MAT WORK

Tuesday June 4th
9:00-10:30am OPEN (3)

Many teams learn matwork as "place". We go beyond this to training solid criteria
which is useful to your foundation in ANY performance sport.

Once trained, the "mat" can be used to work YOUR ability to hold to your criteria
 without "contaminating" REAL obstacle performance.
We purposely train this on a non-agility obstacle, to enable handlers to work THEIR
ability to recognize and respond to correct vs corrupt criteria.
Skills include leading out, crossing, sending, recalling, veering, converging, working distance,
moving downs and lateral sends. Dogs improve their level of impulse control, and ability to hold
criteria regardless of their handlers' position(s) or motion.
Besides all that we have a BLAST!

Pre-requisites: Can be crated in vehicle, can work around other dogs (on leash), Sit stay required
Off leash work will have ONE dog in the ring at a time.