DTC of C-U Agility II
The Dog Training Club of Champaign-Urbana offers Agility II classes during Summer 2000 on Fridays from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM, June 30 to August 25. Dogs in this class will be expected to have completed Agility I or equivalent. All dogs must have passed an AKC Canine Good Citizen Test and must have completed at least one Novice obedience class prior to taking this class. Agility II is limited to eight dog-handler teams and has three instructors: Donna Claypool, Chris Mayer and Dave Stone. Class meetings are tentatively planned to take place in a number of different locations including, but not restricted to, the Uni High Athletic Field, the DTC of C-U Training Building and the Stone residence (803 E. Olympian Road, Urbana, IL). Weekly activities are based in part on the exercises found in Clean Run Productions' Intermediate Agility Workbook (http://www.cleanrun.com/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=39), though we often change activities to better suit our equipment and facilities, as well as our dog-handler team needs.
Since the class is offered during the summer and we assume that the dogs will be going to matches in the near future, we will expect dogs-handler teams to bring crates or exercise pens to each class so that dogs can get used to being crated next to each other in an agility situation. Additionally, this will free up handlers so that they will be able to walk courses (and pieces of courses) without their dogs prior to running them. Each dog handler-team should bring an agility trialing kit consisting of the following to each class meeting:
We will have a sign-up at the first class meeting so that each handler will have opportunity to assist in equipment set-up twice during the eight week session. Class will end promptly at 7:30 PM, at which time the instructors will have time to work their own dogs. The 7:30 - 8 PM time slot is the working perk for the Agility II instructors. You're welcome to stay and watch (after all, we like you!), but please don't ask to join in since Chris, Dave and Donna will have a series of exercises that they hope to complete each week during that time. Of course, Agility II students will not be asked to assist in breakdown of equipment at the end of the 7:30 to 8 PM instructor training session.
Decisions regarding the location of our training will be made by 3 PM the day of each class. Decisions will always be in part weather-based since the safety of the dogs is always our primary concern. The location of each class meeting will be accessible from this page or can be obtained by calling the Stone residence (643-7622) between 5 and 5:30 PM on the day of each class meeting.
Class tonight at the Uni High Athletic Field (2 blocks north of University High School)
Please bring your crate since we will be running a Novice Jumpers with Weaves course at the end of class tonight.
Past Training Location - July 14, July 21, July 28
Dog Training Club of Champaign-Urbana building.
Past Training Location - June 30, July 7, August 4, August 18th
Dave and Marian Stone's House (803 E. Olympian Road, Rural Urbana, Phone # - 643-7622)
Go north on 45 past the club, continue north past Farm and Fleet and Frasca Airfield. Turn left at Crossroads Veterinary Clinic. Crossroads Veterinary Clinic is at the intersection of Route 45 and E. Olympian Road. (Yup, you've gone about 2 miles past the club and you're now going west.) Continue about 3/4 mile. Our house is the big white house in the cluster of houses on the south side of the road. It has the big fenced yard and the agility equipment off to the side of the house. "803" is on the mailbox post. Park along the road or in the driveway.
Upcoming AKC Trials*
July 28-30 - Waukesha, WI
August 12-13 - Agility Ability, Plano, IL
September 2-3 - Smack-Dab, Wheaton, IL
September 9 -10 - Paw Power Blues, Valparaiso, IN*
September 16 - Fox Valley DTC
September 23, 24 - DTC of C-U, Urbana, IL*
September 30 , October 1 - Indianapolis
October 28 - 29 - Fort Wayne, IN
November 11-12 - Gateway Club of St. Louis, Belleville, IL
December 14-17 - Cream City Canines (14-15), Milwaukee DTC and Badger KC, Franklin, WI*
(* indicates instructor favorite trials in terms of running conditions and hospitality)
Upcoming Agility Practice Sessions
Saturday, July 8, Decatur - Agility Games Day
Saturday, August 5, Decatur (JWW only)
Sunday, August 27, Peoria
Sunday, September 3, Decatur (Fun Match)
Sunday, September 10, Decatur (Sanctioned Match)
Sunday, October 15, Decatur
Saturday, November 11, Decatur
Sunday, December 3, Decatur
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