Obedience Training Seminars with Adele Yunck

Seminar Content I have done 1/2 day, 1-day, and 2-day seminars. I prefer working seminars where people get out on the floor with their dogs to try out what I'm teaching. I believe I have enough different approaches to exercises that even really experienced trainers can find something new to try.

For my two-day Balancing Act seminar, I usually cover on Day 1:

How to use a conditioned reinforcer
Shaping attention
Position changes
Beginning heeling
Heel position maneuvers (the power steering words, if you're familiar with Judy Byron's and my book Competition Obedience: A Balancing Act)
Beginning retrieving
Beginning drop on recall
Beginning go outs
Marking (for gloves and go-outs)
Fronts and finishes

For Day 2, I provide a check list of the remaining exercises and ask attendees to vote for their top 5 choices of topic. Then I work through them in the order with the most votes. This means each seminar is unique. The topics I suggest are:

Turns, pace changes, figure-8's, halts
Drop on Recall
Retrieve on flat
Retrieve over high jump
Broad Jump
Go-outs
Signals
Jumping
Articles
Gloves
Stays
Ring stress

I believe one of my strong points as an instructor is problem solving.

The list I give above is my typical Balancing Act seminar structure, but I'm very open to addressing more specific topics attendees want to hear about. I can't possibly cover everything in only two days, so some sense of what you want is appreciated.

I've done 1 and 2 day On Beyond Novice seminars, where we concentrate on Open and Utility. I have presented my The Art of Proofing seminar a few times, where we concentrate on how to fairly proof each obedience exercise. I've done Rally seminars, too, and recently presented a 2-hour workshop on AKC's new Beginner Novice class.

Cost includes my daily fee (contact me for current pricing) (9-5 Saturday/9-5 Sunday or equivalent hours) plus travel expenses - meals, driving expenses [mileage (at whatever the current IRS rate is), any tolls and parking fees] or airfare and transportation to and from the airport, & lodging, ideally somewhere I can drive up to the door. I send you handout masters to reproduce for attendees. I typically have 20-24 working teams (if your facility allows it) and unlimited auditors.

I really appreciate having a person or two handle the sales of books/videos that I bring along, as well as a wireless microphone (though if the crowd isn't too big, I am able to make myself heard).