Class has started, but it's not too late to join in! You will be able to see all of the lessons regardless of when you enroll.

This pre-agility course is designed to be part of any dog or puppy's foundation training for agility as well as introductory handling training for you.

You may have heard of some of the skills before, as they are a part of many agility handlers' foundation programs; however, Sandy has created this course to show how the three fun and easy BAM skills can be moved beyond a basic level and used together to develop combinations of handling cues. 

So what is B.A.M.?

• B is for Boomerang: Go away from me and come back to me plus adding distance and forward focus as well as front crosses, pulls, and rear crosses.

• A is for Anchor: Stay put until the magic word—no matter what (but we make it fun!).

• M is for ME: Moving with engagement while you stay with me: Think of happy heeling, doing turn cues and side changes with changes of speed to keep your dog engaged (it’s so useful at trials when your dog loves this type of work).

Throughout the program, Sandy will emphasize handling skills, your timing, and the fluent execution of turn cues like the front cross (the main focus), pull, and rear cross. This is as much a handling course for you as it is a training course for your dog.

Your dog's attitude, attention, and forward focus is a high priority as you master these three skills. It's much easier to develop these qualities in your dog when we aren't also concerned with handling courses or sequence work.

Sandy also covers critical dog training basics before the first BAM lesson:

• How to engage your dog
• How to use treats
• How to determine how fast or slow to progress with any training project
• How to balance the adding the 3 Ds (distance, distraction, and duration) to any skill you are teaching
• How to make your dog's release cue a reward, creating a dog that wants to stay put.

There are 6 lessons, each comprised of 8 parts plus troubleshooting. The course has over 60 professionally shot videos, most 1-2 minutes long, and none over 7 minutes. You will see many different breeds, and you will see dogs that have never seen the BAM work, not just perfectly trained dogs that don't make mistakes.

Note: If you previously took this course and would like to repeat it (for example, work with another dog or work as a Premier student after being a Standard student), we offer a 40% discount. Please contact customer service for information on how to get the discount.

What is included with your registration?

Everyone gets to work their dog in this class; there's no extra cost for posting videos!

• 6 lessons with written notes and video discussion and demonstrations; all lessons are made available at once so you can progress at your own speed

• Ability to submit up to 6 minutes of video each week

• Instructor feedback on video assignments

• Access to all course materials on both mobile devices and your computer

• Downloadable content for off-line access when you're out training

• Ability to ask questions, participate in discussions, and watch all posted videos

• Keep what you buy—No expiring content; after the course ends, you won't be able to ask questions, but the content is still available to you

Note: This class is intended for one dog/handler team. If you also wish to post videos of a different dog, you must purchase another registration for the other dog(s).

Prerequisites

Puppies as young as 12 weeks can begin all the skills. My seasoned agility dogs enjoy this work to keep their directional training skills sharp.

Equipment needed

• Treats

• 3 rubber livestock feeding pans (the 4-quart size is a good size for the average dog)

• An object for the dog to run around: a bar stool, tall traffic cone, jump stanchion, garbage can, or pop-up laundry basket. If you want to do advanced handling, you will need 3 (or more) of these objects.

How do I access my Learning Center purchase?

After you complete your purchase using your credit card or PayPal, you will receive 2 email confirmations: the first is a receipt acknowledging that your order has been received and the second email contains the link for your Clean Run Learning Center program. Just click on the link in the email to complete enrollment. If you already have a Learning Center account, then you will go directly to your educational program. If you do not, then you will enter your email address and a password to use for this Learning Center program and any future ones your purchase. Please be aware that this is a separate account you are establishing on https://cleanrunonline.com/home and it is not the same as your Clean Run website account (although you can use the same email and password for both accounts). 

If you have a Clean Run website account, then you can also access your program at anytime by signing in at cleanrun.com and selecting Classes/Webinars from the My Account menu. 

Refund Policy

We offer a 90% refund for the class if you request a cancellation at least 5 days before the class begins AND the Premier spots have not already sold out. If the Premier spots are sold out, we cannot issue a refund unless we fill your spot.