Now it’s time for more equipment work and handling techniques! This class will give you training techniques for contacts, jumping skills, weaves, and help you develop handling skills. Running a smooth course involves effective communication between handler and dog. This class will help to strengthen that communication. You’ll learn the cues you use to signal your dog, and help you teach the dog to understand those cues. You’ll learn how to break your movement into little pieces with proper reward placement and other techniques that drive success! Beginning agility dog & handler teams should expect to take this class for 2-3 sessions.
Prerequisites: Dog must have completed Foundations for Agility 1 & 2 classes (within the current year), or have instructor approval.
Skills taught in this class include:
- Improving obstacle contacts
- Solid weave pole entries
- Strengthen jumping skills (collection and extension)
- Pinwheel handling
- Solidifying start line behavior
- Reward placement and timing
- Front and rear crosses
- Collection and extension
- Handler position and body cues
- Movement away from and towards handler
- Sequencing obstacles
