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  1. jenny February 26, 2013 at 23:32

    Hello -- i am getting my new pup beginning of may -- have you decided if you are going to keep jan pup class open as i hope to do it with my new one ?

    • LoLaBu February 27, 2013 at 00:17

      Congratulations on your puppy!!! Still not sure what to do with the next class no, will publish it when I know more…

    • Eva March 6, 2013 at 15:24

      Hello Jenny, Nice to see you here.. and looking forward to see him growing up..:)!!

  2. Kajsa Lampén April 8, 2013 at 06:30

    My last post didn´t came through to RC so I put it here. Thank you so much for the class. It was great and I learnt soooo much :). I hope we´ll see at next class too (if my access to DW gets any better, I´m dreaming of own DW one day :))!

    • LoLaBu April 8, 2013 at 17:36

      Thanks -- was great meeting you & Tuima! Good luck with your own DW -- it sure makes things easier!

  3. Sandie April 30, 2013 at 04:15

    httpV:// hello Silvia. this is the second lesson here. I know I am slow and will say that today Vapor needs more speed. he has a focus issue with his toys. he will get slow and not run as hard if I don’t have a toy to push him. I can be way ahead and he will drift off and look for his toy. that is why I stayed with him in this exercise. it is not fun! I had it hidden here. any comments will greatly be apprieciated. I am doing foundations to help with this issue and go back to a place where I may have missed in his education.

    • LoLaBu April 30, 2013 at 21:14

      Foundation class is on break, so please post when we’re back and please use Foundation classroom, you’re posting under recent comments here.

  4. Pam May 21, 2013 at 23:24

    I found the Team Jumpers course and now it seems so easy but I think about 50% were eliminated on this course mostly handling the push backs or the turns after the push backs.

    • Pam May 21, 2013 at 23:31

      I handled with a lead-out between 1 and 2 on the left side and pushed back for 3 and FC to serp it, pull to 6 and pull to 7 and FC between 8 and 9 and push back 10, push back 12 and FC 13, pull to 15 and loud pull to 16 and stayed on that side to end.

  5. Geraldine Kisielnicki October 20, 2013 at 13:13

    Sylvia
    Is it too late too join the October foundation class as a participant?

  6. Geraldine Kisielnicki October 24, 2013 at 00:10

    Hi Sylvia

    Have not done Cik and Cap before so this is different to left and right verbals? So my understanding is CIK is too the left of the pole and Cap is too the right of the pole. What is the reason for multiple wraps? I usually only have the one verbal around wraps which is check, check.

    • LoLaBu October 24, 2013 at 03:59

      It’s better to post in classroom as under recent comments… Did you see the DVD? Cik&cap is always around the object and left&right is without objects and can be used for turns on flat, after DW, tunnels, on extension jumps etc. It just tells direction. Cik&cap tells collection, so even one verbal is o.k. Multi-wraps teach them the importance of tightness, “force” them in collection and later on teach them how to jump in collection.

  7. Lena Rahbek July 13, 2014 at 22:25

    I know I just posted not long ago that since we would not get our new house (and garden with space for training) I could sadly not join the next online foundation class.

    But I might have found another training oportunity! Together with a few others that will also join your online class. Yay.

    I was just thinking, would it be good to start trying a bit of running contact training on carpet before the class starts and then go on to real contact obstacles during class? Or should I just wait all together? Is there anything in particular that would be good to train before the start of the class? (Muffin is all new to agility, only tried it like 4 times). I have your foundation DVD.

    See you in class soon! Then you can also see how much Muffin has grown since we did the puppy class 🙂

    Hugs from Muffin and Lena

    • LoLaBu July 13, 2014 at 22:42

      So cool! Looking forward to see more of smart little Muffin again! You can certainly start with first chapters of both Foundations and RC and then just continue from there. It’s quite intense program, so it’s sometimes good to have a bit of a head start 🙂

  8. ka adams October 26, 2019 at 20:59

    Hello Sylvia!
    Do you have any tips about how to lessen an adult dog’s jealousy of new pup please? I have read up and Googled, and followed all advice I can find… still got a very jealous dog only just got puppy, early days yet but don’t want things to go badly… would be very grateful for any advice, thank you in advance x

    • LoLaBu October 27, 2019 at 13:31

      I would make sure she sees the presence of a puppy is actually a good thing -- she should get extra treats and extra attention whenever the puppy is around. -- Basically shaping her that puppy presence means treats! 🙂 When you work with a puppy, she should get something really godo to chew on to OR you can toss one treat for her every time you reawrd a puppy as well, for watching calmly or holding her stay. Also, don’t allow the puppy to bother her -- remove her as needed.

  9. Lisa Meehan November 18, 2020 at 15:12

    Hi Silvia,

    I have a 4 mos old border collie, which online class would you suggest we start with to begin our agility training?

    • LoLaBu November 18, 2020 at 16:03

      Puppy Class! We’re starting next week, so perfect timing to join it with your puppy!

  10. Terri Stirling June 9, 2021 at 16:41

    I’m having trouble with Blond!e understanding to get in the box. She just wants to tilt it over.


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The classes you can join at the moment: Beyond Foundations and the two Handling classes (all without time limitations – you can join and finish at any point).

 

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sialaSilvia 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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