Copyright 2013 / Deborah Lee Miller-Riley, Monroe, Connecticut
WATERSPORTS TRAINING
At a Glance
WORKSHOPS
SAND SKILLS: Warming up for Water
The essential behaviors for watersports are first developed on land where safety and control are maximized and learning can begin before lakes and pools are warm enough to start
swim stamina and conditioning.
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Step-up for Platform Skills
Saturday, April 30th 2016, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m Fee: $75.00
Monroe, Connecticut -- Beach
Instructor: Deborah Lee Miller-Riley
This program is designed to benefit teams training for any watersports venue that asks the dog to move toward a target destination such as a boat, platform or shore.
Learn how to perform and strengthen CWS platform skills. How to use targeting concepts to teach and strengthen stays, recalls, and go-outs to the platform. For more advanced teams we will increase send distances and use directional signals to strengthen platform discrimination between platforms. This is dry-dock training will take place on the beach with all its glorious distractions. The dog should have a basic understanding of targeting -- to touch a tile or target stick -- and be able to work off leash.
Registration form: 2016 Spring Splash Workshop Reg.pdf
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Take, Go-out and Drop: Part One -- Dry Dock
Saturday, May 28th 2016 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Fee: $75.00
Monroe, Connecticut -- beach.
Instructor: Deborah Lee Miller-Riley
This program is designed to benefit teams training for any watersports venue that asks the dog to deliver an article to a destination such as a zone in the water or to shore.
Land based training for a go-away with an article and drop on cue. Behaviors: Drop on cue at a distance; Go-away to destination; Go-away to destination with article; Go-away with article and drop on cue; Jump-turn-take and go. Dog should have a take and hold behavior to benefit the most from this workshop. Distance work is off-leash.
Registration form: 2016 Spring Splash Workshop Reg.pdf
Also See www.YankeePawPaddlers.org Events for the 2016
Intro to Canine Water Sports, a dry-dock training workshop
SPLASH SKILLS: Let’s Get Wet!
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Take, Go-out and Drop: Part Two -- Splash Session
Saturday, June 25th 2016 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. 3.5 hrs with a 90 minute break. Fee: $75.00
Monroe, Connecticut -- beach.
Instructor: Deborah Lee Miller-Riley
This program is designed to benefit teams training for any watersports venue that asks the dog to deliver an article to a destination such as a zone in the water or to shore.
Taking the lessons learned in Part one to the water to build swim distance and control. Focus is on a straight go-away to the destination, building distance for the drop on cue. For those ready, a platform jump, return, take and go, will be added. Teams will be working in waist deep water -- swimwear and safety gear required. Only watersports leads permitted on dogs, otherwise leash free.
Registration form: 2016 Spring Splash Workshop Reg.pdf
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB0EW_zgB_Q Water work for drop at a destination.
PAST JUDGES WORKSHOP
Friday, September 4th through September 6th 2015
International Canine Water Sports Judges Workshop: Becoming a CWS Shoreline Skills Judge
Our training location is a private sand beach on a fresh water lake
in a residential neighborhood near Trumbull, in Fairfield County, CT.
CLASSES
SAND SKILLS: Warming up for Water
The essential behaviors for watersports are first developed on land where safety and control are maximized and learning can begin before lakes and pools are warm enough to start
swim stamina and conditioning.
SPLASH SKILLS: Let’s Get Wet
Our training location is a private sand beach on a fresh water lake
in a residential neighborhood near Trumbull, in Fairfield County, CT.
PRIVATE LESSONS
Limited Private Appointments in 2015
Fridays
By Appointment only
