Agile Canines Training School, Inc.

11/07/2024

I still have room in all 3 workshops: Handler's Choice, Weaves and Distance on Sunday Nov 17th.

Handler's Choice and Distance are open to all levels.

Weaves is great for dogs who need more concentrated practice or need more challenges with proofing and entrances.

See form for details and to register.

You can find my form "November Agility Workshops" at:

Please click the link to complete this form.

10/28/2024

Tuesday mornings in November at 11am in the obedience room.

I love Tellington Touch (TTouch) for helping to calm dogs, helping to build confidence and helping body awareness. I have used some techniques with all my dogs.

I highly recommend learning about it. It is a modality you can apply almost anywhere anytime and it can be tailored to what the dog needs.

See attacged flyer for.registration. It will be held in the obedience room 11am on Tuesdays in November.

10/28/2024

November 9th and 10th Laurie Erickson will be at ACTS taking her awesome photos.

We will be doing them in the front lobby area.

Sat afternoon and all day Sunday.

You can have plain backdrop or a holiday one. She will have some props too.

See pricing on the sheet and charges for more pets and/or people.

Contact Laurie directly if you have specific questions about the shoot. PM Annelise Allan for a link to the form to sign up.

10/28/2024

I am holding 3 worlshops on Sun Nov 17th.

10 am Hamdler's choice. Chance to get help on a training or.handling skills.

12:30 Weaves workshop to work on distractions and entries.

3:30 Distance workshop for all levels.

Each is 2 hours long and cost.is $80.

You can find my form "November Agility Workshops" at: https://form.jotform.com/242946799910170

Please click the link to complete this form.

08/28/2024

Do not usually post stuff like this but... I do not recommend Waggle Pet Temp Monitors. Got 2 monitors at half price in July and one has never gotten enough of a charge to connect to the network and the other loses charge fast when unplugged.

The lousy customer service said the devices look fine on their end and we can not get any refunds or make any returns. One device has never connected so how they can say it works is beyond me. Their subscriptions are pricey and apparently do not come with any customer service.

I had an older model years ago that worked great until it died. Now they have this lousy upgrade.

So do not waste your time or money with them.

I am open to suggestions for other temp monitors that do not use wifi.

11/06/2023

We have a couple of working spots left in Foundations of Distance with Lisa Schmit at Agile Canines in St. Louis Park. Lisa is one of the premiere distance handlers and trainers. She has a fun and engaging teaching style and she really breaks things down for the handler and the dog.

Auditing spots are also available.

Please click the link to complete this form.

08/19/2023

Need help creating routines into and out of the ring? Need help getting more out of training in the ring? Need help fading/varying reinforcement for more focused success in trials?

If the answer is yes, then this workshop may be for you.

On Sunday Sept. 10th from 4 to 6pm, I will be doing a workshop on strategies for fading reinforcement in preparation for trialing. This will be held at Agile Canines in St. Louis Park MN.

You can find my form "Fading Reinforcement/Trial Prep Workshop" at:

Please click the link to complete this form.

05/29/2023

Summer Mock Trials!!

Location: Agile Canines St. Louis Park MN

Open to dogs of all levels! Please read carefully this post and the form.

If you have any problems with this form let me know. It is the first time I have tried something like this with Jotform.

You should receive email confirmations and if you do not let me know. Please do NOT enter again. Jotform is blocked by some email firewalls. I can send you the confirmation.

You are limited to two runs per dog per trial. Please sign up to volunteer. This will be a low stress way to learn about various jobs at trials.

This is open to all levels of dogs including beginner and foundations level dogs. Please enter your training level and dogs will be grouped according to training level so we can block of contact obstacles as needed.

Everyone who enters will need to be there at Noon for briefing and walk throughs. It may go until 4pm to get all the runs done. This is how trials go. This is NOT a run and done. This is designed to simulate a trial setting where there will be long stretches of time between runs or between walk through and your run. Just like a trial you may train in the ring with toys or leave early to food outside the ring. No food allowed in the ring UNLESS you have a foundations level dog and just working on recalls and focus in the trial environment. This is another reason why the foundations dogs will be grouped together.

Each run will be 90 seconds long. You will be asked to leave when your time is up and you can always leave earlier. We will run everyone's first run and then go through and run everyone's second run. We may offer a different course for round two if there is interest and time allows. If the trial does not fill we could be done earlier. Entries close one week before that trial date or when entries are full whichever is first. If there is room we may offer day of show entries.

I will be offering a training in the ring seminar at 11am before each trial for anyone who wants to learn how to effectively train in the ring, get ideas of how and what to train on that day's course or find out what the rules are for real trials and training in the ring.

Please use this online form to register: https://form.jotform.com/231473835259059

Thanks!
Annelise

03/01/2023

Upcoming workshops on different topics!

Distance workshop - all levels - Saturday March 11th 2pm to 4:30 pm. $80 for working spot, $20 to audit. Register online: https://form.jotform.com/230567757474064

Handling workshop - Sunday March 12th 1pm to 3:30pm. Only jumps and tunnels for novice up to advanced. $80 for working spot, $20 to audit. Register online: https://form.jotform.com/230567517625157

Weaves Workshop - Sunday April 16th 1pm to 3:30 pm for dogs dog 6 or 12 weaves. We work with distractions and on weave entries and exits. Guides ok. $80 for working spot, $20 to audit. Register online: https://form.jotform.com/230567543204149

Distance Workshop - Sunday April 16th 4pm to 6:30 pm. All levels. $80 for working spot, $20 to audit. Register online: https://form.jotform.com/230568013003139

Please click the link to complete this form.

02/13/2023

I am very excited to be bringing Rachel Downs and Liz Randall here to do a two day seminar on "Better Reinforcement Strategies" on April 22 and 23 2023. This is a technique that I learned 7 years ago and it has really changed and improved how I train my dogs. I have been incorporating it into Foundations training. It is not easy for the human teammate to do because it is a mechanical skill. Dog training requires a lot of mechanical skills including proper timing and ex*****on of reinforcement.

It is required that anyone in a working spot attend BOTH Saturday and Sunday from 9 to 5pm. A working spot is $350 (which is less than two days of a handling seminar). This is NOT about handling but about training. There will be two groups of 7 students and we will use lecture, video, demos and hands on with your own dog to learn the training skills. Auditing spots are available for $150 for both days. Auditing spots are limited and priority is being given to ACTS instructors for these spots. Dogs must be 6 months old and not be dog or human aggressive. Dogs must be able to focus in a busy group environment. No agility obstacles will be used.

Use this link to register for this awesome training opportunity.

https://form.jotform.com/230425103051033

On Friday April 21 we will have two half agility handling seminars. The morning 8:30 to 12:30 will be Advanced Handling with Rachel Downs and the afternoon 1:00 to 5:00 pm will be Novice Handling with Liz Randall. Groups are limited to 8 participants. Use the online link below to register.

https://form.jotform.com/230425864740052

PM me with any questions.

Location: St Louis Park MN

Please click the link to complete this form.

08/04/2020

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=292233718888455&id=109664080478754

05/01/2020

Trials as we knew them are a ways off here in MN.

These organizations are offering ways to compete or motivate you to train in your yard. Some just require two jumps and 20' x 30' space. Outdoor hockey arenas may be an option. Some involve training tricks or rally exercises.

It will also help motivate you to work on videoing skills. Smart phones and tripods are easy to use for these things.

I find these external options motivating for me in these times of relative isolation. It gets me off my phone, TV, computer and outside with my dogs!

https://www.usdaa.com/athome/

https://entries.ukagilityinternational.com/showdiary.aspx

https://www.nadac.com/video-run-course-maps/

https://www.akc.org/sports/trick-dog/resources/trick-dog-applications/

https://www.akc.org/sports/rally/rally-virtual-entry-pilot/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/backyardchampionships/?ref=share

http://cdspvideo.com/
CDSP Obedience video title

If anyone knows of other things feel free to share here.

Please get out and enjoy training your dog!!!

Annelise

04/19/2020

Considerations for the next 12 months

Humans wearing masks will be extremely common for the foreseeable future. It is highly likely I will be wearing one when teaching and other instructors and students will too.

Please be sure your dog is comfortable being around people wearing masks before you return to class. First, have your dog see you wearing a mask and feed treats as needed. Then expand it to family, friends and neighbors.

Please do not have the first experience be at dog training class or it could be a major setback in training. Also do not assume that your people friendly dog will not care and avoid this training with them. Pepple are finding unexpected things with dogs and the masks. I and my instructors and fellow students do not want to be approached by a fear aggressive dog for wearing a mask. So please take time to make a positive association between people wearing masks and your dog seeing them.

03/22/2020

If you want some daily in home training exercises that are like what I do in my classes feel free to join the Agile Canines Training School FB group.

03/16/2020

Good time to support a good local dog business.

With the serious situation about the COVID-19, our hearts go out to all of the struggling small businesses/dog trainers. We have moved most of our training to online and are wide open for Boarding/Board and Train for the foreseeable future, but some folks don’t have the ability to change things up. If you financially can swing it, I would highly recommend taking up trainers on some online class options or taking any online dog training courses while staying inside!

Us at Lucky Mutt Dog Training aren’t doing great and have had lots of cancellations, but are staying hopeful about the future of the business and hoping to not shut down. If you need any help with your dog building skills by either Board and Train or by online lessons, feel free to message us! We are always happy to help!

02/15/2020

Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested. Looking for a fun way to get more connected with your dog? Join Level 1 Agility Run For Fun class. These 4 sessions progressively teach you and your dog about basic agility equipment and running a course. Equipment is kept at a low height. You and your dog will come out of this class better connected with improved communication skills. Dogs get a chance to use their brain, run off steam and have fun. Graduates move on to level 2 Agility for Fun learning simple agility courses and handling techniques. Cost is $100. Sign up at [email protected]. Classes are at 11:30 am starting on March 21st.

02/02/2020

I always suggest students rule out physical issues when training problems develop. This article explains why this is important to do.

You’re not you when you're hurting and the same is true for your dog! ​ Pain places both discomfort and emotional stress on our dogs and can make them out of balance both psychologically and...

02/02/2020

I always encourage students to rule out physical pain when training problems develop. Here is a good article about why this is important to consider.

http://www.mcrehabilitation.com/blog/why-a-sudden-behavioural-change-may-mean-your-dog-is-hurting

You’re not you when you're hurting and the same is true for your dog! ​ Pain places both discomfort and emotional stress on our dogs and can make them out of balance both psychologically and...