Elevation Elation: Build and Use Body Awareness Webinar

Elevation Elation: Build and Use Body Awareness Webinar

Title Webinar Replay

Instructor Vicky Lovejoy

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Skills Beyond Odor and Trial Prep Program

Instructor: Vicky Lovejoy

Length: 90 minutes

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Building Physical and Mental Confidence

Elevated hides are not just about the odor and how the dog communicates an elevated hide, it is also about physical and mental confidence to best navigate the odor trail to a position from which the dog can confidently decide on the location of that hide. This webinar is about the building steps to help your dog understand vertical movement and space.

We start training separately from odor, laying the foundation to build confidence and body awareness. Exercises like those in foundation agility or fitness will build competence in movement and navigation of vertical spaces on a variety of surfaces both stable and slightly unstable. We will emphasize hind end awareness, flexibility, balance, and overall conditioning.

The progression then builds to introducing odor into a setup that the dog has already successfully navigated from previous exercises. We will build on the reinforcement histories present both in the physical navigation of the space AND the sourcing of odor. This builds the skill set for a dog to more comfortably and confidently use the environment to locate vertically challenging hide.

RELATED WEBINAR

Be certain to check out Vicky's Shrinking Space = Success Webinar focused on how we can build our dog's body awareness and confidence so they may better work within tight and cluttered spaces.

CEUS

This webinar has been approved for 2 NACSW CEUs and 1.5 CPDT CEUs for trainers (not behavior consultants).

SHOULD YOU TAKE THIS WEBINAR

Are you training in Scent Work? We sometimes overlook the physical strength and ability a dog needs to be successful in Scent Work. This webinar will give you the tools to ensure your dog has the physical and mental confidence to rock their elevated hide searches.

Are you trialing in Scent Work? Elevated hides can stump many teams! Make certain your dog is physically and mentally ready!

Are you a Scent Work instructor? Garner some ideas for exercises or progressions you can incorporate in your own program, both in and outside the context of Scent Work, to ensure your dog and handler teams are ready to tackle their elevated hides.

Scent Work Instructor

Vicky Lovejoy

A high-level competitor in her own right with a lifelong interest in animal behavior and passion for fitness, Vicky's unique blend of expertise and accomplishments allows her to help dog and handler teams better achieve their training and competition goals.

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All of the content in this online webinar is created by, owned by, and the rights to the content, are reserved to Vicky Lovejoy. This content has been licensed to Scent Work University to be featured on the site.