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SUMMARY:TCOTC AKC Agility Trial
DESCRIPTION:Agility is a sport in which dog and handler teams race against the clock to complete a course consisting of jumps\, tunnels\, and other obstacles. It’s great fun but requires lots of training and skills. A great way to see it up close is to volunteer! And\, volunteers get free lunch and snacks and a chance to win fun prizes. If you’d like more information about volunteering\, email anneschenk@tcotc.com\, or simply slgn up below! \nOur February-March 2026 AKC Agility Trial is open for entries. We’re excited to welcome Judge Thomas O’Brien for his first visit to TCOTC! \nEntries open: Wednesday\, January 7\nDraw Date: Thursday\, January 22\nFinal Closing Date: Wednesday\, February 11\nTrial chair: Anne Schenk\, anneschenk@tcotc.com\nJudge: Shannon Jones\, Cary\, NC \nDOWNLOAD PREMIUM AND ENTRY FORM HERE \nOr enter online at labtestedonline.com. \nSIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE \n 
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SUMMARY:Canine Fitness seminars with Sweaty Paws
DESCRIPTION:Canine Fitness Seminars with Darcy Roessler of Sweaty Paws\n\nDarcy Roessler\, CCFT\, CPCFT\, of Sweaty Paws\, returns March 8 and 9 for a weekend of seminars focused on canine fitness! There’s something for everydog\, from household pets to performance dogs. Each session has a limited number of working spots (dog and handler participate together) plus plenty of audit spots for observers to watch and learn. Working spots are $65 members/$80 non-members. Audit spots are $25 members/$35 non-members.\n\n\nSaturday\, March 8\n9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Motion Mechanics: Strengthening Gait and Form\nCourse Goal: Empower you and your dog to achieve optimal movement by enhancing strength\, balance\, and body awareness. Whether preparing for the show ring\, improving performance in obedience\, or simply promoting overall fitness\, this fun and engaging seminar will leave you and your dog moving in harmony and style. Limited to 8 working spots. Unlimited audit spots. \nWho Should Attend: This seminar is ideal for dog owners who want to enhance their dog’s movement\, whether for the show ring\, performance sports\, or everyday activities. Perfect for handlers of conformation or obedience dogs looking to improve their dog’s gait\, this seminar also benefits pet owners who simply want to build strength\, coordination\, and confidence in their dogs. Whether your goal is to help your dog shine in competition or to ensure they move efficiently and comfortably throughout their life\, this seminar is designed to support dogs of all breeds and activity levels. \nWhat You’ll Learn:\nThis hands-on workshop focuses on practical exercises and skills to refine your dog’s gait:\n• Discover the Gaits: Learn the different types of gaits and how to identify efficient\, balanced movement.\n• Strength & Symmetry: Use common household items to build muscle memory and encourage even\, controlled limb movement.\n• Flexibility & Range of Motion: Improve your dog’s stride and movement capacity through targeted exercises.\n• Core\, Front\, & Rear Strengthening: Develop the key muscle groups that power your dog’s motion.\n• Proprioception Training: Boost your dog’s awareness of all four feet for improved balance and coordination. \nREGISTER HERE \n1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Fit for Life: Building Strength\, Skills\, and Joy with Your Dog\nCourse Goal: This seminar is all about having fun with your dog while learning new ways to keep them active\, healthy\, and happy. You’ll build a stronger bond with your pup through positive reinforcement as you explore simple\, engaging exercises that boost their fitness\, coordination\, and confidence. It’s a great chance to connect\, learn\, and enjoy quality time together! Limited to 6 working spots. Unlimited audit spots. Working spots full. Email office@tcotc.com to be put on a wait list.\n \nWho Should Attend: This seminar is perfect for pet owners who want to keep their dogs in top physical and mental shape\, ensuring years of happy companionship. It’s also great for those new to dog sports looking to teach their dogs new skills and build confidence. Dogs must be at least 5 months old and have completed one puppy class or know basic commands like sit\, down\, and come. \nWhat You’ll Learn:\nIn this fun\, hands-on workshop\, you’ll learn how to keep your dog fit\, engaged\, and ready for a lifetime of adventure. Together\, you’ll practice:\n• Strength-Building Skills: Fun exercises to help your dog stay strong and fit.\n• Body Awareness: Teach your dog to step in\, on\, over\, and under objects to boost their coordination and confidence.\n• Key Behaviors: Foundational movements like backing up and balancing that support their overall fitness.\n• Enrichment Ideas: Simple ways to keep your dog happy\, active\, and mentally sharp every day. \nREGISTER HERE \nSunday\, March 9\n9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Flyball (and more!) Fitness: Power\, Performance\, and Flexibility\nCourse Goal: Help your dog excel in flyball or other high-energy activity by focusing on the foundational elements of strength\, speed\, flexibility\, and recovery. This seminar is packed with engaging exercises designed to build explosive power for sprints\, enhance control for quick decelerations and tight turns\, and improve flexibility for full-extension running. Limited to 10 working spots. Unlimited audit spots. \nWho Should Attend: This seminar is designed for flyball enthusiasts who want to boost their dog’s performance and reduce injury risk in this high-intensity sport. It’s also perfect for owners of dogs involved in other activities like disc\, agility\, FASTCat\, hunt trials\, or even dogs who thrive on high-energy backyard games. All participants should have basic obedience skills\, such as sit\, down\, stay\, and recall\, to ensure they can safely and effectively engage in the exercises. \nWhat You’ll Learn:\nDiscover how to prepare your dog for peak performance and recovery with:\n• Warm-up and cool-down routines tailored for flyball and other fast-paced activities.\n• Exercises to improve your dog’s strength and power for explosive starts and full-speed sprints.\n• Drills for refining tight turns and deceleration techniques\, critical for the flyball box turn and other agility maneuvers.\n• Flexibility routines to enhance your dog’s range of motion. \nREGISTER HERE \n1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Wellness Play: Energizing the Mind and Body\nCourse Goal: Get ready for an action-packed session full of fun\, laughter\, and bonding with your dog! This seminar focuses on high-energy\, mentally and physically stimulating games that will leave both you and your dog happily tired. It’s all about safely diving into a variety of exciting exercises that boost fitness and enrichment\, strengthen your bond\, and reward your dog generously along the way. By the end\, your dog will be grinning ear to ear and thanking you for the best day ever! Limited to 10 working spots. Unlimited audit spots. \nWho Should Attend: This seminar is ideal for active dogs with a solid foundation in basic skills such as sit\, down\, come\, and stay\, as well as those comfortable placing their front paws on various objects. Perfect for handlers with dogs at least at an obedience\, rally\, or agility novice/beginner level\, this is a great way to maintain fitness during the winter months or add a fun twist to your training routine. \nWhat You’ll Learn:\nThis session is all about doing\, not dissecting! You and your dog will work together to master at least eight unique games and exercises\, focusing on:\n• High-Energy Fun: A mix of physical and mental activities to keep your dog engaged and moving.\n• Dynamic Bonding: Strengthen your relationship through rewarding\, fast-paced games.\n• Safe Execution: Learn how to complete exercises correctly while keeping your dog safe and injury-free.\n• Winter Fitness: Great ideas to keep your dog fit\, sharp\, and entertained without leaving the house. \nREGISTER HERE \nAbout Darcy Roessler (from Sweatypaws.com):  Darcy is an avid dog sport enthusiast with over 20 years of striving to fulfill her competitive hunger. Never just a participant always striving for the next level of excellence with her dogs. Successful in agility\, hunting\, dock jumping\, barn hunt\, and disc while placing her dog’s health and happiness at the very top of her priority list. Years as a high-level athlete and coach evolved into a passion for canine training\, nutrition\, and fitness. Darcy has achieved 2 canine fitness certifications (CCFT\, CPCFT) enabling her to share her love of training and conditioning with the next person pursuing their goals.
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SUMMARY:Board Meeting
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SUMMARY:Trial Preparation Seminars with Laura Waudby
DESCRIPTION:Trial Preparation Seminars with Laura Waudby\n8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Rewards at a Distance \nAre you struggling to keep your dog’s focus without feeling like a Pez dispenser?  Your dog looks brilliant in practice… as long as they know you have food on you! But the moment you set the rewards down\, your dog struggles: Sniffing. Zoomies. Visiting others! \nMaking that bridge to competing without the food feels impossible and even overwhelming with where to start.  You’ve likely tried before!  And maybe even felt like YOU might be more attached to the security blanket of holding food than your dog! \nThe goal of this seminar is to introduce a zen bowl to your training sessions.  A small dish holding the dog’s reward; without a lid to stop them from having a free-for-all! We will discuss how to train this seemingly impossible skill to teach your dog how to willingly leave the reward in order to get it later!  And how to progress this into the skills you need to be trial ready! \nDogs working in this seminar should have the ability to work (on leash) in a group as multiple teams may be working at once.  This seminar is geared towards dog sport skills and future trial preparation in any sport. \nWorking spots: $85 members/$100 non-members. Ten working spots available.\nAudit spots: $25 members/$40 members. Unlimited audit spots. \nREGISTER HERE \n1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Ring Confidence for Obedience & Rally \nMost handlers spend years teaching their dogs the specific exercises found in the obedience and rally ring. We break down teaching heeling\, and then we spend several more months making sure our dogs can perform their heeling with a wide variety of distractions. We teach retrieves\, exams\, recalls\, and stays. \nYet we often fail to teach our dog what to actually expect at a trial.  They are thrown into this new\, chaotic environment with a stressed handler. Most dogs immediately disconnect from their handler as they enter through those ring gates at a show.  They go from perfect focus outside\, to barely acknowledging their human once inside the ring. \nAnd many of them do not get better with repeated exposure. For most dogs\, the opposite happens\, and the dog quickly get worse in each new trial! Because you are limited in what support you can give them in a trial\, the dog is left experiencing that stress and realizing that the rules for trials are different than practice. \nThis seminar looks at teaching the dog\, and human!\, exactly what to expect and what to DO at each little point in a trial. From the moment you arrive to the moment you exit the ring and reward them. Teach the little pieces such as how to handle waiting outside the ring\, a judge asking if you’re ready\, how to move with connection between each exercise\, how to handle delays\, and more!  Build your dog’s confidence at each step of the game and learn ways to support them in a trial environment. \nWorking teams for this seminar should have at least 10ft of focused heeling/attention walking without a visible reward.  Dogs should also have the ability to work (on leash) in a group as multiple teams may be working at once for some exercises. Dogs do not need to be trialing or even close to being ready to enter a trial!  Working on these exercises well before your dog starts trialing is ideal\, but it’s not too late to start fixing trial issues either! \nWorking spots: $85 members/$100 non-members. Eight working spots available.\nAudit spots: $25 members/$40 members. Unlimited audit spots. \nREGISTER HERE \nAbout Laura Waudby: TCOTC instructor Laura Waudby trains and competes in obedience\, rally\, and agility. Due to the special behavior needs of her Toller\, Vito\, Laura developed a strong interest in learning how to create motivation and confidence in dogs that struggle to make it into the competition ring.  She was halfway to her OTCH with her UDX corgi\, Lance\, before his unexpected early retirement.  She also has several championship titles in USDAA and UKI agility. Laura was previously a service dog trainer for 10 years in a variety of roles from directly training the dogs for their specific jobs\, to helping the puppy raisers and clients with how to train their dogs. Now Laura teaches for Fenzi Dog Sports Academy with online classes focusing on trial preparation and advanced obedience skills. Her goal as a trainer is to help both dogs and humans find the joy in training!
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