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Guest trainers at Smartpaws - Euan Patterson and Walter Dingemanse
I set up an online training group to keep my and who could also teach and enhance our
members involved and did a new training video current training skills. I was so pleased to be
every week for two months, receiving videos able to host Euan Patterson for a full weekend,
from my members and giving them feedback. Walter Dingemanse for a day and Martin Reid
for a day. I feel my members really benefitted
When we were allowed to start back, I had to from this extra training and are now all training
change all of my classes as we were initially harder and smarter, and have asked if I can get
limited to 5 participants plus one instructor. the trainers back next year, which is already on
Daytime classes became popular as more and my plan for 2021
more people were furloughed and we started
getting things back to a new normal. Now furlough has finished, I’ve once again had
to change all my class structures, and keep
Although we were back training I wanted to help up to date with current government guideline,
my members more, so I decided to invite some updating my risk assessments regularly, staying
guest trainers to my training venue, so that all Covid Compliant and keeping my members
my members could experience some different safe.
training styles and work on improving some of
their skills that may have got a bit rusty due to I’ve had to be very flexible and adaptable with
the lockdown. my planning, and although things have been
very tough at times, it has taught me that my
I was very picky about who I wanted teaching SmartPaws Dog Agility Club members are the
at my club, because in my mind I only wanted best.
people who were currently at the top of Agility Jackie Gardener
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