SEMINARS and WORKSHOPS
Each year we sponsor several seminars by well known trainers as well as hold workshops on specific skills for sports, fitness and health. Our goal is to help our students and instructors perfect skills as they grow in the careers in dogs. Workshops typically are 2 to 4 hours long and are concentrated training in a specific subject like utility articles, weave poles, or canine conditioning. Seminars are longer more diverse training opportunities with a guest speaker in a specific sport or discipline and typically last for several days.
Check out the workshop and seminars below and let us know if there's a trainer you'd like to us to invite for a seminar or a topic for a workshop we should cover.
DISCOVER CANINE PARKOUR WORKSHOPS - December 1
Regardless of your dog's size, age or athletic ability this growing new sport is for you. If your dog loves to go on walks and hikes with you and explore the outdoors, Parkour will give you a fun new way to engage with your dog. This seminar taught by River Frouws, a certified instructor and Evaluator for the International Dog Parkour Association, will cover basic skills, safety tips, requirements for titles (yes there is a titling program) and more. The first workshop is from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on December 1 with an additional parkour workshop at a later date to be announced at the workshop. Limit 8 working teams. Auditors unlimited. Fee for both workshops: Dog/Handler Teams $100, Auditors $50
Seminars are usually limited to 10-12 working teams and unlimited auditors.
Workshops vary but typically have more than one instructor. Dogs and handlers get concentrated work on a specific topic like Jumps, Weaves, Article Discrimination, etc.
Check above for any prerequisites and/or limits on dog handler teams.