Workshops & Seminars

Summer Pop-Up Classes with Sally Silverman

Thursdays at 12:30 pm

Strengthen your skills and try new things with these various, one-off pop-up classes!

Cost: $25 for members, $30 for non-members. Limit 6 working spots. 

Introduction to Do as I Do Workshop (learn through imitation) – with CJ Hazell

Sunday, August 4
12:30-4:30pm

Dogs have a wonderful ability to learn through social learning. That means that they can see what someone else does and then try it for themselves. They can imitate what they have seen, learning new skills as they do. We can tap into this ability by teaching our dogs to learn something new by imitating what we do. The Do as I Do technique was developed by Claudia Fuggaza as part of her graduate research and has grown in popularity as a training method. Tapping into social learning allows us to teach some skills more quickly, teach complex behaviors more easily, and often the dogs will remember it better.

In this workshop I will introduce this method. Your dog needs to know 3-6 behaviors that they can do independently of touching you. At least 2 of the behaviors should involve a prop like a jump, platform, or toy. They should know these reasonably well.

Choose behaviors that you are comfortable demonstrating. If you don’t want to get onto the floor and rollover, then rollover should not be one of your behaviors. But if you are fine doing it, then go for it. Some suggestions that work well are SPIN, BACK, DOWN, SIT PRETTY, 2 or 4 FT ON, GO AROUND, FOOT TARGET, TOUCH OBJECT WITH NOSE OR PAW, LIFT PAW, JUMP, or PICK SOMETHING UP.

Cost: $80 for members, $95 for non-members. Limit 10 working spots, unlimited auditing. $25 per auditor.

Puppy and Young Dog Workshops – with Lynsey Heffner and Bobbie Bhambree

Engagement + Connection for Sport Puppies

Sunday, September 8 from 9am-12:30pm

Description: This workshop is for puppies from roughly 10 weeks to 8 months old. We will focus in two groups on exercises and activities to build a strong foundation for any sport!

• Engagement + Connection
• Verbal Discrimination + Listening Skills
• Stealth Self-Control
• Toy Play + Personal Play Skills

12 working spots (There will be 6 students in each group with Bobbie and Lynsey and then swap)
Cost: $125 members and $140 non-members, $30 auditors

Preparing Adolescents for Agility

Sunday, September 8 from 1:30pm-4:00pm

Description: This two part workshop is geared toward dogs who are roughly 1-2 years old, preparing to participate in agility. Half of the time will be spent with Lynsey working on some adolescent handling skills. The other half will be spent with Bobbie working on those miscellaneous skills that adolescent dogs need in and out of the ring. Dogs should have some familiarity with jumps and tunnels and be able to complete short sequences. Dogs DO NOT have to be jumping full height.

12 working spots (There will be 6 students in each group with Bobbie and Lynsey and then swap)
Cost: $125 members and $140 non-members, $30 auditors

Mental Resilience in Agility and Competition Dogs - with Bobbie Bhambree-Wirkmaa, CBDC, CPDT-KA, Certified Dog Behavior Consultant

Sunday, September 22 from 9am-4pm with a one-hour lunch break

Requirements: Teams should be able to run short sequences of jumps and tunnels. There will be no contacts or weaves.

Description: Got FACE? – Focus And Connected Engagement in the Agility Competition Ring
If you have taken this workshop with Bobbie at Y2 in May or June, it will be beneficial to take it again because she will build on those skills with you.

Mental resilience takes time to develop; every dog is different when it comes to how long it takes and what is necessary to support the dog. Mental resilience is a combination of impulse control, confidence, the ability to recover from an event, and the desire to try again—all of which we will explore and continue to develop in this workshop.

There are many reasons why a dog might be able to perform in one context and not another. During the workshop, we will continue to uncover the gaps in your dog’s understanding and by way of training and behavior modification, fill them. These gaps could be a result of training plans that skipped steps that your dog needs, environmental stressors, lack of impulse control, or even fear. By examining your dog’s performance and discussing how you have trained with your dog thus far, we will be able to create a plan specific to your team’s needs. You will play games and practice exercises that will bring your dog’s focus back to you while building enthusiasm and drive, regardless of the venue or level of the show.

In this seminar, you will:

• Learn how to respond to your dog’s feedback in the moment to keep them working with you
• Learn how to better manage your dog and the environment to minimize mental fatiguing
• Continue to build focus and connection in your dog, even when things go wrong in the ring
• Further build impulse control in your dog, even in the face of stressors and distractions
• Further expand the toolbox of exercises to support you in decreasing your dog’s anxiety
• Further build confidence in your dog for the bigger shows

Limited to 10 working spots. Auditing unlimited.
Cost: $190 for members, $220 non-members, $45 auditors

Mental Resilience for the Competition Dogs - Handling Edition - with Bobbie Bhambree-Wirkmaa, CBDC, CPDT-KA, Certified Dog Behavior Consultant

Saturday, November 9 from 9am-4pm with a one-hour lunch break

Requirements: 1) Taken the Mental Resilience seminar with Bobbie at Y2K9s OR 2) Currently works with Bobbie privately OR 3) Attended any Brain Camp seminar or webinar
Teams should be able to run short sequences of jumps and tunnels. There will be no contacts or weaves.

Description: In this seminar, you will:

• Apply all concepts from Bobbie's other workshops into Novice-level sequences
• Teams will be coached individually and we will fill the resilience gaps based on what each team demonstrates

Limited to 10 working spots. Auditing unlimited.
Cost: $190 for members, $220 non-members, $45 auditors