Arron and Denali learn together 3-10-2025

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FOUNDATION Course Curriculum (12 weeks)

FOUNDATION Course Curriculum Outline

FOUNDATION Course Equipment List

FOUNDATION Course Equipment List

Thursday, August 7, 2025

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AnonymousAugust 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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FOUNDATION Course articles, 'Why it Works' thru Week 6

Week 6: Why it works like 'magic'" by Deb Kidwell
"KMODT Week 5: Why it works" by Deb Kidwell
Week 4 'KMODT, Why It Works' by Deb Kidwell
KMODT Week 3 – Why It Works by Deb Kidwell
FC Week 2 article, 'Why it Works' by Deb Kidwell
Intro to LL and LL (Week 1) 'Why the KMODT works so well' Excellent article by Deb Kidwell (student, breeder of Labs and a PhD in History)
Lesson 1: 'Understanding the 4 canine drives and use of Distractions' by Deb Kidwell

FOUNDATION Course Glossary of Terms (through Week 4)

FC Week 4 Glossary
FC Week 3 Glossary
FC Week 2 Glossary
FOUNDATION Course Glossary First Lesson

Class contact information

Class contact information (help when you need it)

Meet your class: Lead Instructor, Hobby Instructors & Demo Teams

Welcome Arron and Denali, Jessi Wyatt, Lead Instructor
Meet Mary, AKC CGC Evaluator # 112735, Advanced Graduate Student, Hobby Instructor, her dog Molly (recovering from surgery) and new puppy, Ellie
Meet Trina, Advanced Graduate Student and Hobby Instructor and wee wittle Zoey and Toy Poodle, Jett!
Meet Kat, Advanced Graduate Student and Hobby Instructor and her dog, Niko!
Meet Gayle, Graduate Student and Olive, her Therapy Dog extraordinaire. Gayle and Olive are one of my Demo Teams
Meet Kellie, Advanced Graduate Student and her dog, Piper, the brilliant one. Kellie and Piper are one of my Demo Teams

Class videos

5-19-2025 FC Lesson 6 class videos
3-31-25 FC Week 2a/b class videos
3-10-2025 FC Lesson 1 Class Videos

HOMEWORK: The Novice Run-thru

Week 10: A Novice trial with my students' dog, Ghost
Examples of Week 10 EXAMs (your homework is the same as the EXAM)
HOMEWORK Week 10: Polishing the SSIF and Finish

HOMEWORK Week 9: The AKC BN (Beginner Novice) run thur

HOMEWORK Week 9: The BN pieces demo & practice with Maggie
HOMEWORK Week 9 & 10: A visual "L" shaped heeling pattern. A visual Figure 8.
HOMEWORK Week 9: Increasing speed on Recall
HOMEWORK Week 9: Beginner Novice exercises + BN EXAM (preview of Week 9 material)

HOMEWORK Week 8: Dog learns Reliability

HOMEWORK Week 8: Beginner Novice exercises (preview of Week 9 material)
HOMEWORK Week 8: Walk Away Stays
HOMEWORK Week 8: How to work a dog in less than 10 minutes (and have a VERY tired dog)
HOMEWORK Week 7-8: The Sit Walkabout
Week 8: The Relaxation Walk

HOMEWORK Week 7: Dog learns Acceptance

Week 7 and forward - Using the TC for the flaring or lagging dog
Week 7: Increasing distance on formal Recall
HOMEWORK Week 7: Intro to light lines..BE CAREFUL
HOMEWORK Week 7-8: The Sit Walkabout
Week 7-8, The "Heads-Up" command
WRITTEN (AND VIDEO) HOMEWORK Week 7: Dog learns Acceptance *updated 2025*

HOMEWORK Week 6: Dog learns Accountability

HOMEWORK Week 6: The Active Sit
HOMEWORK Week 6: The sheer MAGIC of TC
HOMEWORK Week 6: Understanding the psychology of TC - true story how TC work saved Moxie's life
Week 6: The all-important and vastly misunderstood, rarely understood, phenomenal 'magic' of TC
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 6: Dog learns to be accountable no matter what

HOMEWORK Week 5: Cliff Notes

Week 5 Cliff Notes: Return to Your Dog
Week 4 -5 Cliff Notes Sit/Stay EXPANDED
Week 5 Overview Cliff Notes

HOMEWORK Week 5: Dog learns Patience

HOMEWORK Week 5: The Recall with more distance using Front Place Board to shape dog
HOMEWORK Week 5: The Down Correction + showing the sequence of the Down as we progress
HOMEWORK Week 5: The Finish
HOMEWORK Week 5: Fixing slow starts (Lagging) and working dog briskly
HOMEWORK Week 5: Return to your Dog
HOMEWORK Week 5 - How to fix a 'flared' Sit using left hand turn mechanics
HOMEWORK Week 5: Proofing the Stand/Stays
HOMEWORK Week 5: How to get a stranger to do an 'EXAM' correctly
HOMEWORK Week 5: Continued Sit/Stays and Diminishing circles
FC Week 5: The diagonal forward step for a wide, lagging or slow dog
HOMEWORK Week 5: Using poles to weave as you strengthen heeling position
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 5: Dog learns Patience and Resignation

HOMEWORK Week 4: Cliff Notes

Week 4 Cliff Notes: Heeling and Approach by a Stranger
Week 4 Cliff Notes: Recall to SSIF videos
Week 4 Cliff Notes The Recall to SSIF
Week 4 Cliff Notes Turn Review and NEW Turn, Left About Turn
Week 4 Cliff Notes Heeling review and "Place" extended
Week 4 Cliff Notes Figure 8
Week 4 Cliff Notes Overview

HOMEWORK Week 4 AKA 'Hell Week': Dog learns Subordination

HOMEWORK Week 4: The DOWN with an aggressive GSD, Pree having a hissie fit meltdown and Boaz 'Down' blooper
HOMEWORK Week 4: Shaping the Downs (25 a day)/ Days 1-3 are done SILENTLY, Days 4-6 add the verbal command, "Down"
HOMEWORK Week 4: The Stand Circles
HOMEWORK Week 4 Introduction to formal Recall (the SSIF)
HOMEWORK Week 4: Figure 8 taught with straight lines
HOMEWORK Week 4: Approach by a Stranger
HOMEWORK Week 4: The Left About Turn - oh so fun!
HOMEWORK Week 4: Footwork = steps to help your dog heel well
HOMEWORK Week 4: How to fix beginner heeling position errors
HOMEWORK Week 4: Why is it so hard?
HOMEWORK Week 4: Something to read and ponder. In life, there are 4%'rs and the 96%'rs..which are you?

HOMEWORK Week 3: Cliff Notes

Week 3 Cliff Notes: Overview
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Heeling Post
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Pace Changes and Heeling Patterns
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Pace Changes
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Refresher on Halt mechanics to AS & *NEW* Exercise Finish (EF)
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Fix for lagging dog & *NEW* Pace changes
Week 3 Cliff Notes: How to regulate the 'J' loop of your leash
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Place
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Stand Photo Sequence
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Stand

HOMEWORK Week 3: Dog learns Discipline

HOMEWORK Week 3 - The Stand (done silently Week 3, Days 1-3), Add "Stand" command to Week 3, Days 4-6
HOMEWORK Week 3: Sit/Stay
HOMEWORK Week 3: Leash position makes ALL the difference (Nava as the distraction dog from long, long ago)
HOMEWORK Week 3 #: The magic of the Heeling Post
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 3: Dog learns Discipline as Safety Zone shrinks to 12" - 18"

HOMEWORK Week2b: The 3-step Halt, KISS, Sit Correction

FC Week 2b: The 3-step Halt to KISS/Sit Correction photos
FC Week 2b: Photo sequencing of the KISS, Sit Correction
Week 2b, Cliff Notes: Working with 'Fido' to learn the new Halt mechanics to Auto Sit (AS)

HOMEWORK Week 2a: Dog learns Responsibility

Week 2a Cliff Notes: Left Training Turn
Week 2a Cliff Notes: The Right Turn and AS
Week 2 Cliff Notes Straight Line Heeling
HOMEWORK Week 2a: Halt mechanics to get the AS (Auto Sit)
HOMEWORK Week 2a: The 3-step Halt mechanics to AS
Week 2a, Days 1-4 "Training with Fido"
HOMEWORK Week 2a: Photo Sequence + written instructions for 3-Step Halt to AS (Auto Sit) Days 1--3 (silently), Days 4-6 (add verbal "Sit")
HOMEWORK Week 2: Understanding how/why the "Out!" works in the dog world as an Applied Punisher
HOMEWORK: Week 2a = The "OUT!" why it works and how it works. The Auto Sit (AS) and the 3 turns

HOMEWORK Week 1: Dog learns Attention - more LL work in open areas

HOMEWORK: The Cool-Down (done after every training session)
1-15-24 Trina/Zoey, Week 1 Lesson, LL in open space
3-31-2021 Ace and Jessi. Week 1 in ridiculously HIGH distractions
5-19-2025 Week 1 LL in open space. Mary/Molly
HOMEWORK Week 1 Days 5 & 6: HIGH levels of distractions for both LL and QT
HOMEWORK: Week 1 Day 3: Boaz LL with planted distractions (med level of distractions)
Picture of Corrective 270 left turn
HOMEWORK Lesson 1 intro: 16 minutes reviewing Quiet Time, LL and safety equipment
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 1, Days 1-6, The Quiet Time Exercise (Passive Training)
WRITTEN HOMEWORK: Active work = understanding LL & 80/20 rule (active training)

HOMEWORK Lesson 1: Introduction to Inverted Longe Line (ILL)

HOMEWORK: The Cool-Down (done after every training session)
Picture of Corrective 270 left turn
HOMEWORK Intro to LL: LL do's and don'ts + videos and pictures
HOMEWORK: Lesson 1 - Intro to Inverted Longe Line (ILL)
How to have instant control of your dog using the LL (Longe Line)
HOMEWORK Lesson 1 intro: 16 minutes reviewing Quiet Time, LL and safety equipment
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 1, Days 1-6, The Quiet Time Exercise (Passive Training)
WRITTEN HOMEWORK: Active work = understanding LL & 80/20 rule (active training)

HOMEWORK: Due before our 1st lesson

HOMEWORK: Due before our 1st lesson on Monday, March 10, 2025

Student EXAM(s)

4-24-2025 FC Week 3 EXAM #2: Silence is Golden (Take 3)
4-10-2025 Week 3 EXAM #1, Body Bend Readiness Test. Student Arron/Denali
4-5-2025 FC Week 2 EXAM. Student Arron/Denali
3-19-2025 FC Week 1 EXAM. Student Arron/Denali

INSTRUCTOR EXAM(s)

Week 8 EXAM
Week 7 EXAM
Week 6 EXAM(s): The effects of TC work done well
FC Week 5 EXAM # 2: The 2nd most dreaded 'String Test'
Week 5 POP QUIZ....please submit (this is NOT the Week 5 EXAM # 2)
Week 5 EXAM # 1: The Vickster's Test
Week 4 EXAM(s) in two videos
Week 3 EXAM # 2: Silence IS Golden (no words, commands or sounds to be made by handler at all during this EXAM)
Week 3 EXAM # 1: Body Bend Readiness Test
FC Week 2 EXAM: Tunnel of Love
Week 1 EXAM Readiness Test

IMPORTANT

*IMPORTANT* what words to use with your dog
How to use YouTube to embed video inside a New Post in a Blog videos
Health RISKS of unnecessary spay/neuter (2 articles written by vets)
Do the Dew(claws)? by Dr. Chris Zink, renowned sport vet specialist and author
BEST DOG FOOD: The ONLY dry food that has NEVER been recalled - Life's Abundance, I am a distributor

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NADOI Article # 1, "Bend in the Road" Story (how Roxanne became a dog obedience instructor)
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Just for FUN!

My FAVORITE Puppy Pack run photo -:)
Some advanced jumping: Drago, Iko, Sugar, & Pree
Boaz photos of his socialization journey as a mere puppy
Boaz joins our home June 2017
Pree as a puppy meets Ghost - WHEW!
Saturday sensory overload for 4-month-old Sugar
Sugar as a puppy

AKC Trials'n'Events (lots of history, here)

AKC trials and titles with my dogs and my students' dogs
Slideshow: Museum of Maritime Pets 9-23-2013 @ Atlantic Marina
Sugar and Roxanne's 7th Leg for AKC UDX title
All Stars 2014...Team Applewoods! Sugar is # 2 dog in the country!
Pree and earning legs for her AKC Senior Hunter title
Boaz and earning legs for his AKC Junior Hunter title
Redd and Ruth's Mannerly Puppy EXAMs @ 16 weeks old

Understanding Your Dog's Genetic Wiring

Instinct versus Environment conversation
"The Misbehavior of Organisms" by Breland and Breland 1961

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