Free course · 5 lessons · about 25 minutes
Dog Agility Coaching Fundamentals: A Free 5-Lesson Course
Five short lessons on coaching dog agility: what the job involves, safe obstacle criteria, fixing a real class problem, injury prevention and assessment.
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- 1What Coaching Dog Agility Really InvolvesWhat an agility coach does each week, why the handler is as much a student as the dog, who enjoys the work and the mistakes new coaches make.
- 2Safe Obstacle Performance: What a Criterion Is and How to Teach ItWhat a performance criterion is, what safe performance looks like on jumps, tunnels, weaves and contacts, and how coaches teach each criterion in small steps.
- 3A Real Class Problem: The Dog Who Leaps Off the A-FrameA worked case of a keen dog leaping off the A-frame, showing how a coach checks safety and health, finds the cause, defines a criterion and rebuilds it with the handler.
- 4Safety and Scope: Injury Prevention, Hot Days and When to ReferHow coaches prevent injury, protect young and older dogs, spot pain, respond to heatstroke and manage class risks, and where a coach's role ends and a vet's begins.
- 5How an Agility Coach's Competence Is Judged, and How to PrepareWhat trial results, observed teaching and knowledge assessments each show, what strong scenario answers share, and a practical way to prepare for an assessment.