Friday, December 21, 2012

Speedoggie at Agility University 


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- Tricked Out Puppy Class: 

A classes specifically designed to condition your puppy/young dog both mentally and physically, safely and without boring or potentially dangerous repetition. The puppy Frankie is keeping from my current litter, "Kiss~Me," will star in this class as demo dog extraordinary giving us the opportunity to demonstrate the techniques with a very young puppy. We will be showing the skills and potential training situations, detailing how to successfully work thru each situation. The class is designed to be a puppy/young dog version of our internationally acclaimed Fit To Be Tricked Program. We are looking forward, for the first time, to customizing the program for puppies and young dogs, to get them started out with confidence, better proprioception and core strength as well as presenting the foundations of many of the skills needed in canine performance sports. 



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- Fit To Be Tricked Class: 

Our famous fitness, body awareness and skill development program. The Fit To Be Tricked (FTBT) Program was written about in an extended series of articles in Clean Run Magazine as well as other dog sport publications and presented internationally to hundreds of canine participants of all shapes and sizes (from toys to giant breeds) with fantastic results. Freestyle, agility and obedience dogs alike have all found the skills in this program to be a major part of their training routines. FTBT focuses on improving your dogs performance skills for both obstacle AND course navigation by not only getting your dog in better physical condition and improving core strength but also by improving your teams overall skill proficiency without having to drill your dog on equipment. All of the training exercises can be done indoors, out of the cold/snow! From contacts (running/moving/stopping) to jumping, weavepoles to startlines, heeling, dressage to herding, this program covers it all... and then some!



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We are very excited to be doing multiple classes with Agility U. This new and unique form of training is a natural extension of our already successful Speedoggie Training Program. We are confident that our current clients and class participants as well as students new to our program will enjoy the format, information and convenience of in-home training presented in the classes. 




Our techniques are thoroughly tested and proven. Designed with our well known physical therapist Ria Acciani of Advanced Canine Rehabilitation Center (http://www.dogpt.com) specifically for dogs training a multitude of sports. Advanced Canine Rehabilitation has traveled internationally with the USA World Team and have worked on many of the top dogs participating at USDAA and AKC National events. They also are senior presenters at the American Physical Therapy Association's National Conference. Together Frankie, Chris and Ria have put together this one of a kind Fit To Be Tricked and Tricked Out Puppy Programs.

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Frankie Joiris-Wust, a professional/published writer as well as full time animal trainer for film and television as well as canine performance sports has experience in titling dogs to advanced titles such as; obedience UD, confirmation CH, agility MACH, as well as hunting, field and lure coursing titles. She also has raised litters that have produced dogs who have won the Westminster Kennel Club Show. She is also a published writer of fiction, dog , bird and many other animal training skills. Her writing style is clear, detailed with easy to apply techniques. 





Chris Ott (Parker) is an international level dog agility competitor, trainer and coach. 2 time USA/AKC World Agility Team Member, National Agility Champion, Guinness World Record Holder & USA European Agility Open Team Member with 2 dogs. Chris is also one of the USAs 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 in multiple venues. Well known for her ability to work with many breeds, Chris had 13 students representing their breed at this years prestigious AKC/Eukanuba National Championship (breeds including: Spanish Water Dog, Poodle, Cocker Spaniel, Caviler King Charles Spaniel, Norfolk/Norwich Terriers, Wire Fox Terrier, Springer Spaniel, Puli, Rottweiler, German Shepherd, Briard and Border Collies). Accomplishments: 4 x Winner AKC/USA World Team Tryouts (Individual & Overall) 8 x AKC/USA World Team Tryout Participant 10 x USDAA World Championships Semi Finalist 4 x ESPN Great Outdoor Games Participant 3 x AKC Nationals Challenger Round Finalist and multiple year finalist in USDAA/AKC. Chris' competition history coupled with her 30+ years of dog training experience, makes her one of the most respected dog trainers in the world.

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OFFICIAL AGILITY U COURSE NAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS, START DATES, COSTS:

Course Title:

MAXPUP 4: The Tricked Out Puppy        

Faculty: Chris Ott and Frankie Joiris


Brief description: Improve your puppy’s coordination, body awareness and foundation for agility ability while teaching them fun and exciting tricks.

Read More: The Tricked Out Puppy is a the puppy version of the famous Fit To Be Tricked program!

The Fit To Be Tricked program was designed by World/National Agility Champion, Chris Ott (Parker), world-renowned theatrical and trick dog trainer, Frankie Joiris, in consultation with internationally recognized physical therapist, Ria Acciani.  It is an exciting program that uses specialized trick training, as a fun way to optimize fitness, flexibility and coordination.  FTBT is designed to improve your dog’s performance in agility, increase physical strength and stamina, decrease muscle recovery time and improve learning ability. The Tricked Out Puppy has been modified to make it perfect for helping puppies develop body awareness, coordination, balance, and strength, as well as improve learning ability.

Categories (choose from the following or one of your own): Handling, Motivation, 

Foundation, Puppy, Obstacle Skills, Mental Game, Problem Solving, Health/Nutrition

Level: Choose one of the following: Open to All

Course Length: 6 weeks (information/classroom available in read-only mode for working/auditing students for 6 months after completion of course)

Start Date: January 14th, 2013


Course Structure: *Brief assignments to be videotaped for feedback by working participants. *Questions answered and feedback on each assignment from instructors in the class forum. *Discussion with other students (working and auditing) in the Class Forum as well as access to the general AU forums. *Access to Class Chat *Access to Faculty Office Hours

Equipment needed (working participants only): balance disks, exercise ball or peanut and other easily available props.

Space required (working participants only): 10’ x 10’ area

Office Hours:  (days/times?) TBD

Type of participation (choose from any/all of the following, as well as assign limits):
·       Working (posts responses to written assignments, posts videos of sequences, gets instructor feedback to all of these as well as answers to any questions posted, can actively participate in forum, chat and office hours) Limit:
·       Auditing (can view and read all videos/assignments/posts from instructor and working students, will get instructor answers to course-specific questions posted, can actively participate in class forum, chat and office hours). Limit:
·       Observing (has read-only and view-only access to the class forum, chat and office hours, cannot post or ask questions): Limit:

Tuition:
·       Working: $198.00
·       Auditing: $125.00
·       Observing: $85.00



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Course Title: Fit To Be Tricked        

Faculty: Chris Ott and Frankie Joiris


Brief description: Improve your dog’s fitness and agility ability while teaching them fun and exciting tricks.

Read More: The Fit To Be Tricked program was designed by The Fit To Be Tricked (FTBT) World/National Agility Champion, Chris Ott (Parker), world-renowned theatrical and trick dog trainer, Frankie Joiris, in consultation with internationally recognized physical therapist, Ria Acciani.  It is an exciting program that uses specialized trick training as a fun way to optimize fitness, flexibility and coordination.  FTBT is designed to improve your dog’s performance in agility, increase physical strength and stamina, decrease muscle recovery time and improve learning ability.

Categories (choose from the following or one of your own): Handling, Motivation, Foundation, Puppy, Obstacle Skills, Mental Game, Problem Solving, Health/Nutrition

Level: Choose one of the following: Open to All

Course Length: 6 weeks (information/classroom available in read-only mode for working/auditing students for 6 months after completion of course)

Start Date: January 14th, 2013

Course Structure: *Brief assignments to be videotaped for feedback by working participants. *Questions answered and feedback on each assignment from instructors in the class forum. *Discussion with other students (working and auditing) in the Class Forum as well as access to the general AU forums. *Access to Class Chat *Access to Faculty Office Hours

Equipment needed (working participants only):  balance disks, exercise ball or peanut, some empty plastic soda bottles or a toddler bowling set, and other easily available props.
Space required (working participants only): 10’ x 10’ area

Office Hours:  (days/times?) TBD

Type of participation (choose from any/all of the following, as well as assign limits):
·       Working (posts responses to written assignments, posts videos of sequences, gets instructor feedback to all of these as well as answers to any questions posted, can actively participate in forum, chat and office hours) Limit:
·       Auditing (can view and read all videos/assignments/posts from instructor and working students, will get instructor answers to course-specific questions posted, can actively participate in class forum, chat and office hours). Limit:
·       Observing (has read-only and view-only access to the class forum, chat and office hours, cannot post or ask questions): Limit:

Tuition:
·       Working: $198.00
·       Auditing: $125.00
·       Observing: $85.00