Tutor Sessions are available with me at a minimal cost of $ 15 per 20 minutes. Tutor Sessions are paid from the student directly to the Instructor and cash works best.
PLEASE, do not wait until Week 2 to schedule a Tutor Session if you are confused (which is normal) on doing Longe Line training correctly. It is far easier to get in a brief Tutor Session (your dog won't be able to go longer than that timeframe) this week, than to wait. Longe Line workouts are critical as they are the Active Training necessary to teach your dog to pay attention to no matter what else is going on.
IF you are going to miss a week, please schedule with me a Tutor Session to make-up your missed class. Tutor Sessions are usually short, brief and intense (kind've like how fast Kiki decided to pay attention to whomever was working her after just a few Longe Line corrections) so they rarely take longer than 20 minutes. As you saw today, it took just helping Andy learn to take shorter steps and Brianna did beautifully in class today. We call that 'signing up for the Applewoods training program' and that is what you are looking for in your dog.
THOSE OF YOU WITH PUPPIES or DOGS THAT CAN OVERHEAT...do multiple small Longe Line workouts rather than two 30-minutes training sessions. Remember, in this heat, dogs can die if overheated. The best thing is to work them in the early morning and/or in the cooling dusk evening someplace where there is grass. Course, you can always buy them a Cool Vest which will give you approximately 45 minutes to work a dog safely during heat spells like we've had. Watch your dog and it's tongue as it will tell you if the dog is overheating.
Sugar has a genetic issue and will overheat and die if I don't keep him cool. This vest is a lifesaver for him and I think he's quite handsome in it also!
Roxanne
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