Spring Frenzy 2025
April 14th-17th
ALL WORKING SPOTS ARE FULL
Spring Frenzy working spots are now full!We will be notifying everyone by Tuesday February 25 to confirm whether they have a working spot or are on the waitlist. This email will also include payment details.
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Featuring workshops with Perry DeWitt, Jessica Ajoux, Katie Brennan, Emily Klarman, and Melanie Miller, Stefanie Rainer, Soshana Dos, and Casey Keller!
Monday April 14th
Tight Turns! with Perry
Date: Monday April 14th
Time: 8am-11:30am
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: This workshop focuses on tight turns on jumps. Learn how to train your dog to turn efficiently and to understand their cues and criteria. This will be a training-focused workshop, though short sequences may be used to proof understanding.
Meat and Potatoes (Front crosses and rear crosses) with Emily
Date: Monday April 14th
Time: 12:30pm-4pm
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Often known as the “meat and potatoes” of agility handling, the difficulty of front crosses and rear crosses is often overlooked. Learn how, when, and where to execute front and rear crosses as well as how to train your dog to respond.
ISC Sequencing for Young/Green Dogs with Emily
Date: Monday April 14th
Time: 5pm-8:30pm
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Short sequences focusing on ISC-style skills designed for teams who are learning to put together ISC skills into sequences. Dogs should have been introduced to skills such as backsides, threadles, bypasses, and turning cues. Only jumps and tunnels will be used.
Hey, Good Lookin’ (ISC Level 3 coursework with a focus on where to look) with Melanie
Date: Monday April 14th
Time: 8am-11:30am
Location: Main Arena
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: A3 coursework with the focus on where to look. Connection is imperative to success in agility, but while the concept may be simple, putting it into practice is not! In this ISC Level 3 workshop, you will learn when and where you should be looking and why it matters.
AWC Tryout Prep with Casey
Date: Monday April 14th
Time: 12:30pm-4pm
Location: Main Arena
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Run and work through the challenges of an A3 course from AWC Tryout judges under Casey’s guidance. Great as preparation for AWC tryouts or for any international events or tryouts coming up.
Masters/Premier Coursework with Jess
Date: Monday April 14th
Time: 5pm-8:30pm
Location: Main Arena
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Masters/Premier level coursework.
Tuesday April 15th
Discrimination Games with Melanie
Date: Tuesday April 15th
Time: 8am-11:30am
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Come learn a variety of games all geared towards developing the ability to listen and problem-solve while on the agility course! We all know that every agility course is different, and our dogs need to be able to adapt, change, and listen when presented with similar but different pictures. These games require minimal equipment and are suitable for puppies 6 months and older as well as seasoned agility dogs looking to improve in these areas. Melanie will explain both the games as well as how to troubleshoot when things don’t go as planned and how to keep your pup’s success rate and fun factor high!
Either/Or! For green dogs with Jess (Jumps and tunnels only)
Date: Tuesday April 15th
Time: 12:30pm-4pm
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Classic either/or designed with young or green dogs in mind. Either/or training is the best way to test your dog’s understanding of your handling cues as well as your ability to execute them. This workshop will focus on sequences designed to test whether your dog is guessing or is truly following and understanding your cues as well as testing your ability to show clear handling for your dog to follow. Appropriate for dogs who are sequencing jumps and tunnels. Jumps do not need to have reached full height.
Puppies! With Casey
Date: Tuesday April 15th
Time: 5pm-8:30pm
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Puppy foundations! Appropriate for any aged puppy who is starting out their agility training!
Jumpers Coursework with Perry
Date: Tuesday April 15th
Time: 8am-11:30am
Location: Main Arena
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Masters/Premier level jumpers coursework. Bar knockers, off-coursers, refusal getters, course forgetters UNITE!
ISC Jumpers Coursework with Emily
Date: Tuesday April 15th
Time: 12:30pm-4pm
Location: Main Arena
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: ISC Level 3 Jumping coursework. Use as tryout prep or as a way to test your skills. Emily will guide you to smooth handling success.
ISC Jumpers Deep Dive - Extreme Challenges! with Soshana
Date: Tuesday April 15th
Time: 5pm-8:30pm
Location: Main Arena
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: ISC jumpers coursework extreme! Come test your skills with Soshana in this extra spicy workshop that will challenge your handing and skills.
Wednesday April 16th
Either/Or! For green dogs with Jess (Jumps and tunnels only)
Date: Wednesday April 16th
Time: 8:30am-12pm
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: This will be a repeat of Tuesday’s workshop. Classic either/or designed with young or green dogs in mind. Either/or training is the best way to test your dog’s understanding of your handling cues as well as your ability to execute them. This workshop will focus on sequences designed to test whether your dog is guessing or is truly following and understanding your cues as well as testing your ability to show clear handling for your dog to follow. Appropriate for dogs who are sequencing jumps and tunnels. Jumps do not need to have reached full height.
Fancy Either/Or! With Casey
Date: Wednesday April 16th
Time: 1pm-4:30pm
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Either/or with international flair! Find out if your dog understands your cues on international/ISC-style sequences and learn how to influence your dog’s behavior on international sequences with your handling cues. Weaves will be included.
Fancy Foundations with Katie
Date: Wednesday April 16th
Time: 5pm-8:30pm
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: This workshop will focus on laying the foundations for higher-level challenges. Topics will include discrimination training, backsides and threadle foundation, and listening skills. This workshop assumes dogs know tunnels and jumps and is suitable for older puppies and dogs of any age wanting to strengthen or add to their complex skills.
Stop Rushing! Start Connecting! with Perry
Date: Wednesday April 16th
Time: 9am-12:30pm
Location: Main Arena Side A (split arena)
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
This workshop will take place in the split main arena. Note that there will be another dog working on the other side behind a visual barrier.
Description: Rushing is one of the most common mistakes people make in agility. It can cause refusals, off-courses, bars, and lots of frustration for our dogs. Learn how to see and trust commitment and expand your dog’s skills so you never feel rushed and develop seamless teamwork with your dog. Dogs should be able to run longer sequences. Contacts and weaves may be included.
Blind Cross Anywhere/Anytime! with Melanie
Date: Wednesday April 16th
Time: 9am-12:30pm
Location: Main Arena Side B (split arena)
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
This workshop will take place in the split main arena. Note that there will be another dog working on the other side behind a visual barrier.
Description: This highly popular workshop will provide a clear understanding of the progression required to train and handle blind crosses. Start with a one-jump exercise and then apply it to short sequences.
A Little Less Talk, A Lot More Action! - With Emily
Date: Wednesday April 16th
Time: 1:30pm-5pm
Location: Main Arena Side A (split arena)
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
This workshop will take place in the split main arena. Note that there will be another dog working on the other side behind a visual barrier.
Description: It is no secret that dogs respond more naturally to body language than words. In this workshop, speaking (other than release words) will not be allowed. Learn just how strongly you can speak to your dog without words to develop the ultimate communication system with them.
Clean Runs! with Soshana
Date: Wednesday April 16th
Time: 1:30pm-5pm
Location: Main Arena Side B (split arena)
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
This workshop will take place in the split main arena. Note that there will be another dog working on the other side behind a visual barrier.
Description: Do you suffer from a case of JOFT (Just One F*ing Thing)? Do you feel like you and your dogs have great skills but just can’t seem to put it all together? In this workshop, learn techniques to help you and your dog put it all together from start to finish.
Thursday April 17th
Wildly Independent Weaves! With Melanie
Date: Thursday April 17th
Time: 9am-12:30pm
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Want independent sends to soft-side weave entries? Does your dog struggle to stay in the weaves? Great weaves at home but not at a trial? Need to build more love for weaves? This simple game teaches independence and builds motivation. Explore multiple challenges to grow your dog’s understanding!
Forward Focus! with Casey
Date: Thursday April 17th
Time: 1:30pm-5pm
Location: Super Skills Hall
Cost: $140
Participants: 8
Description: Does your dog struggle to drive ahead of you with confidence? Does your dog have trouble holding commitment to the first jump on a lateral lead-out? This workshop will focus on independent start-line behaviors (such as marking a jump), as well as driving lines and layering, to help your dog maintain forward focus with confidence and speed.
All Things TUNNEL! with Jess and Soshana
Date: Thursday April 17th
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm (with a one-hour lunch break - full-day seminar)
Location: Main Arena Side A (split arena)
Cost: $225
Participants: 10
*This workshop will take place in the split main arena. Note that there will be another dog working on the other side behind a visual barrier.
Description: This a full day workshop. Does your dog blast through tunnels without control or hesitate at tricky entrances? This workshop will focus on both tunnel entrances and exits, teaching your dog to confidently find the correct entry while staying responsive to handling cues on the way out. We’ll also work on tunnel breaks, tunnel bypasses, and making sure your dog understands when to take the tunnel and when to ignore it. Spend half the day with Jess and half the day with Soshana.
Backsides and Threadles with Stef
Date: Thursday April17th
Time: 9am-5pm (with a one hour lunch break - full day seminar)
10 Participants
Cost: $225
Location: Main Arena Side B (spilt arena)
*This workshop will take place in the split main arena. Note that there will be another dog working on the other side behind a visual barrier.
Description: This is a full day workshop. Learn how to train and cue your dog to perform backsides and threadles. This will be a training focused workshop but sequences will be used to help proof understanding for dog and handler. Spend half the day training and running short sequences that focus on Backsides (wraps and slices) and half the day training and running short sequences that focus on Theadles (wraps and slices). Any level dog is welcome but a basic knowledge of sequencing is needed