Break 2 July 7th-10th 2008
Instructors: Cathy MacDonald & Caroline Bolwijn
Maximum no. of handlers = 28
Training: 2 hours Monday,
3 hours Tuesday-Thursday
Price: £135
Cathy McDonald has been involved with agility for the last 17 years. She is the proud owner
of 4 Border Collies and has a wide experience of teaching agility. In 1997 she completed and passed
a UK instructors' course and has been teaching agility, mainly at competition level,since 1995.
She has on various occasions competed for The Netherlands at many international events and was
a team reserve at the World championships in Germany and Italy. At last year's European Open she came
second with the Dutch team and second in the Individual Agility.
She ran at Olympia 2000 and Crufts 2001 and will be appearing in the International Pentathlon this year.
She has attended the KC Festival each year and made the final of the British Open in 2007.
Caroline Bolwijn has been involved with agility for the last 16 years. She is the proud owner
of 2 Border collies and a Polish Lowland.She has been teaching agility since 1993,from beginners
up to senior level. In 2002 she completed and passed her instructors course at the Dutch Kennel
Club. Caroline also has a lot of experience on the International agility scene. Caroline has also studied
behavioural problems in dogs.
Our main aim in any training we give is MOTIVATION, Together with our pupils
at Ready 2 Run, we set a very clear goals, whilst ensuring that the dogs and
handlers both learn and have fun. Once these goals are achieved we then move
on to the next stage of training.
Our aim for the "Agility Break" is to try and be a help to those combinations to achieve their goal,
be that a clear round or mastering a certain technique. Of course it would be presumptuous of us to think we
can achieve this in only 4 days, but saying that we are convinced that we can give a fresh view on your handling techniques.
We will tackle any problem you are struggling with and will do our utmost to find a possible solution and have fun doing so.
We will be covering the following: Contacts, front, back & blind crosses, weave problems, tight turns and
obstacle discrimination as well as overall course analysis and handling.
We look forward to seeing you all!