Last weekend I taught a clicker workshop for the club I work for, Garrity DTC. It was very well attended and everyone enjoyed themselves, so much so that we’ve already got another booked for the 17th July and the places are filling up fast already.
All dogs in the beginner group hadn’t done much clicker work before but both handlers & dogs were keen and they picked it up really quickly. We did some basic work focusing on lead work, targetting, obediencey stuff, some basic tricks and proprioception (body awareness). It was great fun, especially as 4 out of the dogs were beagles - great fun!
In the intermediate/advanced group we worked on progressing them on targeting, attention work & gait in heelwork, polishing off some obediencey bits, sending around an object and some retrieve & hold work.
A few pics:
Betsys foster pup showing how to loose leash walk using the clicker
Jessie doing some backend work
Murphy doing a hand touch
Jessie & Jake learning left & right
Dexter doing figure-8s
Daisy showing big dogs can do backend work too
Pip came with me as my official demo girl – showing the aim of the finished exercise and doing a little demo of what we’d be working on next to progress it all further. She also showed off her freetime skills, always a crowd pleaser.
Free time with a waste paper basket - handstand
Free time with a waste paper basket - cock leg
Free time with a waste paper basket - front feet on
Free time with a waste paper basket - balance on
Free time with a waste paper basket - front end whilst holding a loo roll
Free time with a waste paper basket - putting rubbish away
So a huge huge well done to everyone who attended. Thank you all for making it such an enjoyable day - you were all such a pleasure to teach. We also managed to raise £37 from cake sales to go to Betsys charities; AHT & Staffy Rescue.
Let there be cake!
Hopefully the workshop on the 17th will be just as sucessful. I'm looking forward to it already.
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