Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Green Leaf Pet Resort & Hotel & Speedoggie Performance Dog Training
SUMMER TRAINING SPECIALS & RATES
• $50 per 3 week session (1 hour classes limited to 6 students)
• $95 per 6 week session (1 hour classes limited to 6 students)
• $125 per 6 week session (1.5 hour classes limited to 8 students)
• $5 discount if registering for any two (2) group classes
*$20 Drop-in fee for any class that is not full
• Make up classes available for missed group classes
• $50 private lesson (30 min) available day/evening weekdays and select weekends
• $95 private lesson (60 min) available day/evening weekdays and select weekends
FREE RING PRACTICE for students currently registered in classes and/or private lessons (day/evening 7 days a week)

New Outdoor Rings!


Two outdoor rings 100’ x 100’ (10’ space in-between each ring) with 4’ fencing all around (including a gate). Regulation rubberized contact equipment for safety. USDAA & AKC jump heights. Shade tents for students to remain comfortable during classes. Our training rings are designed to simulate an agility competition environment.

Indoor Ring!

Indoor training area is 40’ x 90’ fully air conditioned and heated.
State-of-the-art AgileFlex rubber matting for superior traction as well as cushioning.




We accept PayPal, Credit Card, Checks and Cash
For All Classes, Private Lessons & Ring Rentals

Gift Certificates Available!

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ALL BREED AGILITY • RALLY OBEDIENCE
TRICK TRAINING • FIT FIDO
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ANIMAL ACTING • SHERLOCK NOSE©




GROUP CLASSES • PRIVATE LESSONS
SEMINARS • WORKSHOPS
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SUMMER 2012 CLASS SCHEDULE 
Monday

Beginner Agility 10-11am

Outdoors: All Ages. Introduction To Agility. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 2, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
If you are looking to get your dog started in agility, this class is for you! This class introduces you and your dog to all the agility obstacles. Everything you need to know to get started in agility is covered in this class. Dogs and puppies of any age may join this class but puppies must have at least 2 sets of vaccinations before the first class.
Sherlock Nose© 7-8pm
Indoors: All Ages. Introduction To Scenting Work. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 2, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
Harness the power of your dog’s nose! Dogs have an amazing sense of smell. A dog’s natural desire to sniff, hunt and search has now been organized into a sport. K9 Nosework is a new dog sport that is taking the dog world by storm. Our class will help develop your dog’s natural scenting abilities by harnessing the love to hunt, play with toys, food rewards and exercise. It’s a fantastic way to have fun with your dog, build your dog’s self esteem and confidence as well as burn lots of physical and mental energy! Dogs and puppies of any age may join this class but puppies must have at least 2 sets of vaccinations before the first class.
Rally Obedience 8-9pm
Indoors: Beginner/Novice. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 2, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
This class will teach and help perfect all of the novice Rally exercises. For people and dogs that are brand new to the sport, and those who need more polish to get ready for competition. 
Masters Standard Class 6:30-8:00pm
Outdoors: Competition Level. 6 week session $125. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 23, 2012. This class repeats every 6 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Chris Ott
This class focuses on excellent/masters level standard agility course challenges as well as tournament and international course challenges. We will be working on executing contacts at speed, course analysis, and perfecting timing and side changes as well as building consistency and teamwork. Additional focus on distance skills and balancing turn cues (excel/decel, verbal and hand signals, etc).
Tuesday
Beginner Agility 10-11am
Outdoors: All Ages. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 3, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted. 
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
If you are looking to get your dog started in agility, this class is for you! This class introduces you and your dog to all the agility obstacles. Everything you need to know to get started in agility is covered in this class. Dogs and puppies of any age may join this class but puppies must have at least 2 sets of vaccinations before the first class.
Focus & Motivation 11-12pm
Outdoors: Competition & Pre Competition Level. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 3, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
Is your dog easily distracted? Does he run off to visit other dogs or people when off leash? Does your dog seem unenthusiastic or need more speed on course? Whether your dog is a social butterfly, a ground sniffer or a bit of a slow poke, this class will help you understand and fix distraction and motivation issues to get your dog focused and running with you.
Jumping & Contacts 12-1pm
Outdoors: Competition & Pre Competition Level. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students. 
Start Date: July 3, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
This class focuses on jumping form, take off points and efficiency. Jumping skill drills that you can practice with as little as 1 or 2 jumps will teach you how to develop your dog’s jump form as well as your handling cues over jumps. This class also focuses on perfecting contacts in competition. Learn the skills you need to know to get your dog to perform contacts the same in competition as they do in practice. Easy to train skills that do not require tons of repetition. Stopping and running contacts included.
Distance Handling Skills 6-7pm
Outdoors: Competition & Pre Competition Level. 3 week session $50.. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 3, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Chris Ott
This class focuses on teaching dogs and handlers to work away from each other. Whether it be for a Gamblers or FAST course qualifier or just simply because your dog is faster than you and you can’t keep up :) This class will help you teach your dog to efficiently perform obstacles away from you as well as teach you the handling cues needed to send your dog to an obstacle at a distance.
Beginner Agility 7-8pm
Outdoors/Indoors: All Ages. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 3, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
If you are looking to get your dog started in agility, this class is for you! This class introduces you and your dog to all the agility obstacles. Everything you need to know to get started in agility is covered in this class. Dogs and puppies of any age may join this class but puppies must have at least 2 sets of vaccinations before the first class.
Tricks Class 8:15-9:15pm
Indoors. All Ages. 3 week session $50.. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 3, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted. 
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
Not enough time to exercise the dog as much as he would like? Well try exercising your dogs mind! Dogs love to learn and they love to play so we combined these two things together and developed a fun and playful class full of really great dog tricks! These tricks are easy to learn and fun to perform. Impress your friends and family with your dog’s new talents. Dogs and puppies of any age may join this class but puppies must have at least 2 sets of vaccinations before the first class.


Wednesday
Beginner Agility 10-11am
Outdoors: All Ages. Introduction To week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 4, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
If you are looking to get your dog started in agility, this class is for you! This class introduces you and your dog to all the agility obstacles. Everything you need to know to get started in agility is covered in this class. Dogs and puppies of any age may join this class but puppies must have at least 2 sets of vaccinations before the first class.
Distance Handling Skills 10-11am
Outdoors: Competition Level. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 4, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Chris Ott
This class focuses on teaching dogs and handlers to work away from each other. Whether it be for a Gamblers or FAST course qualifier or just simply because your dog is faster than you and you can’t keep up :) This class will help you teach your dog to efficiently perform obstacles away from you as well as teach you the handling cues needed to send your dog to an obstacle at a distance.
Perfecting Crosses & Side Changes 11-12pm
Outdoors: Competition Level. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 4, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Chris Ott
This class focuses on perfecting the timing and placement of side changes, developing repeatable and recognizable cues and increasing understanding of what cross to use and where to use it. 
Solving Jumping Problems 12-1pm
Outdoors: Competition Level. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 4, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Chris Ott
This class focuses on jumping form, take off points and efficiency. Jumping skill drills that you can practice with as little as 1 or 2 jumps will teach you how to develop your dog’s jump form as well as your handling cues over jumps.
Excellent/Masters Jumpers Class 6:30-8pm
Outdoors: Competition Level. 6 week session $125. . Limited to 8 students.
Start Date: August 8, 2012. This class repeats every 6 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Chris Ott
This class focuses on excellent/masters level jumpers course challenges as well as tournament and international course challenges. Students will work on executing turns at speed, detailed course analysis, perfecting timing and side changes as well as building consistency and teamwork. Additional focus on the use of distance, and balancing turn cues (excel/decel verbal and hand signals, etc). 
Thursday
Beginner Agility 6-7pm
Outdoors/Indoors: All Ages. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 19, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
If you are looking to get your dog started in agility, this class is for you! This class introduces you and your dog to all the agility obstacles. Everything you need to know to get started in agility is covered in this class. Dogs and puppies of any age may join this class but puppies must have at least 2 sets of vaccinations before the first class.
Intermediate Agility 7-8pm
Outdoors: All Ages. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 19, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
This class is for dogs that have gone through a Beginners Class and are familiar with all the equipment. This class focuses on getting your dog up to full height equipment and perfecting obstacle skills while advancing handling and sequencing skills.
Fit Fido© 8:15-9:15pm
Indoors. All Ages. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 19, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
Is your dog a bit out of shape? Not much exercise this winter? Well this is a class that will bring back your dogs great shape and help him be more fit to live a longer life. Using equipment specifically designed for dogs by FitPaws (www.balldynamics.com) we will help condition your dog as well as assist in recovery from injuries and/or surgery. Fit Fido is an excellent way to burn off a bit of energy for all dogs. The exercises are fun and the dogs love it. Come on out and try a class for 3 weeks, you and your dog will LOVE it! . Dogs and puppies of any age may join this class but puppies must have at least 2 sets of vaccinations before the first class.


Friday
Tricks Class 10-11am
Outdoors. All Ages. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 6, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Frankie Joiris
Is your dog bored? Not enough time to exercise him as much as he would like? Well try exercising your dogs mind! Dogs love to learn and they love to play so we combined these two things together and developed a fun and playful class full of really great dog tricks! These tricks are easy to learn and fun to perform. Impress your friends and family with your dog’s new talents. Dogs and puppies of any age may join this class but puppies must have at least 2 sets of vaccinations before the first class.
Weekend Warm-Up! 10-11am
Outdoors: Critiqued course run thrus. 3 week session $50. Limited to 6 students.
Start Date: July 6, 2012. This class repeats every 3 weeks unless otherwise noted.
Instructor: Chris Ott
No time to train your dog this week and you have a show coming up on the weekend?! No worries, this class is here to help you out. Run full courses and work on your problems areas, maybe practice that start line or proof those contacts. This class is for all levels with nested novice/open/excellent level courses. Instructor is there to give you course critique and problem area suggestions but this class is more of a run through class to get you warmed up for the upcoming competition.

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Chris Ott


Founder of the world famous Speedoggie Training program, Chris Ott brings her encyclopedic knowledge of agility to Green Leaf Pet Resort & Hotel as their Agility Program director. Chris has been extremely successful in a wide variety of competitive dog sports since 1982. Her expertise spans obedience, herding, and field work as well as agility. An international level dog agility champion, full time trainer and coach for over 20 years, Chris has represented the USA multiple times on the USA/AKC World Agility Team. She is also a National Agility Champion, Guinness World Record Holder and USA
Chris is the 2012 USA Team Coach for the European Open “Junior” Agility World Championships as well as a past USA Team Member at the European Open Agility World Championship with two different dogs. Chris is also one of the USA’s top breeders of performance Border Collies with multiple dogs of her breeding being selected to represent the USA at FCI World Championships and Crufts as well as winning National Agility Championships.
While Chris’s name immediately brings to mind the top Border Collies in agility, her experience spans the whole gamut of dog breeds. She has competed at top levels with dogs from almost every group, and her students have repeatedly proven that her methods produce top results with any dog. Her student’s dogs are routinely ranked in the top five of their breed, and dozens of Chris’ students regularly represent their breed each year at the prestigious AKC/Eukanuba National Agility Invitational (breeds including: Spanish Water Dog, Norfolk Terrier, King Charles Spaniel, Tibetan Terrier, Poodle, Cocker Spaniel, Wire Fox Terrier, Rottweiler, German Shepherd, Doberman, Briard and Border Collie to name just a few).
Chris works with all breeds of dogs, including mixed breeds, at all levels of training and at all ages. She also works with adult and junior handlers alike with her youngest hander at 7 years old and her oldest at 80+ years young! Her training program produces dogs that run and play in agility well into their senior years while remaining sound and healthy. Many of Chris' senior dogs (both her own and her students) are still very competitive in the championship programs of AKC and USDAA as well as other nationally recognized programs such as NADAC, CPE and DOCNA. Chris is also known for her problem solving skills and customizing training programs to fit each teams individual needs.
Chris' 30 years of experience coupled with her outstanding accomplishments and those of her students makes her one of the highest qualified instructors in the world. Chris offers private lessons, performance and behavior evaluations and group classes at Green Leaf Pet Resort & Hotel as well as privately at other locations. More info on Chris Ott (Parker) and student testimonials are available at: www.speedoggie.com.


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Frankie Joiris



Frankie Joiris has been teaching dog training for competitive sports since 1976. She has successfully competed with a wide variety of breeds from the Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, Toy and Herding groups, in both competitive obedience, agility, and conformation, earning UD, MACH, and Championship titles with them as well as hunting and coursing titles, and tracking. She has competed in many National Championships and has been invited to every single AKC Agility
Invitational since the inception of the event. Frankie has studied with trainers both in the United States and Europe covering a wide variety of dog sports, from Coon hunting to Belgian Ringsport. She studied psychology and animal behavior in college, and has passion for understanding the learning and teaching process both in her animal and in her human students.
As an instructor, Frankie has taken her students to the highest titles of the sport in competitive agility, obedience and rally. She has worked extensively with junior handlers, as well as with senior handlers and handlers with disabilities. She loves the challenge of figuring out what will work best for each new team she takes on, and excels at finding novel approaches to difficult problems.
In addition to teaching and competing in dog sports, Frankie has been training animal actors for 35 years. She has worked with everything from camels to snakes. Her credits include over 300 television and film jobs as well as theater and print. She has worked with many famous actors including Angelina Jolie, Robin Williams, and Woody Allen.
She writes about animal training for several publications including Clean Run, American Animal Trainer, The Pet Bird Report, and Companion Parrot Quarterly and is in high demand as a seminar presenter.
A link to student testimonials http://home.netcom.com/~joiris/id13.html.




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