Today is exactly 14 years since I started my first online class! 🥳 Launching it, I was expecting to have about 15 students and do a couple of classes per year, while still mostly doing seminars around the world... Boy, was I wrong!

It's hard to believe but after 14 years of teaching online classes full-time, after close to a thousand students, 30 Running Contacts classes, 29 Puppy Classes, and 26 Foundations classes... - I still LOVE it! Actually, I love it even more as more experience means I can help my students even better and we are achieving even better and faster results - sooo reinforcing to see my students excel at the highest levels!

I'm immensely grateful to have a job that I love so much and immensely grateful for all my students loving my classes, making me proud, and coming back for more - without you, none of this would be possible!

THANK YOU all for being part of Lolabuland story and helping my dreams come true!

Of course, being such a proud teacher, I also have to share those two recent inspiring videos of my RC and Xtreme class students 🤩 :

Good news for all, impatiently awaiting this super fun class! The classroom is now open - we're starting on March 6!

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 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 6, but you can register and enter the classroom already now.

Some graduation videos 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 11, 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 occasional 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 11, 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!

Happy 2025 to all Lolabuland students and friends!!!

Sharon and Heady from USA, winning a free training video of your choice! Congratulations on amazing work, getting to beautiful running contacts at full height, with all possible exits, in just one class (+ Repeaters class)!

Congratulations to all other participants for great work as well! Next Running Contacts class starts on February 11, with registration opening end of January, so make sure to check back then! But you can join the fun in Xtreme Foundations first, starting on January 16 - join us HERE!!!