You can now join May class, starting on May 7! This class can be done in small spaces, with no equipment, and is appropriate for dogs of all ages, for conditioning active performance dogs, and for keeping senior dogs happy and fit. - It's never too young or too old to learn! I always make sure to add enough challenges also for adult dogs who know many tricks already, with emphasis on verbal discrimination and conditioning. So yes, there are some extras to the normal Puppy Class program!

This class promotes the development of physical and mental skills, helps puppies to learn how to learn, how to use their mind and bodies, and builds great body awareness, balance, and strength. It's not only beneficial for puppies, but also for active agility dogs or retired dogs to keep them busy, fit, and young.

We will start with the first to-do list on May 7, but you can register and then enter the classroom  already now, take a look around the classroom, post your introduction, and start with pre-homework 🙂

Puppy Diary video is a must-watch before the class, so if you don't have it yet, choose the first option, and you will get a link to a download after payment. If you have it already, choose the 2nd option. The 3rd option is for auditors, repeaters (who took this class with the same dog before), and those registering 2 dogs in the same class.

And just like that, she is 16! Her hearing and eyesight did get worse in that last year, and she also needed surgery for pyometra... - but she handled it all like a champ that she is! She still moves and behaves like a young dog, comes to all the walks, and jumps into any lap. So here is to many more fun years together!

Two things today: you can still join Running Contacts class, starting tomorrow! And you can now also join Foundations class that is starting on March 19!

The class follows Foundations Revisited DVD. This is why the format has been changed from the original Foundations Fun class program:

1. Ta taught me the importance of pre-obstacle work, so working on really very basic ground skills that make all the rest go way more smoothly... - so lesson 1 is all away from obstacles now.
2. I couldn't stand people redoing sequences over&over again even when I kept saying not to do it... So now sequences are only in lesson 6, the rest are various exercises with lots of variations to make sure people are training, not pattering their dogs.
3. My tunnels are sooo terribly bagged in the old DVD!!! So I had to make a new one with properly bagged tunnels! 🙂

What is different is the order, the emphasis, and the exercises, and I also added some new topics, so the transition to Xtreme Foundations should be super smooth - this class certainly doesn't lack in providing MANY challenges. And definitely covers many topics!

This class is appropriate for all levels, from total beginners from 7 months on - and also for experienced agility dogs - I promise to keep everybody challenged!!! All feedback is completely individual.

Minimum equipment needed: 2 tunnels, 4 jumps, and if you want to work on see-saw and weaves as well: see-saw and stick to the ground and/or channel weaves (ideally both!). + Foundations Revisited DVD, of course.

Topics covered: play, fetching, static toys, stays, restrains, warm ups and cool downs, tight turns, sends, pushes, threadles and serpentines, come to hand, verbal discrimination, obstacle discrimination, tunnel sends, traps and turns (hard and soft turns), extension and collection, different crosses and handling, see-saw, weaves, tire, long, double and wall jump, how to choose sequences and adjust them to your dog, how to handle mistakes and more.

We'll be starting with the first homework on March 19, but you can register and enter the classroom already now.

Some graduation video examples: 

Video length limitation per lesson is 10 minutes per lesson (in total, that means 60 min in 12 weeks of the class).

The class has 6 lessons, one every 2 weeks = 12 weeks of feedback (+ 2 weeks of a catch-up break in between).

Repeaters price is for those who took Foundation before with the SAME dog. 

February Running Contacts class, starting on February 19, is now open for registration! Most work is done with no equipment and just a mat: working on turns, soft turns, straight exits, and various handling before any DW work, so you don't need much room to start off.

Here are some graduation videos of dogs from the previous classes. I chose different sizes and only those who started from zero, so you can see how far  they got in less than 4 months:

The class is appropriate for total beginners (from 7 months old on), retrains from 2on2off and all who have running contacts already (even if not trained with a mat), but want to work on various exits or any other aspects of RC - all the feedback is completely individual, so all levels are welcome. I will also publish all the lessons right at the start of the class, so you can continue from wherever you currently are.

Minimum age for this class is 7 months, and the minimum equipment is now just the DVD + a mat - like a towel or a doormat - and later on, access to a dog-walk, ideally one that can be lowered.

This class is 12 weeks long (+2 weeks of a catch up break in between) and starts on February 19, but you can register already now and then enter the classroom HERE.

Please note that only those who took this class with the SAME dog before qualify as repeaters!

To keep Foundations class graduates busy and to be able to follow them further, we'll be starting with Xtreme Foundations class on January 29! Foundations class is not a requirement, though - anybody with a dog with basic foundations is welcome to join! Please note I only hold this class once a year, so it's now or in 2027... Mastering foundations first is not needed, though.

Inspired by courses getting harder&harder year after year, allowing only either the fastest handlers - or those with best-trained dogs!!! - to survive - and motivated by all my students who are real Foundations pros already and just can't get enough of classes... 🙂 - here comes a great class for you!

We'll be following Xtreme Foundations DVD program:

It's especially appropriate for:

• teams competing or aspiring to compete at the highest levels
• slower handlers with fast dogs who need independence even more
• anybody enjoying training dogs, looking for even more fun challenges

The class requires minimal equipment and space - you can do most of the exercises with just 2 jumps and 2 tunnels, but of course, you will need weaves for weaves lesson and at least one contact obstacle for the obstacle discrimination lesson.

This class has 5 lessons and is 10 weeks long - each lesson is 2 weeks, and we'll also have a 2-week catch-up break in between. We're starting on January 29, but you can register and then enter the classroom already now.