Course Details
Dogs encounter various forms of pressure in the ring. Regardless of your sport. There is no getting around it. Pressure from the judge, the environment, and barriers. Some dogs innately handle pressure more easily than others. But don’t be fooled. ALL dogs feel pressure. Dogs instinctively want to move away from pressure. They either look to escape it or they “freeze”. If we attempt to work them through it, the pressure causes stress. Then dogs have a negative association with pressure. But we can teach our dogs that pressure cues something positive. Taught correctly pressure can create a positive conditioned emotional response. In this workshop, we will look at foundation games that teach our dogs to have a positive association with pressure. I start these games when my dogs are puppies. The games will also work for adult dogs. I created most of them when Zeal was a fully trained, seasoned dog at 8 years old. And they were a game changer for him.
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Lecture Publish Date: Sunday Dec 10th
Video Submissions Due Date: Sunday Dec 17th @ 12pm noon PT
Feedback & Questions Video Publish Date: Wednesday Dec 20th
Instructor: Petra FordPetra (she/her) graduated from Rutgers School of Health Related Professions 17 years ago with a degree in physical therapy and has experience working with an extremely varied caseload including pediatric through geriatric clients with a vast range of diagnoses. Her areas of expertise included in-patient rehabilitation, orthopedics and neurology. (Click here for full bio and to view Petra's upcoming courses)
