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Self-Study Courses
You can purchase selected self-study classes for $50 per class. After purchase, the lectures will appear in your library under “Self Study Classes.” These classes do not include forums or access to instructors for questions or feedback.
Self-study classes are non-refundable, so please review all details carefully before purchasing. You will have access to the materials for one year from enrollment. To keep access to your library, you must enroll in at least one course or workshop each year, or purchase a library pass for $25 per year to retain access to previous materials.
School of Tracking
SH101 IPO Tracking
$50This course introduces the team to the basics of footstep tracking, with an emphasis on track scent over air scent and imprinting the dog to find value in each footstep. Scent boxes, circle tracks, serpentines and straight line tracks are covered in detail, along with details to the handler on how to lay successful tracks. The handler learns proper line handling techniques, along with some exercises designed to help the dog’s understanding of information via the tracking line.
How to teach proper article indication is also covered, along with some article games as a prerequisite to adding them to the track.
Prerequisites: None
SH201 IPO Tracking 2
$50Participating teams should come out of this second IPO tracking course with enough knowledge and information to successfully earn up to an IPO 2 track. More “dirt time” than the 6 week course is expected of course!
This course covers introducing articles to the track and how to start skipping and taking away the food rewards in the track itself. Terrain differences, weather, age, and common scent challenges are all covered in detail. Towards the end of the course, we also look at simple problem solving. Laying bait and articles intelligently on the track can help train your dog to solve those problems and emerge a more confident and independent tracker.
Prerequisites: Intro to IPO Tracking (gold and silver)