We will start the next session of classes on Monday, August 5!  We are reaching out to students to let you know which class you should sign up for, but if you have any questions, contact us at:  FPagility @ gmail.com.  Thanks! PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS OF INTRO TO HANDLING, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY!

All classes are $90, payable the first night of class. You can print and fill out the class form and bring with you: Class Registration Form

Mondays, 6:30 p.m.:  Intro to Obstacles

Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.: Teeters and Weaves

Thursdays, 7:45 p.m.: Intro to Handling

Fridays 6:30 p.m.: Agility Foundations

Saturdays 11:30 a.m.:  Intro to Handling

Please contact us and let us know which class you are interested in so we can be sure you will have a spot.  Class size is limited!!

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

Flying Paws Agility Club, is excited to host a

CPE Nationals inspired Run Thru

again this year, and everyone is invited

May 4th 12:00 – 4:00

Saturday, April 27th and

Sunday, April 28th, 9 am to 5 pm

Join us as Ali does one of her favorite things, which is teaching handlers how to communicate with their dogs in a way the dogs naturally understand the course.

The seminar is Level I, One Mind Dog Training

Working spots limited to 8 per day (wait list only); Auditing spots unlimited

Cost:  $135 Per day working spot – Auditing spot $50 Per Day
To Register, Email:  FPACEvents@gmail.com

Location: Flying Paws Agility Club, 6695 N Bottom Road, Bloomington, IN 47404

DAY ONE:   Skills which will be taught:  Front Cross, Rear Cross, Blind Cross, and False Turn.  Prerequisites:  Dog must be at least one year old, with sequencing experience.

DAY TWO:   Skills which will be taught: Backside Send, Reverse Spin, Whiskey Cross, and Lateral Push.  The key learning is doing all your handling from the dog’s perspective–a very eye-opening experience for most.  Prerequisites:  Dog must be at least one year old, with sequencing experience.

About Ali

Ali’s passion as a handler and trainer is to learn as much as possible to help herself better communicate with her dog on course. She strives to do her best to bridge the “language barrier” between dog and human in training, and to learn how to communicate to her dog in the simplest and most natural way.

Ali holds critical thinking as one of her main strengths as a trainer. She analyzes and troubleshoots.  If a handler has a miscommunication with her dog on course, Allison is able to step back and help the handler analyze what the body language conveyed and how to change it to strengthen the dog’s understanding.

“I never feel it is possible to know ‘enough’. I do my best to constantly expand upon what I know and grow to be the best teammate possible for my dog and to help others grow with their dogs.”

Ali is an upbeat and positive instructor. She does her best to foster both the dog’s and handler’s enthusiasm and confidence on course. She loves to help her students set individualized goals and guide them to reach those goals. “I try to really invest myself in helping each one of my students be the best teammate they can possibly be.”

One of Ali’s favorite things to teach her students is how to communicate with their dogs in a way their dog naturally understands on course. She loves to teach handling techniques, as she feels it’s an area where one can really illustrate through the elements and 3Cs (One Mind Dog techniques) how to speak your dog’s language.

Ali, an instructor at Pawsitive Partners, currently has Border Collies Syke and Trek who compete in USDAA and AKC agility.  Syke has qualified for Nationals in USDAA.  Early in her agility career she trained a sheltie mix, a beagle and a Chihuahua mix.  To Ali, helping all teams achieve excellent communication is the biggest reward.

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

How do top competitors make runs look so effortless?
Learn the cues and tips to help YOU
achieve those results

Saturday, September 22nd and Sunday, September, 23rd, 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 10 per day; Auditing spots unlimited

Day One:  Novice/Open/Level 1-3
Day Two:  Masters/Excellent/Level 4-5C
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:  The morning session will consist of interpreting and understanding a course map, planning your turns and executing your plan.  Emphasis will be placed on when and how to accurately cue your dog clearly and timely in order for them to navigate smoothly through the course.  The afternoon session combines newly learned handling skills and techniques into more complex sequences.  Emphasis will be placed on timing, proper cueing, body language, motion, and drawing your dog’s path. Analysis will be provided giving the best possible handler choices for each team member.  Prerequisites:  Dog must be at least one year old, competent on all obstacles with sequencing experience.

DAY TWO:  Take it up a notch. The morning  session will emphasize advanced handling cues and techniques, setting the path for early commitment, enabling handler to get downstream sooner to cue the next obstacle.  Each team will learn what works best for them through a variety of handling sequences and analysis.  The afternoon session will focus on discrimination. Gain a better understanding of a variety of techniques including; verbal cues, path setting, motion and body language.  Emphasis will be placed on providing information timely and effectively to guide your dog to the correct obstacle choice.  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 both obedience and 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.

Rhumbline’s Catch Me If U Can CD GN MXB MXJ XF WC “Tag”
Tag is currently Karen‘s youngest teammate; only two years old he already has a list of accomplishments to his name.  In addition, he has qualified and competed in the 2018 Westminster Kennel Club Agility event and he is currently close to completing his MACH.

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