DogStar Online Classes!
The Adventures of Grape and Kepler-79: This will be an informal video journal of my training sessions with both Grape, and my new puppy, Kepler. Each week for six months I will be posting videos of our training sessions with info about what we’re working in each session. These sessions will include topics like….
Manners, recalls and impulse control
Body awareness, balance, fitness, and coordination skills
Foundation agility skills
Foundation jump training
Running contact foundations
Trick training and other brain games
Enrichment; physical and mental
Building confidence
Tug and toy drive
The video journal will run via a closed Facebook group. Members will be able to post questions and hopefully this will encourage discussion amongst the group.
This group is for new puppy owners, future puppy owners, training geeks like me, teams that need to fill in some gaps in their training, or those just looking for some new training ideas.
Again, these videos will be very informal, in fact I am likely to still be in my pajamas for lots of them. I tend to be a very “organic” trainer so I always have a plan but it is subject to change at any moment!
DogStar Online Training Club: The club is designed to help supplement your learning in addition to class, or help you build skills if you are unable to attend a class. I always tell folks to think of their training as building their “agility toolbox”, adding lots of different tools so that they’ll have exactly what they need for every job. The club will be a “closed Facebook group” and will run on the same schedule as our group classes, six lessons in the form of short video clips, course maps, diagrams, etc.. Lessons will have something for all levels whether it be training foundation skills, proofing obstacle performance, teaching body awareness skills, adding verbal cues, trick training, etc. Minimal space and equipment will be needed for most exercises (traffic cones, travel plank, two jumps), and some course maps will be included for when you have access to equipment. The club is done at your own pace and you can work one or multiple dogs. You are encouraged to ask questions/start discussion but this is *not* a video submission course. Most of what I include are skills/exercises I found beneficial when training my own dogs, or wish I would have trained my own dogs. If you are enrolled in the March/April group agility class session pricing is $50. If you are *not* enrolled in the March/April group agility class session pricing is $100.
Performance Pup! Online Foundation Skills Club: Specific foundation skills for your pup. Spending time teaching foundation skills will not only make your training easier in the long run but it helps build a fabulous relationship with your new canine partner. Lessons will include training foundation agility skills, teaching body awareness skills, adding verbal cues, trick training, some beginning obstacle training, etc. Minimal space and equipment will be needed for most exercises (traffic cones, travel plank, two jumps). The club is done at your own pace and you can work one or multiple dogs. You are encouraged to ask questions/start discussion but this is *not* a video submission course. If you are enrolled in the March/April group agility class session pricing is $50. If you are *not* enrolled in the March/April group agility class session pricing is $100.