That's it! Time to show off what you've learned in the class! Please post your graduation videos here. Also, let me know which one of the training videos you would like to get as your graduation gift and I'll send you a download link! Congratulations to all the graduates and I hope to see you in another class!
Puppy January Graduation
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 Silvia Trkman is known for bringing every dog, from her first dog on, to the very top of the sport. Her dogs are known for great speed, tight turns, running contacts and long and injury-free careers. Silvia is in agility since 1992 and is– 3x World Champion (with two different dogs)
– 5x European Open winner, with 4 different dogs (Lo, La, Bu, Le)!!!
– National Championships podium and World Team member with every dog she’s ever had – National Champion for 22-times (with 5 different dogs of 3 different breeds) – World Team member for 19-times (mostly with at least two dogs at the time – sometimes four 🙂 ) |
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Hi Silvia,
This is our Lesson 6 videos because it is still April 28 in Canada!. I still want to do my graduation video, so we will post something shortly. I would love to have the heeling video. Thank you, so much!
Bigi balancing on the ball. This was great when she got it herself!
Wrapping her paws around an object. We are still not good at this one
Staying glued to my side
Heeling off leash
Sit and stand up/ stand up to a down
We have an awesome spin but the camera missed us J
The reason I timed the class as I did was because I started my April camp (meaning 9+ hours of work with students coming here from the whole Europe) on 29th April (my time). Anyway, in short: the heeling is definitely getting better&better and she sure figured out ball rolling real fast! The hugs, shape with a pole first, so you can keep your hands away and she can focus on behaviour. Stand up to sit up, help her so she can lean on your hand. Sit up to down and back, try with you kneeling down to see if that gives you more direct/faster transitions.
Thank you very much! Will pay more attention next time!
Hi Silvia and classmates!
Here is my graduation video. I hope you will enjoy watching it. I will miss you all and I’m looking forward to watch all your graduation videos.
Thanks for your generosity giving us a DVD Silvia. I would like the Ready Steady Go link.
This will for sure not be the last time I’m joining your classes Silvia. 🙂
I can’t see your video because of the music 🙁
So sorry to read about Jumper’s accident, hope his leg recovers fast and without problems!
Siw&Chili
That was a great video, Jumper is one clever pup! 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
I’m working on changing the music so it’s possible to se in all countries. 🙂
You sure mastered many tricks! What a cool duration with side legs already and too cute crosses! Sending you a video right now! See you in Foundations!
Thank you! I’ve got plenty of time to watch the video this week. So sad we can’t use the catching up break for training because of his injured leg. Hopefully we can do some training this weekend again. He’s not limping that much anymore.
The catching up breaks are perfect I think. 🙂
I hope he is all healed soon! Don’t rush it though and wait until he is using a paw with all weight without painkillers before letting him run again.
Time has gone so quickly and now we graduate. I really have enjoyed this class. First time for me, as I teach the dog tricks (something else than common sit, down, stand and heel), but definitively not last 🙂 I have learn so much and I have been amazed how young puppy can learn so fast and how she can focus so intensively to the tasks.
It have been really fun to follow all the classmates and see how they progress. Good luck to you all and probably we will meet another class. I continue with Esteri’s mum in foundations and also RC class. And I’m quite sure that Silvia will see me and Esteri advance trick class next winter. Summer time I also do foundation work with her.
And here you can see what we learn during this class:
I can’t wait to see you graduation video. I hope all of you don’t use record company EMI’s artists music, because those video’s will be blocked out here in Finland, so I don’t able to see those 🙁
Sofia I unfortunately can’t see you video 🙁
And if I really can choose any of Silvia’s DVD I want, I would like to have RC. Thanks so much!
On it’s way!
Thanks very much. I got it and it works 🙂
You sure managed to learne all the tricks in this class. Super nice. 🙂
Thanks. We didn’t train figure8 backward at all and forward is still progress. I think I will manage to train those after class 🙂
Yeah, after all those tricks, that should be super easy 🙂
Gorgeous video Mona! You & Esteri are wonderful. Thank you for your kind words about Nibbler too. 🙂 It will take me a few weeks to put his video together but I’m really looking forward to seeing all the videos.
Thanks. I can’t wait to see Nibbler’s graduation video. I’m sure it will be so fun to watch 😀
Wow, I could never guess you never trained tricks before, you both looked like a pro! Great job with all the tricks, those coins were really impressive and what a great duration with ball rolling already!!! Looking forward to see more of Esteri in future classes!
Thanks a lot. I think I’m hooked tricks now. We started today with new tricks training 🙂
🙂
VERY NICE ! Well Done, smart puppy !
This is fantastic!
Here is another try. Now I hope everybody can see it. Please let me know otherwise. 🙂
Great now can I see it! Great work!
Thank you Mona! 🙂
Awesome work Sofia! Great heeling and super cute with the skate board!
🙂
Hello Silvia,
this is Cuspide 6 months. I hope it goes well our last lesson.
What do you think?
Thank you
Maurizio
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Great job! She sure learned many tricks, given she started late! Too cute with sit up to down!!! Let me know which video you want for graduation!
Ciao Silvia
if it is possible I’d like to have the video CIK & CAP or READY-STEADY-GO
I would like to participate in your class agility, Cusp is a male 😉
he has 6 months, for you this is possible?
Thank you for all
Maurizio
Sure, you can get either of the two, just let me know your preference! And sure, you can still join Foundations!
I prefer cik & cap
thank you 🙂
O.k. -- sent! 🙂
Very Clever, congratualtions!
Silvia thank you so much for everything you gave to this class. I had a fantastic time training my puppy through so many of these behaviors. I also had a great time watching everyone else grow up and progress. Although we did not train everything on the lists, we have made huge progress, Hi-Fi’s enthusiasm through this process has grown so much. He REALLY likes to play and train with me now more than he ever has.
Hi-Fi is very floppy right now so I am holding off on some of the other behaviors that require more balance and finesse;)
I am looking forward to signing up for foundations next time around. If we get to choose a download I would love the Foundations one.
Thanks again for helping keep agility fun, there is too much serious and control out there, I know I can always count on you to keep it all in perspective.
Here is our Graduation video:
Let’s try this;)
Oh, I forgot feet in a bowl and his baby handstand…… We learned so much I could not get it all on video;)
He sure did quite some growing 🙂 -- and learning! Love his happy attitude to everything! Great backing up and pivoting! Video sent.
Silvia thank you so much for the video download, an amazing gift! Hi-Fi and I will continue to work on all of out half trained tricks from class , we have MANY of them.
When he was little (not so much anymore) he lacked enthusiasm in training so it was not much fun to train, so we played instead. Now training is just playing for Hi-Fi and it is much more fun for both of us. Thank you for fostering this attitude.
How long will we have access to this page? I would like to continue to work on everything and refer to our homework and your advice.
You keep the access for ever. I’m sure training him now, with the attitude he is showing now, will be extra easy 🙂
Congratulations! you mastered it well !
I always liked watching HiFi’s videos. This is a lovely video.
Hi Silvia,
how long do we have to post our graduation video?
there are a few more tricks I need to get done……
Is there a close date?
Thankyou for a great class!
There is no close date for graduation videos no.
Hi,
I have the question about jackpots.
I normally use click -- food (one piece). If I want to jackpot I give more food (three or four pieces) and smile and say YES or whatever. But I must do it very calm because everything loud or too energetic would overdrive my Bubu:o). BUT I don´t know what to do if I use toy. Reward is click -- thrown toy (not very far away but it still has some distance) but Bubu usually takes this toy for 10 -- 20second and plays with it alone or chews it than she takes it and return. So I can not tug with her imediately or feed her. How can I jackpot in this situation?
Maybe try to get faster returns? -- With throwing less fun toy and then recalling with her favourite toy and play with that one then? And of course, praise her as well.
hi silvia
here’s my graduation video with Lucky. we did cik and cap and it went very well.
I would like to have the video from running contacts
thanks for the great lessons!
Very cool cik&cap! But try to film all the tricks you did within this class for graduation video! It’s just the formality for those I know how well they did during the class already, but well, the rule is the rule 🙂
Hi Silvia, I am behind in the last 2 lessons because of my work and the bad weather. Now that we have nice weather, I will continue outdoors and will also start on agility using your foundation DVD exercises. I enjoyed the class and so did Tchino. He just loves it when I grab the clicker and gives me a happy “Woof”!
Great! And yay for good weather! I hope we get to see Tchino’s graduation video!!!