog. This class helps develop a deep bond between dog and handler. Many handlers take this class to develop teamwork and go on into many other disciplines.
Areas of concentration will be:
- Tricks and games to incorporate into work.
- Teaching work ethic and developing a confident, happy, sound working dog.
- Adding handler value to the team.
- Front and hind end awareness and balance and lateral exercises.
- Obedience position skills.
- Heeling games, focused heeling, gait development and headset.
- Beginning Retrieve work
- Handling skills to develop a cohesive working team.
- Prerequisite: Dog must be 3 months or older. No other prerequisites.
Top Class K-9 Competition Obedience Foundation Work II
This class is intended to build on skills learned in the Obedience Foundation Work I class. Focus is developing distance in work, chaining skills and behaviors into complete exercises, developing jumping skills, working on heel free.
Areas of concentration will be:
- Developing distance in tricks and skills.
- Marking for directed exercises.
- Augmenting concentration and focus in work.
- Beginning jump conditioning and jumping foundation.
- Chaining skills into exercises.
- Focused heeling
- Complex retrieve work using more materials
- Prerequisites: Successful completion on Competition Obedience Foundation Work I class, a functional retrieve, functional Back, functional lateral work, elementary focused heeling on lead and solid Front.
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