Dawn and Sheila came out early for their seminar and Dawn trialed Puzzle and Breezer at 2 local USDAA Trials. That was fun!!! They picked up 4 Steeplechase Q's and 1 Grand Prix Q. it was so much fun to trial together!! Dawn Weaver will be back April 13-14 for another seminar in Murrieta, CA.
We have working spots and unlimited auditing spots available. One of the things people love about her seminars is that even the auditors get TONS of information. We allow auditors to bring their dog and work what they are learning after sessions and in between sessions. The feed back from both working spot and auditors has been fabulous!!! People who have audited this seminar and that say they usually don't get much out of auditing and would rather have a working spot say that they were very happy that they audited and were very pleased.
The seminar went very well and we had a nice turn out and got lots of great feedback from both working spot participants and auditors.
I am one of the luckiest agility girls in the world as I am able to train with and learn from one of the most talented and amazing trainers/handlers in the entire world while bringing Dawn here to the USA for her seminars. Dawn has helped me with my training and handling and has filled a gap in my training which makes me a better trainer and handler for my dogs.
Working Masher's son Stunner in Dawns Foundation Skills seminar.
One of the cool things about having guests from another country is showing them them some of our finer things :) They do have KFC in England but they don't have mashed potatos and gravy on the menu !
Action Dog Sports is proud to sponsor a very special seminar given by Dawn Weaver from the UK!!!
6x FCI World Team Member
3x IFCS World Team Member
Seminars will be April 13-16, 2012 rain or shine
at Apex Dog Agility 41610 Oak Trail Court, Murrieta, CA 9256
Friday April 13th - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Foundation skills and Handling
Saturday April 14th - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Masters Handling
Sunday April 15th - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Masters Handling
Monday April 16th - Dawn will be available for Private Lessons
Masters Seminar working spots - 200.00 a day
Foundation Skills Seminar working spots - 150.00
Unlimited Auditing- 75.00 each day
Breakfast snacks and Lunch included
A little bit about Dawn Weaver:
Dawn Weaver is a top handler, trainer and judge in Britain with over 20 years experience. She believes in giving her dogs early and reliable information that not only guarantees her dogs can run with confidence and speed around the course but will also ensure that the physical impact on her dogs while turning is kept to a minimum. The dogs love knowing their next direction on a course so that they can continue driving at maximum speed, not waiting for the next piece of information from the handler. She has trained many different breeds and sizes of dogs so is experienced on the subject of motivation. She does not feel that 'one size fits all' with regard to training methods or that everyone needs to do things the same way. All dogs and handlers are different and will often need different handling strategies on any given sequence. Dawn has relied on her dogs to teach her the best possible way to handle them rather than imposing her own theories on them. Every dog she has trained has got to the very top of the sport, including a poodle, papillons and various crossbreeds. She believes this is because she has listened to her dogs and handles them in a way that allows them to reach their maximum potential. This means they can run with certain knowledge and total freedom'.
Some of Dawn's Agility Accomplishments:
Dawn is the only handler to have 7 Grade 7 (Advanced) dogs which also all hold Championship Tickets
Chelsea is the only dog in Great Britain to have won 15 Championship Tickets. She is also the only dog ever to have won the prestigious Olympia Final for four consecutive years. She also won the Crufts Challenge in 2011.
Puzzle is the only papillon to be an Agility Champion and has 7 Championship Tickets to his name. He has qualified for Olympia and Crufts this year. He was 3rd at Olympia and won the Crufts Singles and the British Open at Crufts 2011.
Dawn has attended 6 out of the last 7 FCI World Championships (She didn't do Finland because she didn't want to fly Puzzle). Chelsea getting a 6th & a 7th place. Sometimes attending with 2 dogs. Puzzle coming 7th in the FCI World Champs in France in the Individual Jumping Section and his team 2nd in the Team Jumping.
Dawn has also been on 3 IFCS World champ teams, winning Gold Medals with Minky (large), Freeway (large), and Puzzle (small). Chelsea winning Bronze medals.
Promise won the large Crufts Singles last year. Chelsea has previously won the Crufts Singles and the Crufts Championship and Puzzle won the Reserve cc last year. Puzzle also won the overall best small agility dog at Crufts in the Crufts Challenge in 2011.
6 of Dawn's dogs have qualified for Crufts 2012 in multiple events including the Championship, pairs, Crufts Singles, Teams and the Challenge.
Puzzle won the British Open this year and will be representing and competing for Great Britain at Crufts.
Monday Feb. 6th - Dawn will be available for Private Lessons
Masters Seminar open to 10 working spots - 200.00 a day
Unlimited Auditing- 75.00 each day and includes lunch Sat & Sun
Foundation Skills Seminar open to 12 working spots - 150.00
Saturday and Sunday includes Breakfast snacks and Lunch.
A little bit about Dawn Weaver:
Dawn Weaver is a top handler, trainer and judge in Britain with over 20 years experience. She believes in giving her dogs early and reliable information that not only guarantees her dogs can run with confidence and speed around the course but will also ensure that the physical impact on her dogs while turning is kept to a minimum. The dogs love knowing their next direction on a course so that they can continue driving at maximum speed, not waiting for the next piece of information from the handler. She has trained many different breeds and sizes of dogs so is experienced on the subject of motivation. She does not feel that 'one size fits all' with regard to training methods or that everyone needs to do things the same way. All dogs and handlers are different and will often need different handling strategies on any given sequence. Dawn has relied on her dogs to teach her the best possible way to handle them rather than imposing her own theories on them. Every dog she has trained has got to the very top of the sport, including a poodle, papillons and various crossbreeds. She believes this is because she has listened to her dogs and handles them in a way that allows them to reach their maximum potential. This means they can run with certain knowledge and total freedom'.
Some of Dawn's Agility Accomplishments:
Dawn is the only handler to have 7 Grade 7 (Advanced) dogs which also all hold Championship Tickets
Chelsea is the only dog in Great Britain to have won 14 Championship Tickets. She is also the only dog ever to have won the prestigious Olympia Final for four consecutive years.
Puzzle is the only papillon to be an Agility Champion and has 7 Championship Tickets to his name. He has qualified for Olympia and Crufts this year.
Dawn has attended 6 out of the last 7 FCI World Championships (She didn't do Finland because she didn't want to fly Puzzle). Chelsea getting a 6th & a 7th place. Sometimes attending with 2 dogs.
Dawn has also been on 3 IFCS World champ teams, winning Gold Medals with Minky (large), Freeway (large), and Puzzle (small). Chelsea winning Bronze medals.
Promise won the large Crufts Singles last year. Chelsea has previously won the Crufts Singles and the Crufts Championship and Puzzle won the Reserve cc last year. Puzzle also won the overall best small agility dog at Crufts in the Crufts Challenge this year.
All 7 of Dawn's dogs have qualified for Crufts 2011 in multiple events including the Championship, pairs, Crufts Singles, Teams and the Challenge.
Puzzle won the British Open this year and will be representing and competing for Great Britain at Crufts.
Breezer won the Masters this year at UKA by 8 seconds!
I can not say enough good things about Dawn and her training style!!! From the moment we met we just clicked - Our thoughts about agility and dogs are so very similar- It's all about the dogs!!!
Dawn had some challenging courses and drills for us to do and it was very cool to see handlers and dogs of every level do these courses!
Dawn has a very gentle and encouraging way of teaching. It was pure joy!!!!
Here is Masher running one of the courses. Thank you Elise for sending me this video.
Dawn Weaver Seminar February 3rd - 6th, 2012 (rain or shine).
For those of you that are not familiar with Dawn, she is a 6x FCI World Team Member & 3x IFCS World Team Member and the 2011 Crufts winner!!
Dawn Weaver is a top handler, trainer and judge in Britain with over 20 years experience. She believes in giving her dogs early and reliable information that not only guarantees her dogs can run with confidence and speed around the course but will also ensure that the physical impact on her dogs while turning is kept to a minimum. She has trained many different breeds and sizes of dogs so is experienced on the subject of motivation. She does not feel that 'one size fits all' with regard to training methods or that everyone needs to do things the same way. All dogs and handlers are different and will often need different handling strategies on any given sequence. Every dog she has trained has gotten to the very top of the sport, including a poodle, papillons, border collies, bearded collies and various crossbreeds. She believes this is because she has listened to her dogs and handles them in a way that allows them to reach their maximum potential. This means they can run with certain knowledge and total freedom'.
Unlimited auditing spots on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
This is a great opportunity to learn more handling skills that you may need as the courses get more challenging. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to have a top trainer and handler from the UK returning and hosting another fabulous seminar at Happy Dog Agility. If you are interested in attending, please contact Daneen Fox at daneenfox@aol.com
Friday Feb. 3rd- 10:00pm - 4:00pm Foundation Skills for Novice/ Beginning dogs Saturday Feb. 4th - 8:00am - 5:00pm Masters Handling Sunday Feb. 5th - 8:00am - 5:00pm Masters Handling Monday Feb. 6th Private lessons with Dawn
$200/day for Sat & Sun working spots (limited to 10) $150 for Fri. Foundation Skills & Drills seminar (limited to 12) $75/day for auditing spots (unlimited)
Sat. & Sun. prices include breakfast snacks and lunch!
Saturday Feb. 19 - 8:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m Masters Handling with European Style Handling
Sunday Feb. 20 - 8:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m Masters Handling with European Style Handling
Monday Feb. 21- Dawn will be available for Private Lessons
Masters Seminar open to 10 working spots - 200.00 a day/ 350.00 per team both days
Unlimited Auditing- 50.00 each day and includes lunch Sat & Sun
Running Contact Seminar open to 10 working spots - 150.00
Saturday and Sunday includes Breakfast snacks and Lunch.
A little bit about Dawn Weaver:
Dawn Weaver is a top handler, trainer and judge in Britain with over 20 years experience. She believes in giving her dogs early and reliable information that not only guarantees her dogs can run with confidence and speed around the course but will also ensure that the physical impact on her dogs while turning is kept to a minimum. The dogs love knowing their next direction on a course so that they can continue driving at maximum speed, not waiting for the next piece of information from the handler. She has trained many different breeds and sizes of dogs so is experienced on the subject of motivation. She does not feel that 'one size fits all' with regard to training methods or that everyone needs to do things the same way. All dogs and handlers are different and will often need different handling strategies on any given sequence. Dawn has relied on her dogs to teach her the best possible way to handle them rather than imposing her own theories on them. Every dog she has trained has got to the very top of the sport, including a poodle, papillons and various crossbreeds. She believes this is because she has listened to her dogs and handles them in a way that allows them to reach their maximum potential. This means they can run with certain knowledge and total freedom'.
Some of Dawn's Agility Accomplishments:
Dawn is the only handler to have 7 Grade 7 (Advanced) dogs which also all hold Championship Tickets
Chelsea is the only dog in Great Britain to have won 14 Championship Tickets. She is also the only dog ever to have won the prestigious Olympia Final for four consecutive years.
Puzzle is the only papillon to be an Agility Champion and has 7 Championship Tickets to his name. He has qualified for Olympia and Crufts this year.
Dawn has attended 6 out of the last 7 FCI World Championships (She didn't do Finland because she didn't want to fly Puzzle). Chelsea getting a 6th & a 7th place. Sometimes attending with 2 dogs.
Dawn has also been on 3 IFCS World champ teams, winning Gold Medals with Minky (large), Freeway (large), and Puzzle (small). Chelsea winning Bronze medals.
Promise won the large Crufts Singles last year. Chelsea has previously won the Crufts Singles and the Crufts Championship and Puzzle won the Reserve cc last year. Puzzle also won the overall best small agility dog at Crufts in the Crufts Challenge this year.
All 7 of Dawn's dogs have qualified for Crufts 2011 in multiple events including the Championship, pairs, Crufts Singles, Teams and the Challenge.
Puzzle won the British Open this year and will be representing and competing for Great Britain at Crufts.
Breezer won the Masters this year at UKA by 8 seconds!
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