Foundation Handling Skills for the Novice Handler/Dog

 

Learn how your motion and side changes (crosses) communicate with your dog. This will assist you in not only communicating better with your Novice dog but also help you to understand why things don’t go as you planned.

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Learn how to walk a course, planning your handling strategy so you can adequately communicate to your dog and be successful on a Novice level course.

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Practice reviewing videos of your runs in order to understand what did and did not work well so you can learn your training weaknesses and strengths.

 

Who should come – Novice handlers who are thinking of competing or have recently started competing. Experienced handlers who don’t feel they have these skills or are training a Novice dog who lacks this experience.

 

Prerequisites – Dogs must be jumping their full height and be familiar and competent on all obstacles at full height. Channel weaves will be available for dogs not yet performing straight weaves (but we may do very little involving weaves). Dogs must be capable of running a 14-16 obstacle course.

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Where – Dogwood Training Center, 8658 Slocum Rd, Ostrander, OH 43061

When – Saturday October 12  10am-1pm

Cost - $100 Working Dog             $50 Audit

 

Working spots limited to 6 dog/handler teams to ensure adequate number of runs and instruction.  Auditors unlimited.

Sign up NOW as space is limited!!