MARY ELLEN BARRY - AGILITY SENDS AND RECALLS SEMINARS - February 20-22^nd (Working spots full)

^{Auditing spots are still available but you must sign up by Friday February 6th.}

These seminars received rave reviews when offered in December and will be repeated this coming February. The seminars will be held at Orchard Hills Training Center in Barto, PA. The facility is semi heated and is on Sprinturf. Lunch is included all 3 days.

For a dog to run any sequence or course quickly and efficiently the handler must proactively show her dog where the course goes next. These seminars will show you how to communicate with your dog using Linda Mecklenburg's (Awesome Paws) Handling System. The seminars will focus on teaching you and your dog how to do Sends and Recalls through a series of foundation skills and handling drills. These are not common agility handling terms so come hear what it all means and how it all fits together. Find out what makes this system unique and how it will help you and your dog achieve maximum potential on a course as a team by learning the following:

- The impact of your motion

- The difference between natural cues and trained cues

- What combination of cues to use to achieved the desired response from your dog

To quote Linda Mecklenburg from the August 2008 issue of Clean Run "When my dog has the ability to send to an obstacle and subsequently recall over the next, my ability to cue my dog to where he's going next almost takes care of itself."

Friday February 20, 2009, 9-5 - Sends and Recalls Foundation:

We will help develop your "action plan" to train your dog for sends and recalls. This will include ground work and 1 jump work. This is appropriate for any level dog. Dog's must have been introduced to jumps and should be offering jumps at full height. Dog should also have the ability to send to an object (see Clean Run April 2008 Foundation Fundamentals for how to teach this).

Saturday February 21, 2009, 9-5 - Sends and Recalls Skills:

We will further development of your action plan by taking the foundation and applying it to short sequences of 3-6 jumps and tunnels. This is appropriate for any dog from the green/novice dog through masters level.

Sunday February 22, 2009, 9-5 - Sends and Recalls Drills:

We will take your action plan from the previous 2 days and put that plan into action! We will run handling drills of jumps and tunnels. You will learn how the sends and recalls fit together and we will fine tune your handling and timing. All participants in working spots for this day *MUST* have attended (working or auditing) the first 2 days of either the February or December seminars, or have the approval of the instructor. Dogs should be at an advanced or masters level.

These seminars are progressive and each one builds on the information presented on the previous day. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you attend all 3 days either as a participant or an auditor in order to achieve full benefit.

Working spots are $150/day, Auditing spots are $75/day, 3 days auditing package for $200.

Quotes from previous participants:

I just wanted to say again what a great seminar you presented! I came away with a much better understanding of what I need at specific points on a sequence/course and how to properly apply the cues to get the performance needed. - Terri Cesarek

I just wanted to thank you for a spectacular seminar-your attention to detail, explanations, and ability to make everyone successful is truly a gift. I have a much clearer idea of how to analyze a course and plan my handling strategy. - Jean Kanzler

I really think it is starting to click... I was feeling more confident in figuring how or why to do something on course than I can ever remember. - Charmaine Fedick

Fabulous, Awesome, Terrific... Wow, what more can I say? These workshops were so inspiring and although I know I have heard most of this before, there was something different with this weekend, by George I think I finally got it. It was extremely helpful to do those sequences step by step. My next learning curve will be to recognize all the places on course to apply what I learned. - Karen Wrobleski

To register, or FMI, contact me at mebarry@kineticdog.com or (610) 222-3645 (e-mail is preferred).