So, we're one week into our Foundations class with Fanny Gott. We've been playing in short session every day - short sessions in the morning and also after work.
In case you want to see how it's going.... here it is.
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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Foundations
I've had this silly idea for ages now to get my girls into some agility training. It looks like loads of fun and I think the dogs would love it too. But I didn't know where to start. I actually bought a mini agility start-up set between Ethiopian and Tanzania that's just sitting in the corner of the study still in the box.
In late January I stumbled across the work of a dog trainer named Susan Garrett who does phenomenal things with dogs. She's a world champion in agility (Her. Her dogs. Who do you attribute that to?). She has the kind of dogs that make others envious and a little ashamed of our own pets' training. I got completely addicted to her blog and her youtube channel and was trying to figure out, how do I get me some of that dog training? Wouldn't you know it, she offers online training courses, but with no imminent start date for the next course, I was still searching.
That's when I found Fanny Gott, a "a professional dog trainer with a passion for clicker training and dog sports" based in Sweden. And wouldn't you know it, she was offering her "Foundations" class starting in March and enrolment was opening in a few days. And so I kept checking back and as soon as enrolment opening, I registered Natasha and me. I've been looking forward to the course starting and finally it did.
Our first lesson is called "Play with your dog". We get a lesson posted every two weeks, some focus areas and a homework assignment that involves working with your dog and filming the sessions. We then upload the clips and Fanny makes comments, gives tips, and guidance. Dog-training on the internet! Who knew!
While Natasha is my course participant, I'm also working with Shaki on the same things. You know I love my dogs and I'm going to share some of that love with you. Hopefully you'll see us progressing! I have to say, I feel a little bit silly propping my computer up on the bbq in the back yard and hitting record to film myself for an online dog training class. I figure this is just one step further in the re-spatialization of social space.
In late January I stumbled across the work of a dog trainer named Susan Garrett who does phenomenal things with dogs. She's a world champion in agility (Her. Her dogs. Who do you attribute that to?). She has the kind of dogs that make others envious and a little ashamed of our own pets' training. I got completely addicted to her blog and her youtube channel and was trying to figure out, how do I get me some of that dog training? Wouldn't you know it, she offers online training courses, but with no imminent start date for the next course, I was still searching.
That's when I found Fanny Gott, a "a professional dog trainer with a passion for clicker training and dog sports" based in Sweden. And wouldn't you know it, she was offering her "Foundations" class starting in March and enrolment was opening in a few days. And so I kept checking back and as soon as enrolment opening, I registered Natasha and me. I've been looking forward to the course starting and finally it did.
Our first lesson is called "Play with your dog". We get a lesson posted every two weeks, some focus areas and a homework assignment that involves working with your dog and filming the sessions. We then upload the clips and Fanny makes comments, gives tips, and guidance. Dog-training on the internet! Who knew!
While Natasha is my course participant, I'm also working with Shaki on the same things. You know I love my dogs and I'm going to share some of that love with you. Hopefully you'll see us progressing! I have to say, I feel a little bit silly propping my computer up on the bbq in the back yard and hitting record to film myself for an online dog training class. I figure this is just one step further in the re-spatialization of social space.
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