"MY YARD IS TOO SMALL!"
This one of a kind class offers course maps for yards of ALL kinds. No yard is too small and no obstacles too few!
All course maps allow for easy obstacle substitutions. Switch out hoops for jumps, recycling bins for barrels, contact trainers for contacts and more!
24 course maps to choose from!
Many of us do not have yards big enough to set full sized courses, nor do we have the obstacles to fill them even if we did!
When I first started agility we only had a normal "town house" sized back yard and I had the hardest time trying to figure out what in the world I could do to help my dogs practice actual course like work. Fast forward 9 years later and COVID forced me and so many others to really start working our dogs from home.
Small Spaces 4 was the fourth edition of the one of a kind class that made courses to fit as many yards as possible. Not only do you get multiple course options for all different levels of competition, you also gain access to videos of the course actually being run by my owns dogs. Not sure how to set courses from course maps? No problem! My courses are easy to set and in addition to the course maps you are provided with actual pictures of the courses built in real life to give you a point of reference when navigating set up. Finally, one of the most unique features of this class is what I now refer to as "talk through videos"!
In this video tutorial I walk the course with you and look at all angles and discuss all handling options.
Small Spaces allows people without easy access to teaching to have a course experience with an instructor right there with them. All they have to do is press play!
This class gives you maps for the following sized yards:
20ft by 30ft
This sized course is one of my favorites for teaching handlers to focus on path work as keeping your handling as smooth as possible is a HUGE requirement.
While a small area, anytime jumps are used they are placed in a way that allows dogs to jump their full height.
You wouldn't think that you can work distance in this small of space but week 2 will show you differently!
Course map options for Novice, Open and Elite level dogs!
40ft by 50ft
Small Spaces largest course maps ever made!
Large enough for extension and speed yet small enough to fit in a medium sized yard. This particular map above shows distance week! My favorite of them all :)
For this week, anything marked with a black number must be done from behind the distance line. In this case, that's all of them for Elite level.
"Working in a space that is half the size or less of a traditional course forces the handler to pay closer attention to the path and requires their timing to be spectacular. Without this the dog will have no chance of navigating the course correctly and safely.
These lessons carry over easily to the bigger competition courses"
-Erin Batchelor
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