2010 Events
Sunday,
September
19, 2010
All
Breed and Mixed Breed Agility Show and Go
Location:
Doggie “U” K9 Academy
41 Saxon Avenue, Bay Shore, NY 11706
FMI:
631-968-7972 website
http://www.doggieuk9.com
Agility
Standard course
9:00
am – 12pm
Agility
Jumpers w Weaves 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Agility Entries $12 per dog (2 1/2 minute floor time which includes one timed
run)
Second run on the same or other course will be $ 8
Confirmed time slots will be available on the website after closing date.
Receipt of entry confirms
will be emailed or mailed when entry is received by match secretary.
Additional runs may be available if time permits on the day of
the match
Pre-Registration
required, please send in your form and payment.
Pre-Entries
close when time slots are filled or the Friday before the date of the match
Click here for match pre-entry form
CRATING INFO:
the back matted room and the equipment room of Doggie U will be used for
crating at this match. There is plenty of room in those two rooms for the
dogs and crates. Unless we run out of room, please don't crate in the
hall.
If you have any questions
regarding the match email Louise.
Sunday October 24,
2010
Disc
Dog Seminar
8am-12 Novice Dog and Handler
teams
1pm-5pm Intermediate Dog and
Handler teams
10 working teams for each seminar
Unlimited auditors for each
seminar
8am-12 Novice dogs and handlers.
In this seminar we will teach you to throw and your dog to catch a Frisbee
safely. Some of the things that will be covered include developing drive
using Frisbee tugging and rollers. Handlers will be taught proper wrist
flips and rollers as well as the fundamentals of longer tosses. Dogs will
catch short and medium throws and progress to long throws. Handlers will be
taught long throws and targeting. Dogs in this
group need not be able to catch the Frisbee but they should have some desire
to chase after it.
1pm-5 Intermediate dogs and handlers. In this seminar we
will work on throwing for distance and accuracy with emphasis on throwing
for safety. We will cover the fundamentals of 'Distance and Accuracy' and
'Bullseye.' Things that will be covered in this seminar are throwing,
targeting, and placement as well as tilt and stall. We will play 'Distance
and Accuracy' and a game of 'Bullseye'.
Dogs in this group need to be able
to catch the Frisbee from close and from a little bit of a distance.
$65 for member dog
and handler teams
$70 for non-member
dog and handler teams
$40 for auditors
(who can participate in the learn how to throw a disc portion of the
workshop)
Each team and
auditors will receive a competition disc included with their entry fee.
Other discs will be available for purchase at the seminar, Softflites, Jawz
and cloth discs.
Please bring
any discs that you currently use with your dog on the day of the seminar.
Marty will also go over the different types of discs available to use with
your dog.
The goals of
these seminars are to teach the participant to comfortably throw a disc to
their dog and teach their dog to catch it. Using a step by step throwing
program we will teach the human members of the team to throw consistently
and accurately. By the end of the seminar we will have reviewed a program
that will enable you to enjoy a friendly catch and play some really neat
games with you best friend.
Marty Levy
has been competing with Frisbee dogs for 14 years. His Border Collies,
Nan, Penny, Sally and Mollie have won numerous awards in the sport. Nan
and Penny frequently demonstrate the sport and Nan is presently fine
tuning her freestyle routines. Marty also competes in agility with those
same border collies.
He is a
professor of human orthopaedics and spends much of his time teaching
orthopaedic residents using the success based models that we use
teaching our dogs.
Marty also
has contributed to Clean Run magazine, writing articles on issues of
injury to dogs participating in agility and evaluations of competition
seesaws. He has a good slant on what makes a dog succeed, physically
and mentally; and humans too. He can teach anyone to throw a Frisbee.
He lives
in Westchester, with his wife, his pack of border collies and
occasionally a visit from his son, who is out west in college.
Registration
form is HERE!!!!
For more information please
email Louise
November 20 and 21, 2010
Control
Unleashed with Leslie McDevitt
Limited to 8 working spots and
unlimited auditing spots
Saturday session 3pm-8pm
Sunday session 9am – 2pm
Dogs Eligible
to Work in the Seminar
Candidates for
this seminar include people and dogs that are trying to train for a
competitive dog sport but are not getting as far as they would like because
of focus-, over arousal-, or stress-related problems. Only dogs with
“lowend” problem behaviors will be considered for a working spot in this
seminar:
-
Dog gets sniffy (very often but not always a
stress-displacement activity)
-
Dog wanders away on course
-
Dog is environmentally oriented out of mild
concern or normal behavior (knowing which is important)
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Dog’s mind drifts off easily
-
Dog listens to his handler but his body language
continually shows that he feels stress
-
Dog barks and/or pulls and lunges at dogs and
objects he is uncertain about but can be interrupted before having a
reactive response or he recovers quickly from a response and continues
working
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Dog is mildly responsive to sudden environmental
changes (such as a falling chair or a person entering the far end of the
room) but recovers quickly. In addition,. you may only work one dog for
the weekend; you cannot rotate multiple dogs in the exercises as doing
so would change the dynamics of the working group. In addition, the
exercises are progressive.
Dogs NOT
Eligible to Work in the Seminar
If your dog
displays “high-end” behaviors, you may sign up to audit the seminar without
a dog or you may sign up for a private lesson. Your dog cannot participate
in the seminar if:
• Dog is hyper
vigilant (can't stop scanning and worrying about everything in his
environment) and is
extremely
responsive to sudden environmental changes
• Dog has low
arousal threshold (as in a "hair-trigger dog" that is always ready to go
off)
• Dog cannot
easily or quickly recover from a stressful event (she gives an example in
the book)
• Dog barks
almost nonstop and pulls/lunges so forcefully at dogs or unfamiliar objects
that his handler is in danger of dropping his leash, being pulled off her
feet or being injured
Fees
• $250 for
working dog non member of Doggie U
• $60 a day
auditor non member / $55 a day members of Doggie U
Evening snacks
on Saturday, Sunday lunch will be provided.
IMPORTANT:
Please be aware that registration for working spots will NOT be on a
first-come, first-served basis. Rather, we will be selecting dog and handler
teams to participate based on the dog’s training problems as well as the
dog’s ability to work in the group seminar environment.
Click
here for registration flyer
Friday-Sunday, December 17-19, 2010
Stacy Peardot-Goudy Agility Seminars
Friday, Dec 17, 8:00 am–12:00 pm – Puppies & Foundation
–This half day session is for puppies
or young dogs.
Puppy SEMINAR ONLY IS CLOSED for Working Spots, UNLIMITED AUDITING SPOTS, WAIT LIST FOR
WORKING SPOTS IS NOW BEGINNINGFor all dog and
handler teams that want to learn how to start a dog on the road to
competitive greatness, fill existing holes in their training, and build an
awesome relationship with their dog. Maximum of 10 working teams.
Friday,
Dec. 17, 1:00-5:00 pm – Go the Distance
–
Distance work is a key element of success in any
agility venue. This half day session is for dogs and handlers who
need to
DISTANCE SEMINAR ONLY IS CLOSED for Working Spots, UNLIMITED AUDITING SPOTS, WAIT LIST FOR
WORKING SPOTS IS NOW BEGINNING,
increase their distance skills, resulting in a dog
that works away with confidence and reliability. Your dog must be
able to perform all obstacles and put together sequences. Maximum of 10
working teams.
Saturday, Dec 18, 8:-00
am- 5:00 pm – Open/Advanced - OPEN LEVEL SKILLS
Advanced/Open SEMINAR ONLY IS CLOSED for Working Spots,
UNLIMITED AUDITING SPOTS, WAIT LIST FOR WORKING SPOTS IS NOW BEGINNING This class will cover open level skills such as complex
handling/sequences, efficient line of travel, distance, independent
obstacles, etc. Dogs must be already competing at the open/advanced level.
Maximum of 12 working teams.
Sunday, Dec 19, 8:00 am-
5:00 pm –Masters/Excellent/Elite - MASTERS LEVEL SKILLS
–
Masters SEMINAR ONLY IS CLOSED for Working Spots, UNLIMITED
AUDITING SPOTS, WAIT LIST FOR WORKING SPOTS IS NOW BEGINNING
This
class will cover elite level skills such as difficult weave pole entrances,
serpentines, treadles, 270s, tight cornering and crosses, turning over jumps
etc. Dogs must be already competing at the excellent/elite/masters level.
Maximum of 12 working teams
Friday Seminar prices
working member
$85.00 working nonmember $95.00
member
audit $40.00 nonmember audit $45.00
Saturday and
Sunday Seminar prices
working member
$175.00 working nonmember $185.00
member audit
$40.00 nonmember audit $45.00
limit 12 working teams, unlimited auditors
A bit about Stacy:
Stacy
Peardot-Goudy has earned the right to be called one of the pre-eminent
agility trainers in North America. She has earned the ADCH title on 9
different dogs as well as putting MACH titles on multiple dogs.
Stacy and her
dogs have represented the USA at the IFCS World Championships on 3 occasions
and was named team coach for the 2008 and 2010 teams. Stacy and her Border
Collie Secret were crowned the first IFCS World Champions in Moscow, Russia
in 2002 and took the individual Silver medal in Valencia Spain in 2004.
Stacy again represented the USA in 2006 in Belgium with Able.
Stacy has
qualified for and competed in countless USDAA Grand Prix and Steeplechase
finals, again with multiple dogs. Stacy has also been an AKC Nationals
finalist.
Stacy along
with Able in the 22” PNS, Maze in the 26” Grand Prix and, Wally competing in
the 22” class of the Grand Prix all earned byes into the Finals of the 2008
Cynosport World games by winning their respective heights at 2 different
Regional Championships. In 2009 Wally won the 22” Steeplechase and GP at the
South Central Regional Championships and then went on to win the 22” GP at
the Rocky Mountain Regional. In 2009 Stacy and her dogs were in Grand Prix,
Steeplechase, PNS, and, dog agility masters team tournament finals.
These are
just a few of the accomplishments that Stacy has to her credit in her 20+
years of competing and training in the sport of Agility.
Stacy has
multiple DVD’s available as well as the Go the Distance workbooks, she
presents seminars across the US, Canada, Australia, Spain, Bermuda and Costa
Rica and hosts 2 agility camps per year along with offering private lessons
and workshops at and near the home she shares with her husband, dogs,
horses, and, cats in Northern Colorado.