Play Workshop

Apr 12

“Play together learn together.” Dogs are extremely good “players”, people need to learn how to become play mates. All games needs rules to save one or the other player from injury, games need imagination, need to be motivating for both players and incorporate a balance of success and challenge. Learn games with sausages, games with toys, tugs, footie, fetch and whippits.

No of Days: 1. Fee: £50 Teacher: Kay Laurence

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Developing the Youngster
for Dog Sports

may 11-14

All our dogs are pets first and sports dog second. But there is a different program to develop a youngster that you want to share your hobbies with. Advancements in training have produced dogs with multi-careers in freestyle, HTM, obedience, agility etc, but all need the foundation skills of focus, connection & reliability. There needs to be a plan of exercises to strengthen performance behaviours and skills. Trainers need to understand a range of reinforcement tools and patterns; build mental and physical stamina, and prepare the dog for competition.

No of Days: 4. Fee: £195 Teacher: Kay Laurence

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Kay has successfully competed in Obedience, Trials, (Working and Sheepdog), Heelwork to Music and the Show Ring.

She competed in the first UK competition in 1996, and partnered Mary Ray to several successful wins in pairs competitions as well as demonstration at Crufts.

In 2000 she founded the Paws n Music Association, which is the only UK Kennel Club affiliated organisation that specialises in the sport. The Association incorporated the successful Progress Awards designed by Kay that serve as a curriculum for structured training across the four PNM divisions: Musical Dressage, Heelwork To Music, Freestyle and Dances with Dogs.

Kay is the author of Dances With Dogs which contains a range of recipes for teaching the movements for all four divisions. She has presented several workshops around the UK, Europe, South Africa, New Zealand and USA in Freestyle influencing the young sport from the outset.

She currently competes with Speck and Dottie (aka “The Spots”) in a handful of UK competitions and was a judge at Crufts 2008 for the finals of the Freestyle, Heelwork to Music and International competitions.