Course Syllabus
Course Title: Dancing With Dogs
Prerequisites: Basic Obedience such as Puppy II or Dogs I
Purpose: This class is a fun and wonderful way to bond with your dog while exercising both you and him/her.
Course cost and length:
Live: $200.00 8 live sessions
Recorded: $150.00
What you can expect to learn from this Course:
- How dogs learn
- How to use the clicker to train tricks
- Tricks including, but not limited to: side-pass; spin; turn; bow; back.
- How to backchain behaviors
- How to put carefully orchestrated tricks to music to create a dance
Course Info: This class is designed for the enjoyment of handler and dog. Using positive training techniques, you will teach your dog a series of well orchestrated tricks that can be put to music and turned into a dance! In this class you will learn the side-pass, crawl, spin, turn, bow, back and more fun dance moves. You will also learn how to backchain these behaviors so that your dog learns the dance faster! I will also teach you of the various dancing with dog organizations and how to enter in a competition if you so chose!
Instructor: Sarah Story (shortstory02@hotmail.com) has been working with dogs her entire life. She grew up in a "bird dog" home. Sarah ran her first (North American Shoot To Retrieve Association (NSTRA) field trial at the age of eight and has not stopped since. She plans on fulfilling her requirements to become a
NSTRA judge in 2006. In addition to field work, Sarah has experience in Agility, Obedience, and Confirmation. She and her dog "Checkers" are registered with Therapy Dog, Inc. as a working Therapy Dog team along with the American Kennel Club's Canine Good Citizen (CGC). Currently, Sarah is an Associate Trainer for Canine Companions by Certifed Trainers where she is a head instructor for group classes, accepts private behavior modifciation cases in addition to boarding and training. She has been training with Canine Companions for three years and loves working with all breeds of dogs.
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