Instructor: Loretta Mueller
Course Details
Bring your handling to a higher level by going back to the basics!!
This course will continue to build on the skills we have learned in AG 110 and AG 120. Students need to be well versed in the skills presented in the previous classes as we will be building on those skills and introducing new ones. We dive into the technical aspect of all handling and how it pertains to the dog, to the courses, and to the handlers. There will be weekly courses to analyze as well as run! This is a high intensity class that really goes deep into the methods of handling using a motion based system.
Please see syllabus for more information.
Registration
There are no scheduled sessions for this class at this time. We update our schedule frequently, so please subscribe to our mailing list for notifications.
Registration will begin at 11:30 AM Pacific Time.
Enrollment limits: Gold: 12 students, Silver: 25 students, Bronze: unlimited.
Gold Level includes access to all course materials and the ability to post questions and videos to the course forums. Students will receive instructor feedback on written and video assignments.
Silver Level includes access to all course materials and the ability to participate in the discussion forum. Students may ask GENERAL questions about course materials and may submit two, one-minute videos for instructor feedback. Any questions specific to your dog MUST be accompanied by a video.
Bronze Level includes access to all course materials and the ability to read all questions and answers posted in the class forums. Students will not post questions or submit written or video assignments.
For more details, refund policies, and answers to commonly asked questions see our FAQ page.
Syllabus
Week 1:
- General review
- Finding Lines
- Introduction to Trialing--The What's, When's, How's and Why's!
Week 2:
- Fancy Move #3 (Courses including this move)
- Developing a Startline Routine For Your Dog
- Drills for Quick Transitions
Week 3:
- Responsiveness: How to keep your dog responsive to your handling
- Drills to improve that responsiveness
- Troubleshooting issues related to responsiveness
Week 4:
- Fancy Move #4 (Courses including this move)
- Fancy Move #5 (Courses including this move)
Week 5:
- Creating you OWN courses!!! How to work challenges from courses you see from trials!
- Advanced Blind Crosses (no they are not out of style!!!)
Week 6:
- Creating Delayed Gratification to Prepare for trialing
- Mental Management Drills
Prerequisites & Supplies
Gold Spots: Must have taken AG 110 and AG 120 at any level (gold, bronze or silver) and worked through all the exercises.
OPTION: If you are an advanced team that wishes to take this class, you must submit a video to the instructor for review and approval.
EQUIPMENT: 4 jumps (2 must be wings, ideally all 4 are wings) and a tunnel. All other equipment is optional
Sample Lecture
Testimonials & Reviews
A sampling of what prior students have said about this course ...
All Loretta's Agility Foundations course have been brilliant to instil a great foundation in my handling and also to inject real enthusiasm into my dog's attitude to agility. Holly's view of agility has gone form 'meh' to 'more' and 'when do we start?' As a handler, I have learnt so much more than in 2 years of regular classes. Loretta's feedback is always targeted and timely. She shines as an amazingly caring and talented teacher. Now the US team is going to use her talents - how fortunate are we to have experience what they will soon be experiencing? Wendy R
I'm not sure Loretta ever sleeps. She gives the most detailed and thorough review of every video, all the while cheering people on. I simply cannot believe how much I learned in 6 weeks. And we had a ball. Mary Ann
Loretta is simply the best. Of all the gold classes I've taken, she gives the most detailed feedback. ..second by second breakdown in slow motion. She has helped me immensely with the things on her syllabus, has helped me with things no where in her syllabus, and has helped me put together and execute skills that I've learned in other classes, and just haven't been able to integrate in my own. I live the demo videos, as well as the addition of the lecture videos. I like how she explains and freezes to point out things as she walks the course. I would take any course Loretta offered.
Loretta is the best! This is my fourth course with Loretta and I'm looking forward to taking more courses with her. The additional video lectures were very helpful. I love how she included 1/4 speed in the videos. The diagrams are great. Her feedback is supportive and very helpful.
This class was amazing and is more information than I had ever expected, it was fantastic.
I can't believe how much I learned in just 6 weeks! Loretta does an amazing job at breaking down hard techniques into easy to understand pieces. I've learned so much about my dog from her and she always brings out the best in both of us. We were really struggling with before we started working with Loretta but now we're becoming a great team! - Steffi D.
Taking Loretta's handling classes is like taking two or three seminars a week. She offers helpful feedback to handlers that includes insight into their relationship with their dogs. Carol B "In general", I wish you would stop offering so many classes that I NEED so I can pay for them AND absorb all the information that is available from your high-caliber instructors.
