Course Title: Agility Training - 223
Credits: 6 (Approx. 42 work-hours)
Instructor: Angelica Steinker, M.Ed., CDB, C.C.B.C., CDBC
Course Description
Agility Training 223 is a one year in-depth and advanced exploration of the behaviors required to run competition level agility. The student will learn about the play training pyramid and how to make use of the foundation it creates to give their dog the best agility behavior education that they can. This course emphasizes motivation and fun. This course is hands on and requires that you have a dog that is physically and behaviorally fit and prepared to participate safely in sports training.
A minimum of once weekly access to a full set of agility equipment is necessary to complete this course
Students should emerge from this course with a foundational understanding of:
Course Texts
Enrollment Package Includes
- Coursework document with assignments and course notes
- Student Handbook
- Access to Classroom, with transcripts from Guest Visits and handouts
- Free membership with IIACAB and to all issues of its journal JACAB
- Access to your Instructor for one-on-one guidance
Schedule
The course begins as soon as your enrollment is complete and you receive your enrollment package. Although we allow 6 months for this course, you are free to complete the course sooner if you can, and we do allow extensions if need be.
Prerequisites
Principles of Learning and Behavior 104
Dog Training Processes 105
or
Permission of the school. Enquire and assure us that you already have a solid grasp of the principles of learning and basic techniques in dog training.
Tuition
$500 Cdn. (Currency Converter) + 4% fee for for online payments. Textbooks not included in tuition. They may be purchased through http://www.dogwise.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.half.com in most cases. Also check the Student Library. Canadian Residents 5% GST.
Enrollment
Visit the "ENROLL" page and follow the application instructions.