Let’s “Handle” It!

Saturday, September 14th and Sunday, September 15th, 9 am to 5 pm

Agility veteran Karen Lechner (Pawz4Success) loves teaching her students to be fair, clear, and consistent in training. The result is her students create confident dogs and handler teams that love the sport, performing with speed and accuracy!  With Karen’s instruction you will learn the techniques needed to be a successful handler.

Working spots limited to 11 per day; Auditing spots unlimited

Day One: Mind your P’s and Q’s
Day Two: “Handle” your Teammate
Cost:  $160 Per day working spot – Auditing spot $45 Per Day
To Register, Email:  FPACEvents@gmail.com
Location: Flying Paws Agility Club, 6695 N Bottom Road, Bloomington, IN 47404

DAY ONE:   Mind your P’s and Q’s
Session will focus on the understanding of the P’s and Q’s of agility.

P’s: (path and position)
-Maximizing the use of the PATH of your dog
-Understanding and perfecting your POSITION

Q’s: (OK, it’s really C’s but that doesn’t have the same ring to it)
-Utilizing your body, motion and timing to CUE your dog
-Learning how to obtain COMMITMENT and go

Prerequisites:  Dog must be at least one year old, competent on all obstacles with sequencing experience.

DAY TWO:  “Handle” Your Teammate
This session focuses on “handling” the dog that you have.

-Incorporating more complex and challenging handling sequences
-Making the best handling choices for your team
-Mastering your handling skills
-Learning the importance of correct placement of reward

Prerequisites:  Dog must be at least fifteen months old, proficient on all obstacles with full sequencing experience.

About Karen
It all began for Karen in 1996. It was at that time that she purchased her first Labrador retriever, Cody. She had started agility “just for fun”. After a few years she proudly became the sixth person in the country to earn a Master Agility Championship (MACH).

Since then, Karen has earned many placements and titles in both agility and obedience with several of her dogs; earning both obedience championships (OTCH) as well as agility championships (MACH). Karen currently competes in agility with her two labs Pepsi and her newest addition Tag, who is truly giving Karen a run for her money!

MACH SHR Rhumbline’s High Grade MXG MJS JH “Grady”
In 2011 Karen and Grady qualified to try out for and attended the AKC World Team tryouts in Minnesota, where they had some beautiful runs!  In an arena full of border collies, Grady stood out, being the only Labrador to try out in the large dog division.

OTCH MACH3 SHR Rhumbline’s Pepsi With A Twist UDX11 OGM MXG MJG XF “Pepsi”
In 2012 Karen’s other Labrador, Pepsi, became the first female black lab in the United States to earn both her Obedience Trial Championship (OTCH) and Master Agility Championship (MACH). Karen and Pepsi have had the honor of being invited and attended three National Obedience Championship (NOC) events around the country.

MACH SHR Rhumbline’s Catch Me If U Can CDX GN MXS MXJ MXF WC T2B JH “Tag”
Tag is currently Karen‘s youngest teammate; only three years old he already has a list of accomplishments to his name. In addition, he has qualified and competed in the 2018 and 2019 Westminster Kennel Club Agility event, is a “Top 25 Labrador” for 2019 and he has qualified for the 2020 AKC National being held in Perry Georgia.

Event Hosted by:
Flying Paws Agility Club
6695 N Bottom Road, Bloomington, IN 47404
Website:  flyingpawsagility.com
To Register, Email:  FPACEvents@gmail.com