On line courses are great if it is what you want and you have that kind of money to spend and the time to do it.I feel lucky to live in area where there are all kinds of trials for all the venues out there and all kinds of places to train and top trianers and world team members to train with.So this works for me.
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On line courses are great if it is what you want and you have that kind of money to spend and the time to do it.I feel lucky to live in area where there are all kinds of trials for all the venues out there and all kinds of places to train and top trianers and world team members to train with.So this works for me.
take4roll10
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Those are actually very reasonable prices.
But I don't think you can compare them to this Living Room Agility online course. Daisy and Linda's classes are competition classes.
You can do a quick search for "living room agility" and the site with info pops up. It is obviously a class geared to help you bond with your dog and just have fun. It is not a competition class. It's basically what my training club offers as an "agility for fun" class. No training required, just for fun and bonding.
SheltieChe
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that is how recallers community works too. We have monthly challenges and some of them are really freaky hard. Like I am still struggling teaching my boys to hold a spoon with food in it. But it is a tremendous fun to participate.
SheltieChe
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I love that idea!
I think as long as everyone realizes that there are many different ways to do everything--ie everyone must be open minded, or at least know enough to say "that's not how I want to do it".
I've found that hearing different ideas and opinions has really helped me--even if it's just to realize that that's not the best approach for me and my dog.
I think that is essential difference between SG and ST online classes. SG is more scientific and teaches you "how to fish." ST is more intuitive and tells you "do what works for your dog." And that is fine if ONE KNOWS what the options are and how to get them. One practically has to have a good operant dog and know how to shape, set criteria, figure out reinforcement, timing before deciding on which option is best for your dog and you as handler. I know without Susan teaching me " how to" I would not be able to do anything in Silvia's classes. And even then my recaller buddy is taking now fundamentals class with ST http://artanddogblog.wordpress.com/ and she is taking away so much more info that I fell I just skimmed the surface in my class
but then again my buddy is accomplished free style competitor of highest levels and I am barely in the beginning of my journey... so it is all about balance in the end...SheltieChe
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out of my experience I see big trend coming of "teaching agility away from agility". I think that is how new Running Contacts course by SG will be taught too. Those people who are in Puppy Peaks do see that "work is play and play is work". I just read connotations to DVD of one leading obedience teacher's with tons of High in Trial etc and she writes that yeah, my dogs are rather play than compete... BIG revelation to me, nope, not my kind of teacher. I want my dogs to ask me to train them
out of my experience I see big trend coming of "teaching agility away from agility". I think that is how new Running Contacts course by SG will be taught too. Those people who are in Puppy Peaks do see that "work is play and play is work". I just read connotations to DVD of one leading obedience teacher's with tons of High in Trial etc and she writes that yeah, my dogs are rather play than compete... BIG revelation to me, nope, not my kind of teacher. I want my dogs to ask me to train them
And will charge another $5,000 to take the course? I still like hands on teaching.
So what's next? Earning agility titles without trialing? Maybe we can just download course maps, and post a lot of smack talk about how we would handle the virtual course. Voila! A title certificate will appear in our email inbox.
So what's next? Earning agility titles without trialing? Maybe we can just download course maps, and post a lot of smack talk about how we would handle the virtual course. Voila! A title certificate will appear in our email inbox.
Good One !!!!!ROTFL
SheltieChe
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So what's next? Earning agility titles without trialing? Maybe we can just download course maps, and post a lot of smack talk about how we would handle the virtual course. Voila! A title certificate will appear in our email inbox.
would have been nice
as it happens, agility does not start at the training facility IMHO. If one does not have good focus, balanced impulse control, desire to work, strong sit stays with your dog at home, they not going to miraculously appear on agility field.
I have heard that agility has changed and what people used to do 15 years ago is not what people do now.
Maybe my opinion is skewed by online classes that I've taken with ST and SG but trend I am seeing that behaviors as skills are trained at home in regular life and then transferred into agility field. Same as ST start teaching her cik and cap by by teaching her dogs to circle around any household items like cones or garbage cans that leads to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK4bpcqBO-M