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
Xtreme Foundations and Running Contacts classes are now both open for registration – starting soon!!! |
 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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Just so you can see what a procrastination guru I am, I had all this filmed since the end of april. It took THAT long to get around to edit it. Not sure if it counts but we did move from our apartment since then (needed a big yard for Running Contacts)!
So, this is Zuzu’s graduation video, we had a blast with the class and can’t wait to start the next one. See you in RC! (The DVD we need is RC and we will register for the class till the end of the week 🙂
What a beautiful beautiful video! And what a happy and well trained dog! And what a great team you make! Great job, looking forward to see you in RC! The video sent and I’ll also send the certificate Friday when I’m back home!
Thank you so much <3
Downloading, will go buy the board this week 🙂
Love your video!
Beautiful video, love your girl, she’s beautiful and so smart !
Finally, I have managed to put toghether a graduation movie… My pc broke down, and has been making my life difficult 😉
This is not all the tricks we learned, but most I think. Hope that is okay. We are still working on many of them.
If I can get a dvd download, I would choose running contacts because chapter 2 in my DVD doesn’t work.
Thank you so much for this fantastic class, we had a blast!
Siw & Chili
Really well mastered tricks already! Great handstand and 4in!!! Sorry for the faulty DVD, I will of course send a link to replace it and you can also choose another DVD as a graduation gift and I’ll send both!
That would be great! I would like the ready-steady-go as well, then 🙂 Thank you so much!
O.k.! Just sent both! 🙂
Here’s our graduation video. I hope you enjoy it. We loved this class! Thank you!!
Maureen & Hogan 🙂
What a beautiful and adorable video!!! And what a well mastered tricks -- Hogan can sure do it all!!! Great job! Let me know which video you want for graduation!
Thank you so much! I would love to have Tricks for Better Thinking Skills -- I think I have all the others 🙂
All sent!
Oh, I’m not a great movie maker, but I did it 🙂 Finally Varja’s graduation video. Some tricks are still in process, but most of puppy class program is done. We sure have had a lot of fun in this class, and I’ll highly recommend it to all puppies from 2 months till 15 years 🙂 It really helps to found great contact, nice balance and understanding about dog’s body, as well as helps to grow up nice and fluffy coat 🙂
As I will continue with tricks, will be nice to get “Tricks for balance, strength and coordination”. Thanks for all and see you in another classes!
Great job!!! Beautiful heeling, great ball rolling -- and tons of enthusiasm that make it all look really cool! See you around! 🙂
This was not really the graduation I was thinking of when I started the puppy class with Vita… However, considering the terrible accident I am so happy that Vita is alive and that it is still possible that she becomes an agility dog. I really hope we will meet in RC class next year. Thanks Silvia for all inspiration! It helped us a lot during this difficult time. If you accept this as graduation I would love to get the Agility Foundations video.
Wow, what a happy ending to a scary accident!!! So happy to hear that the fracture is healed and nerves fine -- and Vita is sure extra fit thanks to all the tricks you did, so I’m sure she will be ready for some agility soon! GREAT JOB with her recovery, so happy to see Vita doing so well!!! Video sent.
All the tricks have been so good for both body and brain. Except for her neck I was surprised that she kept so nice muscles!
Well… here is our very final video -- BattleStar’s graduation video! We’re still working on a bunch of them but we’ve had so much fun in this class. And now she has a ton of muscles and has learned how to learn 🙂 Thank you so much for all of the feedback and help. We’re in your Running Contact class now and I’m sure we’ll be in many more in the future.
I’d love to get the Foundations video.
Great video, seeing little BattleStar’s first steps! She sure learned A TON and her attitude to working should certainly make everything very easy 🙂 Looking forward to see her grow up in a great agility dog! Great job!
Hi Classmates, hi Silvia,
I was in this class with my 2 Groenendaeler Girls, Jula and Esprit.
We enjoyed this class very much. Thank you Silvia, here ist our Graduation Video.
Hope everybody can see the Video. And I wich tricks for strongh and health dvd. Thank you! And I will order Heelwork, so please wait with sendind the package.
Great job!!! What a cool push up to a handstand! Loved the doors slamming and figure 8s backwards too! I normally send downloads, but if you’re ordering Heeling DVD, it’s no problem to send this one along as well, just leave a note when you order, so I don’t forget!
Thank you Silvia,
I´m very happy with this kind of training. Yesterday I start the 2 side legs, hope to get them both to the skateboard, maybe until autumn?!
Yes, today or at the weekend, I make the ordering, and make the notice.
Hi all,
I have been following the class a second time. Not posting but I am now adapting the tricks as my maintenance training program with Biji. As I train in other areas, I realize that the puppy tricks make a great bond between you and your dog
So we have passed 2 legs of our PreObedience and are working on Field Training
Looking forward to starting Agility in the Fall
Cheers, Susan and Biji
Tricks can definitely make a BIG difference! For that fetch, did you try to run away to have her chase you with a dummy? And then throw a party when she comes so that she is more eager to fetch it? If she won’t be interested in chasing you with a dummy, I would backchain it and make the part of holding a dummy in front of you a very very rewarding thing.
Thanks! Will give it a try!
what would you do to make holding a dummy very rewarding?
By her favourite food, toys, games…
Here is Sierra’s Graduation Video. Thanks again, Silvia, for everything! We’ll see you in Running Contacts as well as on Foundations in next autumn! Enjoy the summer!
Oh yes, and I would love to have the Ready-Steady-Go video as a gift, please! 🙂
Great job! Amazing how many tricks little Sierra mastered already! You sure make a great team, can’t wait to see her excel in agility as well!!! Video sent.
Thank you Silvia! Can’t wait for the Foundations Class to begin…
Hi Silvia !!!
See what we used the break for…:DD
Thanks SO SO much for all of your wonderful insights and patient and abundant attention 😀 my older dogs know most of the tricks in class but going thru the program made it SO EASY -- the program makes so much SENSE 😀 it was GREAT to experience with Shasta the learning process and every new trick is easier (like you always said…;))
Well, you sure made it look easy! Shasta is doing great -- all her tricks look really impressive already and what it makes it even better is her happy attitude and a bond that shines through! Let me know which video you want for graduation!
That was beautiful! I loved the joy & the precision. Your Weimaraners are gorgeous too. I’ve had 4 Weims in my life & miss them now that I have other breeds. Looking forward to seeing you in Foundations.