Enrollment Begins 10am Pacific on: January 1st, 2025 and Ends: January 15th, 2025 at Midnight
Take the Guesswork Out of Deciding What Exercises to Do With 12 Months of Complete Workouts
*Updated Workouts for 2025*
This year will be the best year yet - read the details below.
This year I am doing something a little different. One of the most asked questions I get is how to modify the exercises with different equipment and for different levels of fitness or different sizes dogs. This year, I have 4 AMAZING instructors that are designing exercise plans for each month. I am then modifying the exercise and/or adjusting the equipment to show different options with my dogs AND SHARING THOSE WORKOUTS WITH YOU.
Additionally, I will add some information about using kinesiology tape to improve limb awareness, decrease fascial restriction and increase muscle function. We will offer multi dog household workouts, another instructor added a bit of massage to her workouts and we will have more surprises as the year progresses.
If you are always struggling to know what exercises to do with your dog and aren't sure you are doing them right, then this is the class for you. Think of this class like a workout dvd only this time it is for your pooch and you get a host of additional information to keep your dog strong and injury free.
This class will help you understand what a balanced exercise program looks like and how to help your dog achieve a higher level of fitness.
Why Take This Class?
❖ Learn different workout perspectives
❖ Get a balanced fitness plan each month
❖ Strengthen all parts of your dog's body in all planes of motion
❖ Get training tips for each exercise
❖ Sport focused workouts (retrieving, bite sport, nose work, agility, etc)
❖ Comprehensive video instruction by the workout design and by Bobbie Lyons
❖ Workouts can be adjusted based on your dog's age and fitness level (an example will be video taped by Bobbie and supplied each month)
Advantages of the Online Class
✔ Convenience of online learning
✔ More time to learn the material than in the traditional in person class format
✔ Work at your own pace in the convenience of your own home
✔ Access to material through the end of 2025 with an option to renew for another year at a discount
What's Included?
One workout along with additional exercises and/or variations released on the 12th of each month.
The Facebook page is available for posting video and further discussion. Video can also be posted in the online classroom.
All exercise feedback is done by Bobbie Lyons.
Each month you will get:
▶ Cameo appearances from other fitness trainers that are designing workouts.
▶ A complete workout plan to do with your dog each month
▶Additional exercise and equipment options shown via video by Bobbie and her dogs.
▶Sport focused workouts (retrieving, bite sport, nose work, agility, etc).
▶ EXTRAS: Kinesiology taping, massage and more.
▶ Facebook page for discussion
▶ Guidelines for reps and sets
▶ Equipment used and possible substitutions
▶ Proper position and posture
▶ How to change the workout each week so that you are not doing exactly the same thing
▶ Training tips
▶ Extra: if the group is interested, I will offer a coaching call each month. Coaching calls are set up to be all things fitness and does not have to about that months workout
Discussion Threads
◇ There will be discussion threads for workers to post their videos and auditors to ask questions
Format
◇ Each class is broken into lessons, with one or more lecture within each lesson. Each workout will be posted on the 12th of each month.
Start Date
◇ The class will start as soon as you enroll. First workout will be posted on the 12th of each month.
Video
◇ Working students can submit up to 5 minutes of video per month for instructional review.
◇ Video review is done by screen-casting for a more personalized experience. Screen-casting is audio-visual feedback (the next best thing to 1:1 conversation)
Timelines
◇ Class / lessons will be accessible until December 31st, 2025. As well as open for submission, questions, review, and comments.
The school reserves the right to modify, update, or remove this class at anytime.
Example of Student Feedback
"I really enjoyed the fitness monthly particularly over the winter months. It gives me focus in doing fitness training and encourages me to teach my dogs different exercises. The Loom feedback is amazing and it is great to watch feedback for other people as well. I thoroughly recommend this course."
~Fiona Ferrar, Loki (Border Collie) & Kahli (Papillion)
New Zealand
What Level are the Exercises?
This course will have beginner to advanced exercises with most falling in the intermediate to advanced level. This class will focus specifically on the exercises taught and I will answer questions about the foundation behaviors needed but will not be teaching all the foundation movements (see suggested pre-requisites).
Suggested Pre-requisites
☆ It would be helpful if your dog understood the basic foundation behaviors either on verbal or hand signal cue, using a target or a lured.
☆ Targeting skills are also handy to improve communication with your dog.
☆ You can train all of this as the exercises are offered in class and work toward the exercise as your dog has the skills needed.
Possible Equipment
Substitutions will be recommended if you do not have the equipment used in each video. You may purchase FitPaws equipment can be purchased HERE. Klimb is offering a discount as well. Information to get the discount will be available upon enrolling.
➔ FitPaws
➔ Klimb platforms
➔ Cato boards
➔ Things you may have laying around the house
➔ Other fitness equipment can be substituted
There are many possible equipment options using household items such as your couch cushions!
Training Methods
Variety of training methods can be used to obtain the proper movement or position - shaping, luring, capturing, targeting, and molding. These will be discussed and demonstrated in the video tutorials and through video review but every tiny step will not be demonstrated.
Disclaimer: Some information in this class may overlap or appear in other classes due to the foundation needed for many behaviors, tricks and fitness exercises. In addition, there are overlapping skills needed for many different performance activities so you may see exercises that are the same but packaged up differently toward a slightly different goal.
Bobbie Lyons, CSCC, CCFT, KPA CTP
Lead Instructor and Program Director for the Certified Canine Strength and Conditioning Coach Program
Certified Canine Fitness Trainer
Karen Pryor Academy Faculty
Bobbie owns and operates Pawsitive Performance which offers dog training, fitness training and trick training around the globe. Bobbie currently is the lead instructor and program director for the Certified Canine Strength and Conditioning Coach program that is offered through North Carolina State University and North Carolina State Veterinary Medicine. She was also part of the TEAM that contributed knowledge and experience to design the CCFT II Live Lab and was a course "Instructor" for the program. Bobbie completed the certification program for Canine Fitness through the Companion Animal Sciences Institute and she is a Certified Training Partner with the Karen Pryor Academy.
Bobbie has 4 awesome dogs that train a variety of skills for agility, fitness training, trick training, tugging and dock diving. Bobbie enjoys the training process and strives to communicate in the best way she can to help her dogs and clients dogs understand the task at hand. She starts every training sessions with this question "how can I set the dog up for success and give the dog the best information to successfully complete the behavior".
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