Introduction to Dog Powered Sports
A Step by Step Guide to teaching your dog to pull!
Course Summary
Put your dog's love of pulling to power with the foundations of dog powered sport class! We start out on foot, teaching basic skills like line-out, turn cues, bypassing distractions, and passing. Keep going with further canicross or transition these skills to your choice of scooter, bikejor, or kicksledding!
Enroll Via FDSA
This class runs through Fenzi Dog Sports Academy each October! Registration opens September 22nd. Sign up at Bronze, Silver or Gold!
Course Curriculum
Erin Lynes
Erin Lynes is a KPA Certified Professional Trainer, a Certified Professional Canine Fitness Trainer, and a Licensed Family Dog Mediator with over 20 years of experience training dogs for hunting, home life, and sports! Erin’s positive teaching strategies help shape you and your dog into the best possible team using your own strengths and experience as a foundation, helping you to increase the depth of your relationship with your dog while also growing their skills and confidence.
Being brand new to this sport I was a bit uncertain if I was in over my head but that was not the case. Learning foundation skills is incredibly important to me when tackling any new sport. I appreciated the thorough feedback I received from Erin, along with her video demos, and detailed information she provided in each of the lectures. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in dog powered sports.
I have done pulling sports for a long time but currently have a dog not from a traditional pulling breed so I decided to take this course. It was FABULOUS. Erin covered literally everything from harness fit to directionals to passing distractions to running in a team with other dogs. She even included a summary of racing and how to get started in that venue. I learned so many new ways to teach things that in the past I would simply have thrown the dog in the team and let them figure it out. But now without a team, I am starting from scratch with my current dog and this course was perfect for "explaining" to her how this strange pulling thing works! The transformation in my dog over the course of the 6 weeks was quite dramatic ... I can't recommend this course enough!!
If your dog likes to pull, you NEED to take this class. Running with my dog has become so much more enjoyable for both of us now that we have learned how to do canicross. He gets to pull, I get to let him pull without constantly keeping on my toes to maintain criteria for loose-leash walking, and running behind a dog that is pulling well feels like flying! We went from zero experience with dog powered sports, to confidently canicrossing and canihiking for miles by the end of the class. All of the lectures were very well written and easy to understand, with plenty of example videos. The instructor provided prompt and very detailed feedback on all my videos. When my dog was struggling with one of the exercises because big arm movements scare him, within an hour Ms. Lynes had provided us with a whole alternate training plan, complete with a demo video that she had filmed right on the spot! She is a very caring and skilled teacher, for both canine and human students. 10/10 would recommend.
Bronze
usd$65
Bronze includes viewing of all course lectures and demonstrations for 1 year. Learning is self-guided, no instructor feedback is included.
Silver
usd$130
Silver includes all course lectures and demonstrations for 1 year, and 6 weeks of instructor access for questions and limited video feedback.
Gold
usd$260
Gold includes all course lectures and demonstrations for 1 year, and 6 weeks of instructor access for questions and daily video feedback.
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