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The classes are being scheduled for March through November on Monday nights at the Carroll Indoor Sport Arena in Westminster, Maryland.

The Carroll Kennel Club's classes are taught with a philosophy of positive reinforcement. No abusive behavior by any handler will be permitted!

General Guidelines for participation in all classes:

All owners/handlers are required to:

• submit proof of vaccinations with registration forms and fees;

• clean up after their dogs both infoors and outdoors;

• have dog housebroken;

• assure that dogs are non-agressive;

• assure that dogs are free of fleas and other parasites;

• not smoke, use alcohol or other strong medication while training your dog;

• wear athletic shoes and clothing;

• refrain from losing your temper, use verbally praise and touch your dog for a better response;

• be consistent; do the same thing the same way every time and end your practice sessions on a happy note!

AGILITY

 Agility Classes are offered at Carroll Indoor Sport Center, Westminster, MD in 7 (beginners) and 10 (intermediate) week sessions beginning in April.  One handler per dog is allowed.

 Agility classes and Runthrus do not accept children under the age of 15 unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.  The parent or legal guardian must remain in the building during class time, but is not allowed in the ring with the child. 

 The minimum age for dogs participating in the agility program is 1 year.

 ONLY One Handler and one dog are a team during class.  If your dog can not participate in class after the first night it is suggested that the handler attend to continue learning handling skills.  No substitute dogs allowed.  This is a team sport for handler and their dog.

 All participants in the agility program are required to arrive 15 minutes early for classes to help set-up and are required to stay late to tear down the equipment. 

 Agility Equipment Usage:  Individuals are not allowed on the equipment without being supervised by an agility instructor.

 Agility Class descriptions

Beginning Agility: 

This class is focused on building teamwork and introducing equipment skills.  Positive training is used.  Anyone registering must agree to the stipulations on the registration form and have positive off leash control of their dog.  Dogs participating in beginner agility must be a minimum age of 12 months old and physically sound. Class limit is 15 students.  Fee $88

 Intermediate Agility: 

This course refines the dog-handler teams handling skills, increases obstacle sequences. Prerequisites:  successful completion of beginning agility or demonstration of skills comparable to beginning agility during scheduled assessment.  Class limit is 15 students.  Fee $100.00           

Agility Run-thru practice:

This is not a class.  It is a walk in practice run-thru.

Bring a copy of rabies certificate.

$5 first run, $3 second run with same dog

First walk-thru time is 7:20pm – 7:28pm

First dog on the line at 7:30pm

Second walk-thru time dependent on last dog’s first run.

 REGISTRAR:

Tina Desrosiers

1715 Spring Tree Drive

Eldersburg, MD 21784 

Send to Registrar: 1) copy of your dog’s vaccination/rabies certification, 2) signed training agreement (downloadable)  and 3) check for payment.   Placement in class is first in with all required items.

 Lead Instructor:  Claire Schwartz, 

Assistant Instructors: Mark Friedman, Judi Ruff and Barb Atkinson 

 Claire has been competing in dog agility since 1993, having starting in England with a Labrador Retriever, and currently competes at the USDAA Masters level with his Swedish Vallhunds. He was an instructor of beginning, intermediate, and advanced dog agility for Merrimac Dog Training Club from 1996 through 2000, where he and his wife, Barb Atkinson, founded the MDTC Agility program. He has been an associate instructor for CKC since 2004. Claire has earned USDAA Masters, AKC Excellent, and NADAC Elite level titles on his dogs.

 Claire and his Vallhund male, Komet, placed 8^th in the USDAA Nationals in 2008. Claire is also one of CKC’s Canine Good Citizen evaluators, does volunteer Canine Therapy work, and dabbles in Rally Obedience.  For the past 11 years he has been an Agility Judge for the US Dog Agility Association (USDAA).

 Mark has over 12 years experience as an agility instructor and over 15 years experience competing in dog agility.  He currently competes with his Papillions, Apple and Sky.  His achievements include Agility Dog Champions, Accomplished Performance Dog Titles for Apple and Flame, and Lifetime Achievement Bronze for Apple.    Mark has competed in 5 USDAA National Championship events. Throughout his years of agility involvement he has been an active member of various dog agility clubs.

 Judi has over 8 years experience as an agility instructor for Carroll Kennel Club and years of experience competing in dog agility. She competes with her Cavalier King Charles at the excellent level and put AKC Excellent level titles on her dogs.   

Barb started competing in agility in England (see Claire’s bio) in 1993 and is currently competing at the Master’s level of USDAA with 2 Swedish Vallhunds (Phire and Dordi).  She worked with Claire to found the agility program at Merrimac (southern VA) and is a founding member and current Vice-President of the Mid-Atlantic MADness agility club.  Barb also has trained and competed in Standard and Rally Obedience and volunteers with her dogs at Springfield Hospital.  She has been an instructor for CKC since 2004.

 2011 AGILITY CLASS SCHEDULE

Beginning Class (#1)

April 11, 18, 25; May 9, 16, 23, June 13

Beginning Class (#2)

June 20, 27; July 11, 18, 25; August 8, 15

Intermediate Class

August 22, 29; September 12, 19, 26; October 10, 17, 24, 31, November 14

 2011 AGILITY PRACTICE RUNTHRU SCHEDULE

1^st Monday of each Month (excluding July and September)

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