Kes & Koro Dog Agility - Greenwich & Charlton

Kes & Koro Dog Agility - Greenwich & Charlton Agility sessions in Charlton Park
Group sessions & 1-1s: any breeds, various levels and ages WHAT IS AGILITY??

Dog Agility, Tricks and general obedience training sessions in the southeast! Agility Group sessions are currently all running in Charlton Park
*FULLY INSURED*

Options are....

*NEXT GROUP COURSE*
5 week Dog Agility Foundations Course
Max 4 dogs per group
1.5hrs
Mondays 15th April > 13th May, 5-6.30pm / 6.30-8pm


*AGILITY 1-1 SESSIONS*
1hr
£25


*Guest Sessions with Angus Macfarlane (Grade 7 han

dler)*
Max 4 dogs per group
Up to 2hrs (depending on group size)
£40/dog


*Information on general puppy/obedience training, trick training sessions & dog-care (sitting, etc.) available at www.keskoro.co.uk*


For more information and to book, contact: 07895855393 / [email protected]
www.keskoro.co.uk


Agility sessions all aimed at beginners or pre-competition level - all breeds and people welcome, whether you're looking to get serious or here for a laugh! Agility is a sport, where you work with your dog, as a team, to send your dog around an obstacle course as speedily as possible. Fastest dog wins (but dogs do NOT run at the same time!!)


WHO ARE WE? Kesia & Koro - I compete with my own dog, Koro the Australian Shepherd, in ‘Grade 1’, with a healthy number of Kennel Club Jumping wins. We’ll be competing in other categories to move up the grades this year. I teach foundations and how to start off for people without extensive experience. I train with Angus Macfarlane, who competes as a 'Grade 7' agility handler (top level nationally), and sometimes comes down to run guest sessions with us. I’m currently studying a level 3 diploma in Dog Behaviour with the British College of Canine Studies, have an IMDT (Institute of Modern Dog Trainers) Partnership Grade 3 certificate, and have taken training courses with Devon Dogs and Friendly Creatures, as well as personal coaching with the UK’s top ‘interactive play’ expert Craig Ogilvie. I have also been supported by a charity in ‘owner training’ Koro as my assistance dog.

WATCH OUT WORLD, here we come!I have finally acquired my very own DogMobile 😊 crash-tested crates to be installed in Jan...
28/12/2024

WATCH OUT WORLD, here we come!
I have finally acquired my very own DogMobile 😊 crash-tested crates to be installed in January....

22/12/2024

!!We were overall RUNNERS UP at the Kennel Club Starters Cup Grand Final!!

This was the most intense venue and highest profile comp we have done, complete with big audiences and booming commentary - I was delighted just to see Koro (and me) coping with the environment, and didn't expect to come in overall *2nd place*!

We came *2nd* in the Agility round (video here), and 5th in the Jumping (she fluffed her weave entry), coming in as overall runners up.

When pretty much every other dog in the category is a border collie, I am extra proud of my non collie dog for holding her own. Though everyone may think she's a collie, she isn't, and Aussies just don't have the same physique for those tight tight turns and effortless jumps, so to come in 2nd is a huge achievement.

20/11/2024

I've never posted here about Koro's assistance training - I'm quite cagey about it, because I usually stay private about my 'condition'. But I had so much fun with it yesterday that I'm posting away - and part of the motivation of building her up to work as my autism assistance dog is also to help me be more open about it!

When she's not jumping jumps and running through tunnels, Koro is learning 'public access' behaviour (staying calm, focussed and non-disruptive in non-dog-friendly locations) and tasks to help me in situations I struggle with.

Yesterday, she started learning to find a target person. Once she's learned it from more distance, when I'm overwhelmed in crowded, overstimulating places (e.g., central London 😬), I'll be able to ask her to follow the person I'm with so I don't have so much to focus on until I'm somewhere calmer.

I LOVE teaching Koro new things - her eyes go absolutely enormous with excitement when she starts catching on. She started to catch onto this new task in seconds!

We have just *1 space* left to fill in the winter Nov/Dec Agility Foundations Group Courses!Afternoon groups are full, b...
09/10/2024

We have just *1 space* left to fill in the winter Nov/Dec Agility Foundations Group Courses!

Afternoon groups are full, but 1 space left in the morning group:

SATURDAYS, 2 NOV > 14 DEC - 9.30-11am
5 sessions (2, 16, 23 Nov & 7, 14 Dec) - £60
Charlton Park

Contact me if you're interested to join - suitable for all breeds and ages, if fit and healthy (puppies under 7months can join but can't go over jumps).
You must be comfortable letting your dog off lead in a public location.

I bit the bullet and shelled out for these amazing photos of Koro's summer competing from Gemsdale Photography - she loo...
08/10/2024

I bit the bullet and shelled out for these amazing photos of Koro's summer competing from Gemsdale Photography - she looks so happy, I couldn't resist 🥰 Look at her little ears fly!

18/09/2024

I rarely manage to get footage of Koro's good runs, usually I only capture the bad ones - but here is a lovely run from Wessex this weekend, and one of our wins towards Grade 4, we just need one more, now!

Charlton Park Riding for the Disabled are running a fun dog show this Sunday 8th September, 11.30!I'll be running more a...
03/09/2024

Charlton Park Riding for the Disabled are running a fun dog show this Sunday 8th September, 11.30!
I'll be running more agility tasters at the event - come along 🙃

Watch Koro & I doing our biggest run yet here at ~2hrs33mins in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r8fcsGwoOQ We spent th...
12/08/2024

Watch Koro & I doing our biggest run yet here at ~2hrs33mins in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r8fcsGwoOQ

We spent this weekend at the Kennel Club International Agility Festival and the livestream shows us coming *3rd* in the Starters Cup Semi-Final, out of some ~120 dogs participating.
She is such a super little dog and she pulled it out the bag when it mattered!

This means we've qualified for the Finals, which will take place in London this winter! 😬

The Kennel Club International Agility Festival 2024 Day 2 Main RingLive results available at https://www.agilityplaza.com/competition/1308903766/results

05/08/2024

Play skills are perhaps *the* most important part of agility training.

This is Monty, a mini American Shepherd (basically a 'mini' Koro, though he is actually about the same size), and I've been growing his Retrieve - it's very different from a gun dog or obedience retrieve, and should be a dynamic part of continuous play with the dog. Ideally, I want him bouncing right back to me for more play as soon as he wins the toy.
Allowing him to win the toy is really important to keeping him enthusiastic, but without a retrieve, so much time and energy is leaked trying to get it back again each time you reward.

The falling over part is not recommended.

Next Agility Foundations Group Courses will start Sept 2nd!MONDAY EVES, 2 SEPT > 30 SEPT - 4-5.30pm / 5.30-7pm*Space lef...
05/08/2024

Next Agility Foundations Group Courses will start Sept 2nd!

MONDAY EVES, 2 SEPT > 30 SEPT - 4-5.30pm / 5.30-7pm

*Space left in the earlier 4pm slot!*

Contact me if you're interested to join - suitable for all breeds and ages, if fit and healthy (puppies under 7months can join but can't go over jumps).
You must be comfortable letting your dog off lead in a public location.

Come by to Charlton Park tomorrow for Beats, Boards & BBQ! (It's all in the name - there will be beats, (dogs on skate)b...
12/07/2024

Come by to Charlton Park tomorrow for Beats, Boards & BBQ! (It's all in the name - there will be beats, (dogs on skate)boards and BBQ... and the weather is apparently acceptable!)

Kes and Koro 🐾🐾🐾 (https://buff.ly/4eZaytQ) will be giving dog agility demonstrations and offering taster sessions for your dog all day at Beats Boards & BBQ! Hourly prizes for good dogs! 🐶 Can your pooch 🛹 skateboard? Come along and find out!

10/07/2024

Charlton Park Beats Boards & BBQ Festival is happening this Saturday!
There will be free *dog skateboarding & agility tasters* between 12-5pm... and currently it's looking like non rainy weather, hallelujah!
With Friends of Charlton Park

Beats, Boards & BBQ festival at Charlton Park is back, with free agility tasters and dog skateboarding!(not to mention B...
24/06/2024

Beats, Boards & BBQ festival at Charlton Park is back, with free agility tasters and dog skateboarding!
(not to mention BBQ & bar)

Koro has heard there are cash prizes in this years' Beats Boards and BBQ Skatejam! If you'd like to teach YOUR pooch to skateboard, hear tunes from great DJs (headiner: DJ Shorty), eat great BBQ food (free burgers for under 18s), and much more - join us in Charlton Park on Saturday 13th July 12-6. Free Entry. Keep practising Koro, you got this! (Photo: Geoff Pugh)
(Cash prizes are for human skateboarders - sponsored by Village Greengrocers and Train with Tara)

31/05/2024

Had the best time last weekend at Old Royal Naval College Greenwich Dog Show, running free tasters and an 'agility demo' with some brave dogs and humans with little to no experience
Kristy Hickman & Foxy rocked the big stage

And summer course dates confirmed -MONDAY EVES, 24 JUNE > 26 JULY - 5.30-7pm / 7-8.30pmContact me if you're interested t...
31/05/2024

And summer course dates confirmed -

MONDAY EVES, 24 JUNE > 26 JULY - 5.30-7pm / 7-8.30pm

Contact me if you're interested to join - suitable for all breeds and ages, if fit and healthy (puppies under 7months can join but can't go over jumps).
You must be comfortable letting your dog off lead in a public location.

The next Agility Foundations course dates confirmed for Monday eves, 15th April > 13th May.Currently taking bookings for...
16/02/2024

The next Agility Foundations course dates confirmed for Monday eves, 15th April > 13th May.

Currently taking bookings for *6.30-8pm*.
If the slot fills up, I may add in another group from *5-6.30pm*, so contact if interested in either :)

13/02/2024

See-saw training in your living room... Reinforcing Koro's '2 on 2 off' position.
Teaching your dog to walk over uneven platforms and surfaces is also great for their body confidence and 'proprioception' (body awareness)!

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I've never posted here about Koro's assistance training - I'm quite cagey about it, because I usually stay private about my 'condition'. But I had so much fun with it yesterday that I'm posting away - and part of the motivation of building her up to work as my autism assistance dog is also to help me be more open about it! When she's not jumping jumps and running through tunnels, Koro is learning 'public access' behaviour (staying calm, focussed and non-disruptive in non-dog-friendly locations) and tasks to help me in situations I struggle with. Yesterday, she started learning to find a target person. Once she's learned it from more distance, when I'm overwhelmed in crowded, overstimulating places (e.g., central London 😬), I'll be able to ask her to follow the person I'm with so I don't have so much to focus on until I'm somewhere calmer. I LOVE teaching Koro new things - her eyes go absolutely enormous with excitement when she starts catching on. She started to catch onto this new task in seconds!

I rarely manage to get footage of Koro's good runs, usually I only capture the bad ones - but here is a lovely run from Wessex this weekend, and one of our wins towards Grade 4, we just need one more, now!

Play skills are perhaps *the* most important part of agility training. This is Monty, a mini American Shepherd (basically a 'mini' Koro, though he is actually about the same size), and I've been growing his Retrieve - it's very different from a gun dog or obedience retrieve, and should be a dynamic part of continuous play with the dog. Ideally, I want him bouncing right back to me for more play as soon as he wins the toy. Allowing him to win the toy is really important to keeping him enthusiastic, but without a retrieve, so much time and energy is leaked trying to get it back again each time you reward. The falling over part is not recommended.

Had the best time last weekend at Old Royal Naval College Greenwich Dog Show, running free tasters and an 'agility demo' with some brave dogs and humans with little to no experience Kristy Hickman & Foxy rocked the big stage

See-saw training in your living room... Reinforcing Koro's '2 on 2 off' position. Teaching your dog to walk over uneven platforms and surfaces is also great for their body confidence and 'proprioception' (body awareness)!

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