This class is all about foundations! Start a new dog on the right foot or discover missing pieces in your training. This class is designed to cover all the exercises in TEAM levels 1 & 2. The TEAM program lays out the building blocks for developing very solid behaviors that the dog can perform in a variety of unique presentations!
The 10 skill areas assessed in TEAM include: Engagement and Focus, Heeling, Recalls, Fronts & Finishes, Distance work, Targeting, Jumping, Retrieving, Scent Work, and Impulse Control. The individual pieces of exercises are broken down for you in manageable steps! Introducing all the core areas from the start makes sure that obedience remains fun for both the dog and the handler!
This is an introductory course and makes no assumptions about your dog's prior knowledge.
This class can help you prepare to title by video in TEAM or simply give you an excellent set of foundation skills for any dog sport or competition venue such as AKC, CKC or FCI obedience, freestyle, etc.
Registration will begin at 11:00AM PST.
Enrollment limits: 15 gold, 5 silver, unlimited bronze. If you are interested in a bronze level, you can sign up any time during the registration period.
There is a wide, wide range of skills required in TEAM 1 & 2 as such students should not expect to cover everything in one go. The format will, where ever possible, follow the order of exercises as you would find them in the TEAM Tests. Gold students - you have the option to work on whichever skill(s) you wish from the current or previous posted weeks. Approximately 3-4 skills will be introduced each week. The syllabus listed below may be adjusted prior to October 1st.
No experience is necessary to start. This is a Foundation level class and therefore an introduction to the steps for each skill/exercise required in Team 1 & 2 Levels video title submissions.
Any equipment you will need will be solely dependant upon which skill/exercise you wish to tackle, the level you and your dog are currently working and what you wish to put your focus on. If you are seeking to work in a specific obedience genre you may want to consider integrating the same equipment you will eventually be using to trial.
Scent Articles - any type (obedience articles, canning rings, metal tins, or any other type of small container and odour if you use it.
Oh, too much fun! This was my first Gold and you totally nailed it for me. I felt a little bad that I wasn't as detailed as some folks when I posted videos. Since I'm not a "competition person"--sometimes I felt like I didn't even know enough to know what I should be asking about, so I just sorta hurled video at you and said "Huh? What now?" But I loved the feedback I got--always plenty to work on, but not so much that it freaked me out or I got overwhelmed. That's a lot of behaviors to cover, and I thought you broke it down beautifully. Thank you for making my first Gold a success!
Thank you for your attention to detail in presenting the course materials as well as individual feedback, and the enthusiasm you have for student progress.
Loved her clear, relatively concise lectures (and short videos) that explained exercises from the ground up (like what is Marking, and why do we teach it, what are its applications?), and at the end Heather provided a section on the Final Picture. Super helpful to include this basic information so the student understands why she's doing a particular step, where it's leading, and the final goal. Heather is an excellent teacher.
I enjoyed the class and particularly liked the very detailed feedback I got from you. You came up with a lot of little tweaks to my training technique, which I could definitely use.
I love Heather's teaching style. I learned a lot. thanks Heather!
Team is such a fantastic program! Thanks FDSA for providing such great instructors to help work through the starting levels. There is soooo much to learn and this class really helps.
