Introduction | - |
Lesson 1 |
How to Use this Course |
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Lesson 2 |
Meet Sarah's Family |
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Lesson 3 |
What Your Puppy Will Learn |
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Lesson 4 |
16 Training Tips You Need |
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Lesson 5 |
Your Puppy is Unique |
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Week 1, 10 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 1 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 2 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 3 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 4 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 5 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 6 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 7 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Recalls |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: 2-Toy Game, Tugging, Retrieving |
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Lesson 10 |
Video: Conditioning Your Current Dogs to the Puppy |
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Lesson 11 |
Video: Following and Heeling |
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Lesson 12 |
Video: Platform |
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Lesson 13 |
Video: Socializing |
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Lesson 14 |
Video: Beginning It's Your Choice (IYC) |
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Lesson 15 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 2, 11 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 8 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 9 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 10 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Days 11-13 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 14 |
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Lesson 6 |
Video: Classically Conditioning Body Handling |
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Lesson 7 |
Video: Crate Games |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Shaping Travel Bag |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: In and On Boxes |
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Lesson 10 |
Video: Circling |
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Lesson 11 |
Video: Troubleshooting Circling |
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Lesson 12 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 3, 12 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 15 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 16 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 17 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 18 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 19 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 20 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 21 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Waiting Your Turn |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Pivots |
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Lesson 10 |
Video: Ready... Go! |
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Lesson 11 |
Video: Flatwork |
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Lesson 12 |
Summary And Homework |
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Week 4, 13 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 22 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 23 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 24 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 25 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 26 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 27 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 28 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Loose Leash Walking |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Backing Up |
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Lesson 10 |
Video: Push Ups |
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Lesson 11 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 5, 14 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 29 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 30 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 31 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 32 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 33 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 34 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 35 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Tricks |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Hand Touches |
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Lesson 10 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 6, 15 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 36 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 37 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 38 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 39 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 40 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 41 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 42 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Body Awareness |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Stays |
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Lesson 10 |
Video: Circling Part 2 |
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Lesson 11 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 7, 16 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 43 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 44 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 45 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 46-48 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 49 |
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Lesson 6 |
Video: Pivots Part 2 |
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Lesson 7 |
Video: Stays and It's Your Choice |
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Lesson 8 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 8, 17 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 50 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 51 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 52 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 53 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 54 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 55 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 56 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Pointing Game |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Teeter |
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Lesson 10 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 9, 18 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 57 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 58 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 59 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 60 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 61 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 62 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 63 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Flatwork Part 2 |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Targets for Forward Focus |
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Lesson 10 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 10, 19 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 64 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 65 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 66 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 67 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 68 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 69 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 70 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Foot Targets |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Playing in Class |
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Lesson 10 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 11, 20 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 71 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 72 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 73 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 74 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 75 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 76 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 77 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Tunnels |
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Lesson 9 |
Summary and Homework |
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Weeks 12-14, 21-23 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 78 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 79 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 86 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 87 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 88 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 89 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 90 |
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Lesson 8 |
Notes: Day 91 |
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Lesson 9 |
Notes: Day 92 |
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Lesson 10 |
Notes: Day 93 |
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Lesson 11 |
Notes: Day 94 |
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Lesson 12 |
Notes: Day 95 |
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Lesson 13 |
Notes: Day 96 |
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Lesson 14 |
Notes: Day 97 |
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Lesson 15 |
Video: Tables |
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Lesson 16 |
Video: Circling Part 3 |
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Lesson 17 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 15, 24 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 98 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 99 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 100 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 101 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 102 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 103 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 104 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Sequencing |
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Lesson 9 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 16, 25 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 105 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 106 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 107 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 108 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 109 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 110 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 111 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Directionals Part 1 |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Directionals Part 2 |
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Lesson 10 |
Summary and Homework |
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Wrap Up | + |
Lesson 1 |
6 Month Summary |
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Lesson 2 |
Important Puppy Skills Recap |
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Lesson 3 |
Final Thoughts |
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Video Index | + |
Lesson 1 |
Video Index |
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Bonus | + |
Lesson 1 |
Webinar Replay |
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Lesson 2 |
May 2019 Q&A |
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Lesson 3 |
September 2019 Q&A |
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Lesson 4 |
November 2019 Q&A |
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Lesson 5 |
January 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 6 |
March 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 7 |
May 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 8 |
July 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 9 |
September 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 10 |
November 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 11 |
February 2021 Q&A |
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Lesson 12 |
April 2021 Q&A |
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Lesson 13 |
Jump Cues |
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Lesson 14 |
July 2021 Q&A |
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Starting a bit late… Maris is 14 week old Golden Retriever pup. Excited to see what’s ahead for us.
Welcome to class! It is certainly not too late to start!
Hi, Each week we should see a video, but I don’t see them. I’m missing some sort of super simple link? Kathleen
Hi Kathleen! At the end of each module, starting at module 2 (lessons 12-14), there are videos. There is also a video index with all of the videos in module 17.
Sarah is on top of the answers! I also created a quick video to show you where it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCRH5_rvM3U
Radar is a 15-week old English Springer Spaniel. I’m excited to seeing the course progression!
Thank you for joining the class! I hope you enjoy it!
Freck is a year old Border Collie. We spent his first year in Puppy Preschool, Manners Foundation and Advanced Manners. He is very smart and picks up training cues quickly. Our hope is that through this on line course we can correct some of his inconsistent behaviors while preparing for Foundation Agility.
Welcome to class Jill! I am so glad we have this virtual classroom since we cannot meet in person at the moment!
Very excited to be starting this! We are bringing home a puppy this weekend, and with the world on lockdown it is perfect timing to have an online course to keep us busy and learning. You have done such amazing things with Skeptic – signing up for this was a no-brainer!
We are new to online agility learning. My pup is already 4.5 months old. Hopefully I have not missed the early learning window. She’s a Westie (off breed for many of you BC folk). We hope we can build early skills. I already have 2 other Westies who compete now, one of them is awesome, the other has potential so I’m looking forward to learning new skills.
Hello! I hope to be bringing home a new Sheltie puppy by the end of the year. This course is excellent for helping me organize my training. Is there a module that describes how Sarah B. kept track of her training? If not I’ll save my question for the next Q&A since I didn’t sign up for direct feedback. Thanks!
I just used google drive to save all my notes and videos.
I’m the owner of an amazing standard poodle named Sugarfoot (three double Q’s from MACH 4) and a new standard poodle puppy named Spice. I heard about this course on the podcast and decided to jump in to “keep me honest” in working with Spice and putting a solid foundation on him. He’s already 16 weeks old, so I’m going to have to do a little bit of catching up. Looking forward to progressing through the course!
Sarah Baker, Sugarfoot is an amazing 24″ poodle local to us. I hope I meet the puppy soon!
I have a 2 yr old Papillon. I have had him for 1 yr now. He learns fast and is already competing in Agility trials. I am hoping to learn how to maximize his potential and become a good handler. I want to build good foundations so that we won’t “hit a wall” later because I did something wrong or moved him too fast at the beginning. I want us both to have fun for a long time.
Welcome to the class! I hope you find it helpful!
Hi, I have a couple dogs that will be benefiting from this program: All Border Collies, ages 5, 1.5 and a 10wks
Looking forward to improving and beginning new relationships and learning processes with all of my dogs.
Thank you!
Welcome! I am glad you could join us!
Hi! I also have a 10 week old Australian Shepherd named Vita. She has a lot of spunk. Looking forward to this course.
Hi Judi! Welcome to class and thanks for joining us!
I have a 10 week old puppy and am looking forward to working through this course! Hi Sarah, hi all…
Hello! I am happy you joined class! I hope you enjoy!
My puppy isn’t born yet. If all goes as planned, he will be with us the second week of July.
My plan is to begin going through the materials and use whatever applicable for my six year old standard poodle.
When we bring our pup home (another standard poodle……great choice, Sarah and Esteban!) I will return to this point and begin with my new pup.
Have fun with both your poodles!
Hi Cyndie! Me too – sort of. I don’t have a dog at all right now, and am waiting for my puppy to come this fall. IDK if you geek out on reading as much about puppy stuff like me, but if so, I found the Puppy Culture DVDs (from my library!) to be super helpful as well as Life Lessons for My Puppy. https://eileenanddogs.com/life-lessons-puppy/. I’ve never had a puppy, so I am using every resource I can!
Hi Collene, I am glad you are getting so well prepared for your puppy! Thanks for the extra resources.
The life lessons for puppies were great! Thanks for sharing.