Rally FrEe Workshop March 15th, 1:30-4pm
Learn Rally Freestyle Elements with Jenn Michaelis at PCOTC!
• Do you enjoy music and teaching your dog tricks and novel behaviors?
• Do you strive for precision in obedience skills?
• Do you want to strengthen the working relationship between you and your dog?
• Are you looking for an enjoyable and supportive competitor experience?
Then come try Rally-FrEe! It is a unique sport combining trick behaviors of Canine Musical Freestyle with the format of Rally-Obedience. It emphasizes the precise execution of fun- damental freestyle and obedience skills while encouraging creative and novel behaviors on a Rally-Obedience style course.
The workshop will introduce the new signs in Rally FrEe, show attendees how to train and execute them, and practice them within real RallyFree courses. Mechanics of competition will be discussed, as well as how to turn these skills into a musical freestyle routine.
Prerequisites: Attendees should have a basic understanding of how to follow a rally course. Their dog should have a basic understanding of heel or walking with attention.
REGISTER ONLINE
Maximum 12 working spots $45, auditing spots $20
To register online, go to www.pcotc.org/calendar find the Jenn Michaelis seminars by date, and click the registration link.
If you cannot register online, or need help with registration, please contact dog.class.register@gmail.com
For seminar information, contact janewheeler@optimum.net
Seminars to be held at PCOTC (rear/ground floor)
220 Ferris Avenue, White Plains, NY • www.pcotc.org • 914.422.DOGS
Super Socialization Workshop! March 15th, 10am-12pm
Prepare your puppy to meet all varieties of people and dogs, get used to all the sights and sounds of life, including body handling, safe obstacles, and new environments. Handlers will learn to identify appropriate play skills, calm an excited puppy, and make vet and groomer visits easy and stress free. For any puppy of any size, under 18 weeks.
REGISTER ONLINE
Each seminar: Maximum 12 working spots $45, auditing spots $20
To register online, go to www.pcotc.org/calendar, find the
Jenn Michaelis seminars by date, and click the registration link.
If you cannot register online, or need help with registration, please contact dog.class.register@gmail.com
For seminar information, contact janewheeler@optimum.net
Seminars to be held at PCOTC (rear/ground floor)
220 Ferris Avenue, White Plains, NY • www.pcotc.org • 914.422.DOGS
AKC STAR Puppy Class 2015
THE FIRST PUPPY CLASS OF 2015 IS WELL ON THEIR WAY TO GETTING SOCIALIZED AND LEARNING GOOD MANNERS!
Frito and Khalessi met many new people, Roxy had outings to make new friends at Home Depot and Petsmart, and Troika played on a playground!
A little dance for the New Year!
Jenn and Terra "Got The Beat"
This is an ad libbed routine that we created on the spot during one of our training sessions. We were preparing for a video competition event with the Musical Dog Sport Association. Terra has her Novice and Standard Freestyle titles through MDSA, and her Freestyle Master title through Rally-Free. In 2015 we will be working toward longer and tougher routines in the Advanced and Premier categories. Happy New Year!
The homestretch of December's puppy class photo contest
Wow, these puppies have been BUSY!! Check out everyone's awesome adventures:
STAR Puppy Class Photo Highlights!
Brody has photos with 35 strangers!
Evie is dutifully checking off the things on her list: flags, metal grates, stairs, slide, swings, and playground equipment. She even went fishing!
Cheyenne met a new kitty friend, proved she was not afraid of a lion statue, and went to a dog park.
Jeter explored lots of new places and had his own puppy party, complete with Pass-the-Puppy games and a doggie friend!
Monty experienced his first snowfall and played with his golden friend.
Skye went to the gas station!
Emmy played on the beach, watched someone play tennis, and went to the pet store.
STAR Puppy Class Week 1
The last puppy class of 2014 is well on their way to getting socialized and learning good manners!
Monty explored a barber shop, a leaf blower, the river, a construction site, a train station, a bridge, and made new doggie friends at the vet's office.
Evie made new dog and human friends at an agility trial.
Brody met tons of new people at the bank, the gas station, the dry cleaners, and the vet's office.
Skye met new dog friends, big and small, checked out some ducks, and visited with a crossing guard.
Our last routine for our Standard Title!
Seneca Square Dance/South Carolina Breakdown by The AM String Band
Terra and I are competing through the Musical Dog Sport Association (www.musicaldogsport.org), and working toward our Standard Freestyle Dog title. To earn the title, she and I must submit three different freestyle routines. If a routine earns a high enough score, then we earn a leg toward our title. This routine is the last leg, so if we qualify with this routine we will earn our Standard title and move up to the Premier competition level.
Musical freestyle is an emerging canine sport, combining tricks, heeling, and music. I teach three levels of canine musical freestyle classes at Port Chester Obedience Training club. To learn more, please send us a message on our Facebook page or use the contact form to drop me a line!
A Weekend at SPARCS!
Terra, Ringo and I were lucky enough to spend this past weekend in beautiful dog-friendly Newport, Rhode Island at the 2014 International SPARCS conference. It was 72 degrees and sunny everyday, filled with the lectures and discussions of the greatest minds at the forefront of canine science.
The lectures covered everything from the science of olfaction, canine origins, and the affect of owner behavior on dog personalities. But perhaps the most interesting research for pet owners was presented by James Serpell, with his canine behavioral assessment and research questionnaire, called the C-BARQ.
So far, the C-BARQ has been used to gather and compare data from over 22,000 service, military and working dogs AND an additional 25,000 pet dogs.
To learn more, or to compare your dog to others of the same breed, as well as all other pet dogs:
http://vetapps.vet.upenn.edu/cbarq/index.cfm
To learn more about the Society for Promotion of Applied Research in Canine Science, or to see the entire archive of lectures and videos: http://caninescience.info/