Sheffield (UK) – August 2010 9th- 11th
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Dogs
- Scottie, Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier became about 15 years old and competed successfully in highest FCI level (A3), (competed at lots of German Championships, AWC-finals, World Championship Qualifications)
- Fly, Miniature Poodle, competed successfully in A3 mini
- Hope, Border-Collie, born 2001, January 31st, competes successfully in A3 large
- Day, Border-Collie, born 2006, February 4th, competes since March 2008 in A3 large
Agility
I do agility since 1994.
Achievements
Agility:
* 2nd place in Agiliy run individual at the World Championships (WC) 2007 in Hamar/Norway with ‘Hope’ (click here for video)
* participated in 2 WC with ‘Hope’
2005 in Valladolid/Spain – 21st in individual
2007 in Hamar/Norway
* participation in German WC-Qualifications since 1996
* participation in German Championships since 1997
* often on podium on WC-Qualifications and high level shows
* winner of European Open team competition 2009
Obedience:
* participation with ‘Hope’ in European Championships 2005 in Stockerau/Austria (best German team)
* 2nd on German Championships 2004 with ‘Hope’
Attitude – Fascination – Motivation – Philosophy
For me Agility is a challenging sport I want to achieve good results in, but nevertheless the most important thing is, that my dogs and I enjoy to train and compete. I love to see dogs doing agility with a smile on their faces 
I give seminars because I like to spread and share my experience – with nice people.
Training is based on motivation and positive reinforcement of the dogs.
My handling is mostly influenced by the “theory of circles”, trying to stay close with the dogs or do handling in front of the dogs.
But in my opinion there does not exist the one way to handle dogs that fits for all – every team is different and because of this handling has to be adapted to every team individually.
Contents
* active handling close to or in front of dogs, modern handling styles
* improvement/optimization of the individual handling (efficient handling, placement of and how to perform changes in front of dogs)
* improvement/optimization of timing and reactivity
* “theory of circles” during briefing, reading courses from a dog’s view
* how to motivate dogs
* learning to trust dogs
* individual troubleshooting
videos links:
‘Day’
Agility run November 2008
Jumping November 2008
Agility run December 2008
‘Hope’
European Open 2007 Team Jumping
European Open Jumping Individual
Agility run WC Hamar 2007
Agility run November 2007
Agility German Classics 2008