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Cik&Cap turns

1h long, 45 eur/ 59 usd

Do you want to improve your course times for two and more seconds? Do you want to make handling and timing easier for you? Do you want to improve your dogs obstacle focus, distance skills, sends and independent performance? Do you want to take lots of stress off your dogs joints? Do you want to make turns more fun for your dog? Then you need to teach cik&cap.

Sounds fancy, but it is just another trick. This video offers step by step instructions how to teach it, real life examples, detailed course analysis on where, when and why to use it and some more tricks on how to improve your dogs performance.

Agility Turns Tutorial Video Trailer

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And an article I wrote for Agility Zone magazine on Cik&Cap:

As you probably figured out by now: I love training dogs! And I love it even more when I have a new, not-yet-tested idea. It's funny, because I actually really hate having new phone, computer or car, I hate getting used to new things and reading instructions is what makes me annoyed and nervous in like a second. People that know me always laugh at me to be able to test and develop new methods for years, they know patience, persistence and not giving up are my strongest points - until they see me reading instructions. Give me instructions to follow and I'm giving up in the next second. Give me the dog with the problem and I will solve it. Might take me years, but I will.

I love new challenges and I love that every next dog brings me some new ones: Aiken taught me how to motivate hard-to-motivate dogs, Lo taught me how to deal with fears and phobias, Bu taught me how to work with autistic dog with special needs and La... Hm... She showed me how easy it is with problem-free dog (if we don't see hyperactivity and total lack of self-control as a problem, of course 🙂 ). As I needed a problem to solve, something to improve anyway, I came up with that idea of cik&cap turns. She already won World Championships with 6s of advantage before that, so no, we didn't need it. But we loved it and with every next dog, every next student and every next course that I run, I love it even more, I see even more advantage in it and even more positive side-effects.

Cik&cap turns are born as a trick, that's where the name comes from: cik-cak/zig-zag was how I called figure 8 between my legs trick. And then simply generalized it for sending the dog to wrap other objects, eventually jump wings and then eventually jump wings with a bar inbetween - low first, and then higher&higher. Very easy, elegant way to cut off 2 to 5s off your course times, depending on how good or not your dog is naturally turning and how long or not he is jumping when jumping in extension. Yeah, most people think I gain most with running contacts, but as there are maximum two occasions to do running contacts per course (none in jumpers), that's not really true. You can gain the most on turns.

And it's not just about the turns. At the same time you are training for perfect turns, you are training sends, distance skills, independence, commitment and obstacle focus and you're making turns and agility as such way more fun for the dog. Especially if you're just starting, beginnings can be somewhat frustrating for both the dog and the handler as they both have so much more to learn - but knowing cik&cap makes it more fun for both, it allows the dog to run and have fun right from the start and gives the handler more time to think about where and how to cross etc. Handling and timing definitely gets MUCH easier with cik&cap, it allows you to get perfect turns even when you don't happen to be on a perfect spot at the perfect moment. And probably most importantly: as it allows the dog to know all the time where he is going next, so that he has time to adjust his speed and prepare for the turn, it takes lots of stress off your dog's joints. It always hurts me to see dogs landing in wrong direction, having to absorb all the momentum to stop and turn and then speed up again, sometimes even falling on their shoulders... NOT good! Cik&cap allows your dog to always land with front paws turned in the right direction, so the momentum from the landing is used for speeding up again.

So yes, cik&cap is definitely The trick that you want to teach to every agility dog. Have fun!



98 Comments

  1. Valerie July 17, 2010 at 13:37 Log in to Reply

    I´m looking forward to it -- I´m sure it´s gonna be an amzing video! 🙂
    Valerie 🙂

    • Lisa September 24, 2010 at 21:39 Log in to Reply

      Cik & Cap has finally arrived ! It only took a week to get here, so that’s pretty good.

      ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT !!!
      I very much liked your attention to the details which we often overlook as well.
      The comparison runs really highlighted the benefit of Cik & Cap so well.
      My puppy , Ghost, kept running up to the TV to watch. Maybe he’ll be able to teach himself 🙂

      So now to watch it again, and again before we start.

      I’m really looking forward to the Heeling video.

      Ah….one question…the blue tug toy you used at one stage looked very tough. What was it?

      Lisa.

      • LoLaBu September 27, 2010 at 22:49 Log in to Reply

        Thanks for the feedback! ‘m sure Ghost will like it even better in live as on a TV! 🙂
        That’s a nice toy yes, it’s from Karlie and it can survive even Bi -- well, at least reasonably long.

  2. Dagmar July 23, 2010 at 09:40 Log in to Reply

    Oh no….I don’t own a credit card… Do I need to get one now or is there any other way of payment?
    Fingers crossed for EO!

    • Bor July 23, 2010 at 16:26 Log in to Reply

      There will be other ways of payment coming soon. Please send an email with this question to slavica.trkman at gmail.com, so I can inform you as soon as I know more.
      Bor

    • Alex July 23, 2010 at 22:17 Log in to Reply

      If you can sign up with Paypal, it’s possible to pay through a regular chequing/savings bank account--it just takes longer, about a week to process the money.

  3. Bronwyn July 23, 2010 at 10:00 Log in to Reply

    Good luck for EO
    Do you know if once I download this whether I will be able to copy to a DVD disc so I can take it outside to where I will be training using a portable DVD player

    • Bor July 23, 2010 at 16:23 Log in to Reply

      Of course it is possible to copy it to a CD ROM, it is in mp4 format. I’m not sure about playing it on a portable DVD player, since this is not a DVD format. But I guess it is possible to play mp4. avi, divx and other video formats on a DVD player.
      Bor

  4. Sam Allison July 23, 2010 at 11:57 Log in to Reply

    Hi,
    Will it be possible to buy a DVD copy of the video? My internet connection is really slow and it wouldn’t manage to download such a large file (it takes me an hour to get a 5 minute you tube video!).

    • Bor July 23, 2010 at 16:19 Log in to Reply

      Yes, it is possible to get a CD copy of the video. For further information please send email with this question to slavica.trkman at gmail.com

  5. Mara July 28, 2010 at 20:33 Log in to Reply

    Great Video! Very clear instruction and wonderful illustration on how you use Cik/Cap in courses. Can’t wait for the tricks video! Love your training style and all that you do -Mara

    • LoLaBu August 10, 2010 at 21:10 Log in to Reply

      Thanks! 🙂 It was pretty scary to send out my very first training video, so I’m sure happy to hear you like it!

  6. Anonymous August 2, 2010 at 15:04 Log in to Reply

    realy good video

  7. Ashley August 2, 2010 at 17:26 Log in to Reply

    I think I’m going to ask for this for my birthday. It looks awesome!

  8. mteja in dagsi August 24, 2010 at 11:57 Log in to Reply

    hej silvia!
    mene pa zanima, če bota videa heeling&tricks prišla ven do 10. septembra ali mogoče kasneje?
    zanima me, če bo do takrat video Cik&Cap turns takrat še dosegljiv in če bi po 10. septembru lahko naročila vse skupaj??
    hvalaa (:

    • LoLaBu August 29, 2010 at 19:27 Log in to Reply

      V osnovi lahko, Cik&Cap bo se dosegljiv, trikov do takrat se ne bo, heeling pa pride ven ravno takrat enkrat.

  9. mteja in dagsi September 6, 2010 at 19:20 Log in to Reply

    hej silvia! 😀

    imam še eno vprašanje,ki se bolj nanaša na samo izdelavo filmčka trikov. Zanima me,kateri program upurabljaš in če ti ta program ponuja to, da več filečkov “zlepiš” skupaj ter to, da je namesto tvojega govorjenja ter lajanja psov pesem(torej da se mene ne bi slišalo.. 😀 )
    ali za to upurabljaš 2 različna programa??
    hvala!!
    ps: pa se opravičujem, če se to že napisala ampak računalnik mi nagaja -.-
    lepo se mejte vsi skupaj

  10. KesyBu October 12, 2010 at 14:38 Log in to Reply

    So today I finally saw cik/cap turns and heeling video and it is fantastic. It is understandable and you’re right -- it’s not so professional as the videos I saw before but it is the best thing about it. This makes the videos so wonderful and “real” . Amazing work, thank you 🙂
    Looking forward Tricks video!

    • KesyBu October 12, 2010 at 14:43 Log in to Reply

      I mean “professional” = just talking, talking, talking, than a few examples and again talking. So boring. But in your videos when you are talking there always something you can watch and step by step illustrations. Very interesting. I think you can motivate people to watch your videos again and again with great focus -- just like your dogs 😀


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