Online Courses

Fitness for Agility Handlers:

Schedule & Fees

Two Courses/Level: 
1) Fitness for Agility Handlers - Foundation 

2) Fitness for the Agility Handler - Elevate

Course 1 - Foundation
Dates:
 TBA
-6 week online course
Fees: 
First Offering Entry Fee - $300.00 +hst per spot
Value of $400.00!

Course 1 - Elevate
Dates: TBA
-8 week online course
Fees: 
First Offering Entry Fee - $400.00 +hst per spot
Value of $530.00!

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No equipment needed! You can do everything in your own home!

Aaron & Joe have been working with Ally Santos at Integral Wellness for their own personal fitness for over a year! Without their guidance in both physical health & nutrition, Aaron & Joe would not be as capable as they are now in the sport of agility! 

FlatOut Dogs wants to share Integral Wellness' expertise with you! Providing you, through this online course, with the first hand experience to get on the path of fitness. We will help you become the handler your dog needs, bringing to you a greater level of success in the agility ring!

At Integral Wellness Aaron & Joe developed the skills they need to become well versed in the sport of agility and the demands required to be successful. With the experience acquired through this partnership, Integral Welness team created this cusom program for the agility handler.

Course Details:
  • Workout programs tailored specifically for agility handlers
  • Nutrition coaching, focused on energy boosting and competition preparation.
  • Weekly interactive live coaching sessions
  • Weekly feedback - Send along one video of your training and it will be reviewed and feedback provided.
What the course includes:
  • Access to a Private Exclusive FB Group
  • Video Exercise Library
  • Educational Videos
  • Integral Wellness Nutrition Guide
Fitness for the Agility Handler - Foundation: 
A 6-week course to start you out on the right track for fitness, to begin your path to becoming a fit & ready agility handler! 

Fitness for the Agility Handler - Elevate: 
An 8-week course, suitable for those who did the 6-week foundation course OR those handlers who are already active and complete a regular fitness routine. This 8-week program will give you a specific training plan & direction to ultimate handler fitness!

FlatOut International Prep Course:

Schedule & Fees

Dates: 
Starting December 5th, 2022
**2 week break over Christmas Holidays
Fees:
Working Spot: $200+hst
Auditing Spot: $150+hst

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This is a 6 week online course! 

This course is designed for those preparing for International competition and are in need for a directed training plan OR for those who plan to compete Internationally in the future, or those who simply want to be pushed on International style drills and courses! 

This class includes:
  • Weekly Lessons - Lessons will alternate from Skill Week to Course Week.
    • Skill Week - Shorter sequences with drills to test & build International skills
    • Course Week - Full International level courses
  • Course analysis and handling plans! 
  • Individualized coaching to push your training and handling! 
  • Video demos of Crave & Link completing the weekly challenges! 
Space Required:
  • Drills & Courses to be designed on both 50x60' and 60x100' grids.
Equipment Required: 
  • 8 Jumps 
  • 2 Tunnels (15 or 20')
  • Contacts - Dogwalk, Frame, Teeter - A max of 1 contact used in Agility/Standard courses. 
    If Dogwalk is used, it can be replaced with Frame OR Teeter + 1 jump.
  • 12 Weave Poles
Working vs. Auditing Spot: 
A working spot gives you access to all course content & the ability to post questions at any time, as well as post videos of your training sessions for review and feedback! 
Auditors have access to all course content, however, are unable to post videos of training sessions for feedback. 

Online Course Analysis Class

Schedule & Fees

Dates:  January 9th, 2023
Fees:
Working Spot: 
$250.00+hst per handler.
Auditing Spot: 
$200.00+hst per handler.
Alumni Prices: 
This pricing is for those who have completed the online or seminar version of this class in the past! 
Course Analysis Seminar Alumni: 
$200.00+hst per handler
Online Course Analysis Class Alumni: $100.00+hst per handler.

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This is a 6 week Handler-ONLY Online course! Of which can all be completed from the comfort of your couch!
This course is an extensive knowledge filled course. The goal of this course is to provide you, as the handler, with the knowledge of how we, at FlatOut Dogs, systematically analyze courses! The course provides insight into reading lines, appropriate and best handling, while also learning realistic choices for your team.

The content of the course is geared to provide you with the ability to use practical information to make sense of the "what and why" of course analysis. The information learned through this course will allow you to take any course and analyze it as an expert!

Such content includes detailed lessons and examples, teaching you an understanding of lead changes, focal points, dog speed and approach to obstacles, while also learning how to predict unsafe lines, and build the knowledge of how to create safe lines for your dogs!

This class includes:
  • Written booklets of a systematic approach to course analysis.
  • 5 written Booklets! - From the basics of understanding course analysis to critical decision making!
  • Informational Videos & Demos posted with written Lessons, to deepen your understanding.
  • 1 Information Booklet is posted every 2 weeks for your review. 
  • Courses for analysis included in each Lesson Booklets - Putting your new knowledge to the test, your analysis of the courses provided, are to be posted for feedback!
  • Live Recorded Course Analysis sessions!
Working vs. Auditing Spot: 
A working spot gives one access to all course content & the ability to post questions at any time, as well as post analysis of the provided courses for feedback.
Auditors have access to all course content, the ability to ask questions at anytime, however, are unable to post analysis of provided courses for feedback. 

FlatOut Core Foundations:

Schedule & Fees

Dates: December 5th, 2022
**2 week break over Christmas Holidays
-12 week online course

Fees: 
Working Spot - $300.00 +hst per spot
Auditing Spot - $250.00 +hst per spot

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This is a 12 week Online Course!

FlatOut Core Foundations is aimed at dogs aged 10weeks or older. 
However, this course is not limited to younger dogs, but is meant for any team who wishes to build a more solid core foundation!

This is an online course focused on the raising of Aaron's puppy Crave!
Throughout the length of the course, videos of Crave’s training will be posted, along with training plans used by Aaron in the training of his puppy. 
To complete this course however, your dog does not need to be a puppy! You simply need to have the desire or need to improve your dog's core foundation skills!
The course aimed to provide you and your dog, no matter the age, with core foundations aimed to build a brilliant agility dog! 

This online course includes the sharing of the all of Crave's training & includes teaching such skills as: 
- Paw awareness skills
- Toy Retrieve
- Building brilliant impulse control in all Situations!
- Learning the importance of Failures!
- Responsiveness with arousal
-Wing & Tunnel Commitment
- Obstacle Proofing
- Obstacle discrimination & verbal understanding
- Responsiveness to motion & handling cues
- General Life Skills
- ...the list goes on! 

Signing up for this course gives you 12 week access to a private Facebook group, used solely for the participants of this course. After the 10 week period, there will be an option to renew and continue working alongside Crave’s training, or the option to audit all the information,  in the next level of FlatOut Foundation Courses!

The goal of this course is to provide you with the information and methods used at FlatOut Dogs, in the training of a puppy/young agility dog, both specific agility foundation skills & life skills, with the goal of developing a solid foundation of core skills.

The content of the course will be through video post, which will include active demonstration of all skills, games & training completed with Crave over her development, along with written information throughout the course. 

There are both working spots & auditing spots. 
Auditors can take part in everything, including seeing all content, videos, questions and discussions. Having a working spot, allows one to post videos of your own training with your dog, for review & feedback. 

**Working spots – 1 dog per drill/game and maximum of 5 mins of video per week. 
**Limited working spots accepted!**

This class includes:
• 3-5 Video posts every 2 weeks minimum, including demonstration and verbal instructions of all exercises, games and training completed between Aaron & Crave! 
• Written information to provide you with the knowledge and information used by Aaron in his training of a puppy/young agility dog!
• Bonus Videos of specific training and general life experiences, as Crave develops over the months of her life. 

FlatOut Skills to Perfection Foundation Course!

Schedule & Fees

Dates: December 5th, 2022
**2 week break over Christmas Holidays
-12 week online course

Fees: 
Working Spot - $300.00 +hst per spot
Auditing Spot - $250.00 +hst per spot

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This is a 12 week online course! 

This online course is built from the training between Crave & Aaron, in the development of their team.

To complete this course you do not have to had completed the FlatOut Core Foundations course.

During this course you will see Crave learn a large number of skills & foundations. Teaching her from the simpliest of behaviours to the most complex needed to build the skills you need (both dog & handler) to run any agility course in your future.
The course includes the progressive teaching of skills that include such topics as: 
- Building wing & Jump commitment
- Obstacle training & Discrimination
- Verbal proofing
- Arousal & Impulse Control
- Handling understanding
- The beginnings of contact training - running & stopped contacts!
- The foundations of jump work/style
-  Threadle Training & Proofing
- Line Connection & your dogs ability to read & commit to any line
...the list goes on! 

This is a video based course, including both videos of Crave’s training & written instructions of training plans used by Aaron in his training.
This course includes skills that build on one another,  progressing to teach Crave, and of course you and your dog all the foundations skills needed to create a solid agility team. 

Signing up for this course gives you a 12 week access to a private Facebook group, used solely for the participants of this course. 

The goal of this nline course is to provide you with the information and methods used at FlatOut Dogs, in the training of a puppy/young agility dog, both specific agility foundation skills & life skills, with the goal of developing solid agility skills & foundations. 

The content of the course is through video post, which will include active demonstration of all skills, games & training completed with Crave over her development, along with written information throughout the course. 

There are both working spots & auditing spots. 
To enter in a Working Spot - Dog must be 6+ mths of age. Course is open to any team wishing to build & perfect their agility skills!
Auditors can take part in everything, including seeing all content, videos, questions and discussions. Having a working spot, allows one to post videos of your own training with your dog, for review & feedback. 
**Working spots – 1 dog per drill/game and maximum of 5 mins of video per week. 
**Limited working spots accepted!**

This class includes:
• 3-5 Video posts every 1-2 weeks, including demonstration and verbal instructions of all exercises, games and training completed between Aaron & Crave! 
• Written information to provide you with the knowledge and information used by Aaron in his training.

FlatOut Weave Training:

1) FlatOut Core Weave Foundations
2) FlatOut Weaves to Perfection

Schedule & Fees

Dates: 
Weave Core Foundations - December 5th, 2022
**2 week break over Christmas Holidays

Weaves to Perfection - December 5th, 2022
**2 week break over Christmas Holidays

Fees:
Working Spot: $350+hst
Auditing Spot: $250+hst

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This is a 12 week online course! 

This class is an all-inclusive Weaves training course. This course will take place over a 12 week period. 
This course is suitable for those either currently/ready to begin working foundation skills of weave training or those at the level of proofing any part of their dog’s weave performance.
If at the weave foundation level, you will be entered in the "FlatOut Foundation - Core Weave Foundations".
This portion of the Weave Proofing course will include teaching your dog to weave using a modified 2x2 weave training method. This method includes an extensive process of training your dog how to weave, while proofing motion, discrimination, distractions, forward drive, and  building true independence, all while training your dog how to weave.
Entering the foundations level of this course you will be given access to this portion of the course only, however, after the 12 weeks of the course are complete, you will be given the option to continue on with the weave  proofing course. See below.. 

If you at the weave proofing stage of training with your dog, you will enter "FlatOut Weaves to Perfection". This course will involve a series of drills (starting with 6 weaves & progressing to 12 weaves) involving building your dog's weaving understanding. Including but not exclusive to: Entry proofing, weave handling, discrimination, proofing exits,...the list goes on. 
Entering the Skills to Perfection level of this course you will be given access to this portion of the course only.

This weave course, for both levels, includes video & written information.