SPECIALTY CLASSES 2025
CIRCUS TRICKS
WHERE - Border Farm
WHEN - Mondays 2025
DATES - Coming October 2025
TIME - 11am
COST - $225
INSTRUCTOR/S - Nancy
Circus Tricks is a SUPER FUN WAY to build advanced level skill on both ends of the leash, while having fun with your dog. Circus Tricks is the fun name / the technical name is COMPLEX BEHAVIORAL CHAINS. This is about timing, observation, verbal/body cues, and including the handler in some of the skills. This is super interactive, super creative, and a great cross training skill to have between seasons or dog sports, or for extra mental exercise. We start with both verbal and body cue and work towards getting all behaviors on verbal unless a body cue is necessary.
psst - we will also be working through the TRICK DOGGING LEVELS for extra credit!
Skills we will cover, but not limited -
- sit/stand
- down/stand
- bow
- around
- cruz
- between
- figure 8
- walking weave
- go hup
- forward
- spin
- twirl
- distance
- go around
- away
- circle
- beg
- roll over
- shake
- bake
- hoop
- over
- clip
- clap
NOTE - you need to be prepared to work with your dog every single day on the various skills
TREIBBALL
WHERE - Border Farm
WHEN - Mondays 2025
DATES -
- SEPTEMBER - 1st - 22nd 2025
TIME - 11-12pm
COST - $225 per month / series
INSTRUCTOR/S - Nancy
I love this sport maybe more than any other sport. There is no way to get into a rut, it is super creative, the equipment is affordable, and the training goes above and beyond any other dog sport, up close and at a crazy distance. This sport is appropriate for puppy through senior.
This sport is for HIGH ENERGY dogs, couch potatoes need not apply.
I am the founder and owner of the international World Treibball League that started in 2009, to add Art to the Skill of treibball. We have had players from 13 different countries, at all levels, and some of the worlds best dog sport competitors.
Whether you want to learn a new sport or improve your training skills, treibball will take you to the next level.
Skills we will cover, but not limited -
- directionals
- go to
- flip back
- go
- come
- walk with me
- sit
- down
- stay
- stand stay
- wait
- push
- self control
- walk on
NOTE - you need to be prepared to work with your dog every single day on the various skills
FOUNDATIONS - NEW!
WHERE - Border Farm
WHEN - Mondays 2025
DATES - Coming November 2025
TIME - 11am
COST - $225 per month / series
INSTRUCTORS - Nancy
Foundations in multiple dog sport disciplines to create a creative learning experience. This is a super smart way to train to keep training fresh and fun on both ends of the leash, while increasing skill!
Movement
Instability
Rally Free
Agility
Tricks
Heeling
HANDLER FOCUS
WHERE - Border Farm
WHEN - 2025
DATES
TIME - 10 - 11am
COST - $225
INSTRUCTORS - Nancy
This was one of the Paws & People competition foundation classes for all dog sport competition Teams, as well as family pet owners that were going to be doing a lot of adventuring.
I have been practicing, using, and refining these skills since 1985 with all of my performance/work dogs, and it is not only effective but super fun to practice.
You must have time for homework each day to get the most out of your class. For every 1 hour class there is at least 4 hours of training time together at home.
DISTRACTION TRAINING
WHERE - Border Farm
WHEN - TBD 2025
DATES -
TIME -
COST - $225
INSTRUCTORS - Nancy
Working around reasonable distractions is hard for handler and dog, a little or a lot. Many of the teams that have gone through our distraction training programs want to go and do things with their dog, and have some good skills, but it is the distractions that seem to hijack good efforts.
This class teaches you how to work with your dog, build better handling skills, and work in and around distractions with
- low arousal
- focus on team
- skills that are solid
- better timing
- observation
- use of space
- being prepared
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