Event Schedule

DATES FOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN 2024

Join Laura Hartwick for monthly Fun Matches!
Heart Dog Agility Fun Matches feature competition level courses with top of the line agility equipment on two adjacent grass fields running simultaneous nested Starters and Advanced/Masters level Standard and Jumpers courses. Toys and treats are not just allowed but encouraged! What a super way to prep for agility trials!

Our Next Fun Match is:

Sunday, April 14, 2024-  **One Spot Open!**
Time:
9:00am-Noon
Cost:
$50 first dog/$25 for your second dog

Registration is Via Email:
Please email Laura Hartwick at < laurahartwick@gmail.com > to see if we still have spots open, if so, she will send you a confirmation that includes payment and registration information.

You can also ask Laura be added to the announcement email list for our fun matches, to register each date I send out an email to the announcement list. The first 15 handlers to RSVP are sent a confirmation email, payment confirms your spot. If you don’t get in, I do start a wait list if someone drops out of their spot.

How they work:
Fun Matches are limited to 15 handlers. 

Rewarding with toys, treats and lavish praise is allowed and HIGHLY ENCOURAGED! 

Your dog must have at least 1 year old, and have at least 6 month’s agility training, and be trained on all the equipment to register. We are trying to set up some of the challenges they will be seeing at trials, dogs should be nearing competition level to attend.

Heart Dog Agility has 2 fenced rings, Standard and Jumpers courses will run at the same time in both rings. There will be both Starters and Advanced/Masters courses numbered in each ring.

You will have 90 seconds in the ring to run the courses or work on anything you wish.  If you want to just practice start lines, or contacts, or weave poles, this is GREAT! You may jump any height. Course maps will be available for all courses for you to take photos of with your phone. 

 Laura will do a group walk through of the Starters courses in each ring for anyone who wants to walk the course with her and will be available for help with handling ideas.

If less than 10 handlers have signed up by Friday am before a fun match, it will be cancelled. 

Future Fun Match Dates:
(Dates are subject to change)
May TBA, 2024 
June TBA, 2024

Please email Laura at < laurahartwick@gmail.com > to be added to the announcement email list for our fun matches. To register each date I send out an email to the announcement list. The first 15 handlers to RSVP are sent a confirmation email, payment confirms your spot. If you don’t get in, I do start a wait list if someone drops out of their spot.

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SEMINARS and WORKSHOPS

Coming in April 2024-Special topics handling Sunday workshops with Laura
Dates TBA

Wednesday 12/27
Adv/Masters Handling-Collection & Extension
10am-Noon
Handling the right lines, but your decel doesn’t work and no collection? Or the extension cue doesn’t work and your dog doesn’t drive forward? Or the combo of the two doesn’t work? Let’s work on this in this workshop! For dogs competing, or who are training at adv/masters level, we’ll look for the right motion for you.
RSVP to Laura < laurahartwick@gmail.com > to reserve your spot, limited to 6 students. Cost is $75 per team.

Contact Clinic-Bring your Contact Woes or Works in Progress for Fun Troubleshooting!
12:15-2:00pm
Suitable for all levels, we will work on contacts for newer to contact dogs in foundatons 2 or higher level, or anyone who has some contact bugs to work out is welcome!
RSVP to Laura < laurahartwick@gmail.com > to reserve your spot, limited to 6 students. Cost is $75 per team.

Thursday 12/28
Beginning Sequencing-Jumps & Tunnels Front Cross Timing
12:30-2:30pm

Suitable for foundations level students who are comfortable sequencing with tunnels and jumps. We will focus on getting the turns we want with front crosses, learning about lines and timing so you can handle a sequence with confidence!
RSVP to Laura < laurahartwick@gmail.com > to reserve your spot, limited to 6 students. Cost is $75 per team.

Are We Ready for the Trial? Ring Preparation for Competition
2:45-4:45pm
Is your dog prepared to enter the ring compete and have complete focus on you and their agility job in a ring with you and no toys or cookies? In an exciting competition scenario? We will do leash off games, ready face games, find your leash at the end games, and discuss ways to up your distraction levels in training, how to practice these things at a fun match, what competing NFC means and how to do it in a meaningful way. Suitable for students who are getting ready to compete, or who are interested in competing in the future and want to start now setting their dog up for success.
RSVP to Laura < laurahartwick@gmail.com > to reserve your spot, limited to 6 students. Cost is $75 per team.