Game Changer! Learning to Make Good Choices Through Games

Game Changer! Learning to Make Good Choices Through Games

As reinforcement-based trainers, we recognize that our dogs have choices: to engage with us or the environment, to stay connected or disengage, and to participate willingly or pursue something else. Our goal is to make working with us rewarding and worthwhile – the first choice and not a consolation prize. We’ll explore how purposeful games and activities shape both how dogs feel about training and how they learn. You’ll discover why games are so effective at building motivation, confidence, engagement, better emotional regulation, and how they shape the habits and attitudes that carry over into everyday life and sport skills.  And, you’ll learn games to lay the foundation for practical skills such as reliable recalls and better focus around distractions to improved loose-leash walking and enthusiastic, precise heelwork and more!

BIO:

Julie Flanery has been working professionally with dog and handler teams since 1993. She is the author of the acclaimed book Joy of Heeling and the creator of Rally-FrEe, a sport she developed in 2012 to help freestyle teams improve the quality and precision of their performances. Rally-FrEe has since grown into a stand-alone sport enjoyed by dog sport enthusiasts worldwide.

Julie has titled her dogs in a wide range of disciplines, including Obedience, Freestyle, Rally, Rally-FrEe, Agility, Trick Dog, Disc Dog, and Parkour. Her accomplishments include a Championship in Heelwork-to-Music, a Grand Championship in Freestyle, and an Elite Grand Championship MCL in Rally-FrEe. She has earned High Technical Merit and High Artistic Merit in both Freestyle and Heelwork-to-Music multiple times, along with three prestigious Attila Challenge awards and several Top H.A.T. awards recognizing high-scoring Heelwork, Attention, and Teamwork. She has also been a freestyle judge since 2003.

Julie has been teaching through Fenzi Dog Sports Academy since 2016 and her coaching focuses on the individual needs of the dog-and-handler team, helping to build a strong relationship through clear communication and an engaging and reciprocal learning process.

Practical information:

• Date: February 24th

• Time: 7 PM CET - please check the time in your own time zone HERE

• Duration: Approximately 2 hours, including Q&A
  
  

• Free for members of Hund i Fokus Members portal.
  
  

• The webinar will be recorded and sent to everyone who registers. If the time doesn’t suit you, you can watch the recording whenever it is convenient for you.

Welcome!