A Complete Guide to:
Startline Training
How you and your dog start a run sets the tone for the entire course. How do you want your startline to feel?
I 100% believe anyone that says to me, “they know how to stay”, but what if we’re looking at the startline from the wrong perspective?
Agility startlines go beyond the dog’s ability to stay put or not; it is a complex chain of behaviors that need to be trained to fluency, built together, and layered with additional trial-like distractions to be sustainable long term. In this program, Megan will break down the elements of the startline, sustainable reinforcement strategies for those elements, adding in distractions, maintaining the behavior long-term, and some habits that might be doing more harm than good for your startline. The strategies presented in the program are suitable for dogs with no prior startline training or issues and for dogs that need to strengthen or retrain their startline behavior. We will focus on the skills and elements required to build and maintain a startline that sticks!
In this step by step program you'll learn:
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Prerequisite Skills
Start with teaching the concept of stillness and a variety of motivation procedures that will hold your startline together for years to come.
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Create Solid Chains of Behaviors
You will link behaviors together into mini chains, learn to reinforce them appropriately, and learn to layer in different types of distractions to your training.
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Focus on Ring Sustainability at Each Training Phase
Bring the competition elements into your training via carefully planned sessions around people, dogs, places, and noises.
What You'll Need:
✅ A makeshift ring threshold or gate.
✅ Any piece(s) of agility equipment.
✅ So. Many. Cookies! 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪
✅ Occasional access to different people, dogs, places, and noise.
LET ME AT IT
- 8 Phase Program
- Feedback on your videos
- Answers to your questions
- 8 Coaching Calls
- 1 Year of Access
Yes Please!!!
A bit about me...
I've worked with dogs that had trouble getting started, dogs that want to get started too badly, and everything in between. What is commonly successful for all teams is a consistent procedure that is predictable and reliable for both members of the team.
I have been training in agility nearly my entire life and teaching full-time for over a decade. With more than twenty-five years of experience, I have worked with hundreds of dogs of a wide variety of breeds.
I am known for my ability to break things down for both humans and dogs and explain things clearly, enlightening the learner's view of the sport.
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Refund Policy:
Refunds will not be issued after June 9th. Students can request a refund before the 9th for a full refund, no questions asked.