Competition Proofing Workshop by Dawn Plantier.
Must pre-register online through SignUpGenius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F44A5A82EA7F4C34-52628228-positive.
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Are you looking for a way to build confidence, resiliency and understanding in to your dog’s skill set? Does your dog struggle to perform in distracting environments or in the ring? Do you want your puppy or young dog to understand that failing is not a bad thing and that pushing through some mild adversity leads to big pay offs? This may be the workshop for you.
Dawn will be cover how to use distractions and proofing effectively in your training using motivational methods. We will be covering obedience, rally, and agility examples. These techniques can be applied to any dog sport skills. They are appropriate for the early stages of learning through to finished behaviors that are ready for the ring.
Dogs that stress in the ring or shutdown when competing can also benefit greatly from distraction and proofing exercises. We work on making it fun and rewarding for our dogs at all times to keep their motivation high and create buy in when things get challenging.
There will be 6 working spots available and unlimited auditors.
Working handlers will submit a skill they would like to work on proofing. These skills can be agility, obedience, or rally related. The working dogs will be chosen so that we have a range of skills to present. The dogs should be comfortable training with people nearby. This workshop is not appropriate for dogs with aggression issues.