223 - Agility Training

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:

  • the use of a clicker in agility training
  • training each of the agility obstacles
  • creating and maintaining a happy attitude in the dog
  • having fun while training your dog to the highest level

Course Texts

  • Click and Play Agility by Angelica Steinker

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
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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.comhttp://www.amazon.comhttp://www.abebooks.com or http://www.half.com in most cases. Also check the Student LibraryCanadian Residents 5% GST.

Enrollment

Visit the "ENROLL" page and follow the application instructions.

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