From Trick to Treat: Teeter Training

$197.00 USD

Everything you need to teach the teeter — from foundation through to sequencing and handling skills.

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Description

This class starts with a trick and ends with a teeter! Teeter training can begin pretty early in a dog’s agility career because it begins with a simple trick: backing up! From this rear-end awareness exercise, we will introduce the 4-on behavior onto a wobble board or tippy board, name, and proof the behavior, and then start the process of transferring that behavior to a low teeter.

Each team will be on their path to a full-height teeter, complete with sequencing and handling skills. The goal of this method is to produce a dog that runs across the board to the end, weight shifts back, rides the board to the ground, and waits in position for the handler’s verbal cue to move off of the board.

The class is suitable for dogs with no prior teeter experience and for dogs wanting to retrain their teeter performance. Students may also use this method to teach a 2o2o or a down-on-the-board behavior with some simple modifications.

In this Program You'll Learn...

Build a Fluent End Behavior

The basic steps include building desire and fluency for stopping and maintaining the end position.

How to Adjust to Your Dog

Through carefully defined layers, you can move through this content at your dog’s pace, making the process seamless and fun for you both.

Polishing the Behavior for Competition

Sequencing and reducing reinforcement lessons are also included.

What's included:

Entire 22-Phase Training Program
Case Study: Fear & Avoidance of the Teeter
12-month Access to Learning Materials

NOTE: This is the self-study version and does not include feedback.

What you'll need:

You will need a target/mat that your dog can back up onto. Not very large, but the dog should be able to stand with all 4 feet on it. You will not use this mat for very long.
You will need a board that moves, that accommodates your dog’s body length. The board should be able to stop moving when your dog has all 4 feet on it. A round wobble board or a cato-tip plank are both appropriate.
You will need access to an adjustable teeter and space surrounding the teeter to add obstacles before/after; around 30 feet of length is doable for adding an obstacle before or after. Obstacles you use before and after can be anything (jumps, cones, tunnels, etc). You only need enough width to accommodate the obstacles you’re using and yourself running alongside the dog.

*Large breeds may benefit from starting on the actual teeter (after the mat), but the teeter should go flat or nearly flat, to begin with.

About Your Instructor

Megan Foster, Founder FX Agility

Megan specializes in breaking down agility concepts in a way that creates happy dogs and happy handlers, using positive teaching methods and a high rate of reinforcement on both ends of the leash.

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What Students Say

“I’ve never worked with anyone that has such great curriculum for teaching foundation for obstacles! I love this teeter training method because Megan splits the teeter criteria into the most basic steps and has us slowly introduce handler and dog changes at each of the basic steps!”

“I have taken other teeter classes but I love this method and instructor best!!”

“I got this course to have on hand and polish up some elements of our 4on during the winter. But I really loved the content and am so glad I have it for whenever we get our next performance pup!”