09/01/2024
COURTESY POSTING
REBECCA THRIFT RETURNS TO OFFER
GREAT YOUNG DOG AND SKILL IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
AT ORIOLE DOG TRAINING CLUB
SEPTEMBER 14th & 15th, 2024
Rebecca thoroughly enjoys coaching agility and believes successful teams are built through relationship building, clear communication and trust. She also has a background in both biology, collegiate sports and received her Bachelor of Science degree in biology which has allowed her to creatively apply unique knowledge and experience to her coaching style.
Rebecca is a nationally known agility seminar presenter and competitor. She has made the podium multiple times with multiple dogs at different jump heights at several National events, including Cynosports & the UKI US Open. She has been a member of both WAO and IFCS USA teams and has been a USA WAO team member for the last two years with her teammate Dejavu.
Rebecca has a strong background in OneMind Dogs methodology, and in 2016 was named a OneMind Dog assistant coach and she is proud to be a part of this coaching team. She trained in Finland with Jaakko Suoknuuti & Janita Leinonen, which allowed her to strengthen her skills as a handler and further her education as a successful coach in the constantly evolving sport of agility. She is well known for her strong dog training and creative solutions that motivate dogs and inspire handlers.
The seminars will offer work with the techniques in sequences (at both the basic and advanced levels) as well as working on commitment and handling lines in addition to starting out the young dogs on the right path. The seminars will run from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 pm and from 1:30 pm to 5:00 p.m. with a one-hour lunch break. There is a limit of 8 working dog/handler teams and unlimited auditors.
Food: Lunch is on your own. There are a number of food establishments in the immediate area, some of which deliver.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2024- 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors
9:00am-12:30 pm • ONE JUMP EXERCISES - This seminar will build on teaching the basics for jumping techniques for different jumping skills such as inside/slice, inside/wrap, outside/slice, outside wrap, tight turn towards the handler, soft turns towards the handler, turn away from the handler, basically, threadles, wraps, and backsides. We will also go over the verbal cues Rebecca uses for each of these techniques. We may not get to go over every one of these handling skills due to time, but we will cover as much as we can. Appropriate for young dogs who have been working some beginning handling skills already. Dogs 6 months or older dogs starting to do more advanced jumping skills. Jumps can be lower than the dog’s jump height. It’s not about the height when you are teaching these commands to the dog.
1:30 pm-5:00 pm • TUNNEL DISCRIMINATIONS & TURNS INVOLVING CONTACTS
Open to any teams who have full height contact performance. Work skills and strengthen your dog’s understanding and connection with you on course. Important skills will be worked, such as sending the dog to the opposite end of the tunnel off a dog walk or A-Frame. We will also work on standard contact/tunnel and weave/tunnel discrimination exercises.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 - 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors
9:00am-12:30 pm • JUMPS AND TUNNELS OH MY!!!
Let’s improve your tunnel skills and work turns out of tunnels, communicating to your dog before they go into the tunnel that they need to collect or "tunnel brakes", sends down long lines away from you to a tunnel, layering a jump and sending to a second tunnel. Add value for the tunnel and increase your dog’s speed. Get that Velcro dog off your side! Open to young dogs or older dogs starting their agility career or dogs that need to learn to send away from you to a tunnel. Dogs should be 6 months or older. This will be jumps and tunnels only. You may not be able to accomplish all the challenges but you get a starting point for training these behaviors an an understanding of how you progress them.
1:30 pm-5:00 pm • BEGINNER/NOVICE COURSEWORK
Let’s do Beginner/Novice courses similar to what you would see at a trial with jumps, tunnels, six weaves, and contacts may be used. If you are trialing already and not having a lot of success or you are just starting to trial and need some help and guidance on how to handle a course. Let’s talk the basics and work through your problem areas. Open to dogs 15 months or older who can do all the equipment in case all the equipment is used.
Cost: Oriole Members - $125 per seminar; Non-members - $135 per seminar. Auditing is available: Oriole members $40 per session. Non-Oriole members $45 per session.
Location: Oriole Dog Training Club - 9 Azar Court, Halethorpe, MD 21227
Online registration and payment are required.
Registration opens Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 8 am for Oriole members and Friday, August 16, at 8 am for non-members.
To register, click the links below:
Saturday, September 14:
ONE JUMP EXERCISES
AUDIT ONLY - ONE JUMP EXERCISES
TUNNEL DISCRIMINATIONS & TURNS INVOLVING CONTACTS
AUDIT ONLY - TUNNEL DISCRIMINATIONS & TURNS INVOLVING CONTACTS
Sunday, September 15:
JUMPS AND TUNNELS OH MY!!!
AUDIT ONLY - JUMPS AND TUNNELS OH MY!!!
BEGINNER/NOVICE COURSEWORK
AUDIT ONLY - BEGINNER/NOVICE COURSEWORK
Payment is due in full at the time of registration. No refunds will be given unless there is a waiting list, or you find a replacement for your slot.
BIS Seminar Policy:
Upper-Level Seminars:
• If you have a BIS, you must notify the Seminar Registrar, Lorinda Mckisson at [email protected] immediately so that other participants can be notified. If there is an intact male entered in the seminar who cannot work with a BIS, the BIS must withdraw and will be refunded.
• BIS are allowed in upper-level seminars with panties, but they may elect to withdraw with refund, by notifying the Seminar Registrar in a timely manner, so that we may fill your slot.
Lower Level or General Seminars: BIS are not allowed in lower level or general seminars and may withdraw with refund, by notifying the Seminar Registrar in a timely manner.
E-mail seminar questions to [email protected].
For registration issues or to be waitlisted, contact Seminar Registrar, Lorinda McKisson at [email protected].
All Oriole guidelines are in effect including those for Covid 19.
There is a $5 clean-up fee for accidents that occur on the turf
Only non-crumbly, non-staining dog treats may be used on the field
Dogs are to be relieved in designated outdoor areas
Dogs are to be crated when not working
For more policy information, go to https://orioledogclub.org/house-rules/.
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