Understanding the Physical Dog: Observation Skills
Understanding the Physical Dog: Observation Skills is scheduled to start April 13th, 2025.
REALLY See the Dog
Behavior & performance are rooted in the dog’s physical being. Learn to understand what dogs can tell you about themselves through observation of their posture and movement.
Are you ready to learn how to really see what dogs are showing you? Includes 8 instructor-led Q&A sessions. These are scheduled for Wed, 10 AM ET, beginning May 7. You have course access for one full year.
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$375.00
Description
Consider this: The dog’s body is what the dog drives to work, so to speak. Body and mind and emotions are inextricably inked.
Our dogs cannot speak to us with words to tell us they are sore, uncomfortable, out of balance, unsure or just feeling “off.” But their bodies can and do tell us immense amounts.
This instructor-led courses focuses on a topic near & dear to Suzanne Clothier’s heart: the physical dog. She first published her award winning video, Your Athletic Dog: A Functional Approach, way back in 1995, before sports medicine was common place.
Her work as a trainer incorporates her knowledge of conformation, movement, functional assessment, and how all of these physical factors work together with behavior and performance.
Trainers will develop a new understanding of what each dog can reveal about their physical being and functional athletic ability.
This course will provide practical information on:
- Dog anatomy & conformation – why does structure matter?
- Observing functional movement – a systematic approach to assessing the dog’s abilities and limitations
- What is “normal” vs the norm – frequently seen issues that should not be ignored
- Common behavior, training & performance problems & their physical roots
- Understanding exercise physiology for injury prevention, conditioning & performance
Using video, graphics, “Try It Yourself!” exercises and Q&A sessions, Suzanne will enrich your understanding of the physical dog. Your observation skills will be fine-tuned, giving you the ability to ask, “Can you?” when working with any dog, no matter what the training or performance goal may be.
Understanding the Physical Dog: Observation Skills is scheduled to start spring 2025.
NOTE: This product is purchased through Thinkific. When you click to purchase, a new window will open for that site, where you will need to create a Thinkific account to complete the purchase.
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Caroline Howard-Vallis –
Suzanne has opened my eyes once again. After studying ‘Understanding the Physical Dog’, I’ll never look at a dog in the same way. The information and delivery in this course are enlightening, educational and imperative to understanding our dogs. I now recognise issues in my dogs and the dogs I care for that I wouldn’t have noticed before. Having reached the end of the course I plan to go back to the start and take a deeper dive, there’s so much to learn that once isn’t enough. Thank you Suzanne for another wonderful course and for sharing your years of experience and knowledge.