UPCOMING SEMINARS

This one- or two-day-long seminar is a comprehensive walk through applying the Standard to the participant's breed, the importance of conditioning,  structure and movement, the inner game of winning and how to win that one, plus an interactive focusing and handling workshop where participants work with their dog. Most of the time there is room for audit participants, too, so if your learning style works better when you're not worrying about your dog, choose an audit slot.

Per AKC rules, a person who receives handling instruction from a judge can't show to that judge for six months. If that's a concern for you, go to the AKC Searchable Judges Directory, enter 94535 in the Judge Number field to be taken to a current list of the breeds I judge, and then click "Future Assignments" for a list of current judging assignments.

Your dog wants to play with you. Sure, ball in the back yard is fun, but does it mentally challenge either of you?

I hope your answer is "no"!

This 60-90 minute workshop is an overview of the many different dog sports available, why they exist, and how you and your dog can get started in the ones best suited for the two of you.

Covering conformation, obedience, rally, agility, barn hunt, scent work, lure coursing, earth dog, herding trials, weight pull...phew!...there's sure to be at least one sport that'll light your fire and help fulfill your dog's physical and mental exercise needs.

This 60 - to 90-minute program covers applying the Standard to participants' dogs,  socialization, temperament, training, and understanding how shows work. 

This session can be presented with or without discussions about handling.

Designed for those who are either brand-new to conformation or are considering showing in conformation. This 60-90 minute presentation is a great piece for a club's RDO day, club meeting, Juniors event, or community outreach via 4-H and other youth programs.

When the foundation is right, everything works better. This is true in houses, businesses and dogs.

In this 60- to 90-minute session, participants will learn the basics about canine anatomy and structure, along with how common faults affect movement. Where possible, live dogs will be used to illustrate the concepts being discussed. Where it's not possible, slides and videos will help participants see what's being discussed.

This session can be presented with or without discussions about handling.

It can be SO confusing to figure out why your dog moves the way it does. Is it conditioning? An injury? Less-than-optimal structure?

Or is it in your dog's head, or maybe the way you use your body?

In this 60-90 minute session, we'll play with dogs, paper, and paint, discovering some of the reasons dogs move funny and how we can help them move better.

Brains are funny - have you ever become intensely focused on something? Have you ever watched your dog become intensely focused on something? 

Do you want to know how to get your dog to intensely focus on you more when you're competing?

In this 60-90 minute session, we'll play with our brain's ability to focus, then grab some dogs and see if the same things that work for us will work for them, too!

Learning to win the mental game of winning is arguably more important than taking handling class. For decades, elite athletes have trained their brains to win at the same time they've trained their bodies, and now those in dog sports can do it, too.

As a citizen-scientist in neuroplasticity, I've studied the power of our brains to either support our success or sabotage it. I'll teach participants how to re-program their brain to create an atmosphere that supports more success.

This is part of the full-day seminar and can also be a stand-alone 60- to 90-minute seminar, webinar or club program.

Wagalicious...what the heck does that word mean? By the end of this program, participants not only learn how to be more wagalicious, they learn that they WANT to be more wagalicious!

There are three steps to becoming a wagalicious leader, and in this 60 - 90 minute session, we cover leadership lessons I learned training dogs, competing in many different sports with my dogs, as well as leadership lessons I learned while judging dogs.

This session is about leading people, and as past attendees have learned, it also helps them lead their dogs!

Veterinarians have an exceptionally high rate of suicide, approaching 4 TIMES the rate for non-veterinary professionals. 

This 60-minute program is designed to help fanciers understand the role we play in veterinary stress, the three rules to follow to be our vet's favorite client, and how to support someone in emotional crisis. 

Even though the topic is somber, this session is anything but - it's interactive, uplifting and empowering.

 The book "Happy Vet Happy Pet - Caring for Your Pet's Caregiver" is available for bulk purchase. Some clubs use it as trophies, judge gifts, outreach to local veterinarians, etc.  Contact me to discuss pricing, which is lower for clubs than if you purchase in the Success Tools Store on this site.