18/07/2025
Let’s Focus on Friday July 11, 2025 Wrap up
Once again, our Let’s Focus on Friday workshop for July was full of learning, inspiration and laughter. This month’s focus was an introduction to balance and strength work for our dogs as well as an introduction to the one jump exercise of around the clock. Handlers were also surprised with a human balance exercise and we talked about ways to make it more challenging as their balance improves.
During our summer series of Cool Games for the Hot Summer we were treated to AC in the Pets Behave training room and while we were working on balance, most of the floor was covered with everything from Cato boards to off-brand inflatable discs to yoga blocks and even sponges for the little dogs. My goal was to inspire students to look at things in their house, both stable and unstable, to illustrate that they don’t have to break the bank to find exercise “equipment.”
And for the 1-Jump around the clock exercise, when our dogs understand how to approach the jump from different angles 4’ to 5’ away, it will make the same angles from 15’ or 20’ away much easier. Start close, develop the understanding and then slowly work on the distance.
I am so thankful to everyone who is choosing to come to these workshops. We hope YOU will join us soon! August date and topic will be announced soon.
*photo is Tami Grinstead and her BC Smoke working the 1-Jump ATC with cones
