This Week

THIS WEEKS CLASSES WE CONTINUE WITH AGILITY ON TUESDAY AND START A NEW GROUP WITH SESSION 1 ON THURSDAY EVENING.

For Tuesday we will start working on our plank work for contact training so think of some ideas of what you can use: 1x12 boards, stairs, a platform, workout step… it needs to be big enough your dog can stand all the way on it and then bring two front feet to the ground while keeping their back feet on.

For both Tuesday and Thursday you need: a jump of some kind. You can use a broomstick over chair legs, on on milk crates… you only need a bar 8-12 inches high. (or lower if you have a very small dog) A target: check out the foundations & beginner trick training for tips on target training. Toys and/or things you can put food in your dog needs your help getting out.

A reminder that to do the agility classes you need to keep up with all of them, you don’t have to attend every session if you can watch the recordings and stay current, but this is not a class you can miss the first couple classes and then jump in session 3 or you will not know what’s going on. You are welcome to observe, but if you are just observing have your cameras off so I know you are not working so I can focus on the working teams.

FALL CLASSES

I am working on the Fall/winter schedule as we come round the back half of the academy! I know we have a few new young puppies so if you are not on Facebook and have a puppy under 6 months old email me dawn@thehikerpup.com as if we have enough youngsters we will start a new foundations zoom class Saturday mornings. Otherwise look on the Academy Facebook group for a post asking about our puppies and a class so I can see if enough folks are interested.