Upcoming Events at Crossbones
Are you new to Crossbones Dog Academy? We’re located just 5 minutes off I-95 in Providence, RI – a couple blocks away from “Nibbles” the Big Blue Bug! We have a climate-controlled indoor training facility including a 75×45′ training hall with GreatMats agility flooring plus adjacent crating spaces. We have ample off-street parking for our guests.
Boost your beginner dog’s agility training at Rookie Camp!
This focused 4-hour seminar is designed for dogs who have completed our Dog Sport Fundamentals class, or for young dogs with owners who have previously competed in dog agility. This seminar will build on the foundation skills your dog has already developed, setting the stage for a bright future in dog agility!
What will we work on?
- Focus forward
- Start-line stays
- Growing tunnels from 6’ to full length/curved tunnels
- Growing baby tire (no frame) to real tire (frame)
- Toy play
- Growing cone wraps: multi-wraps, distance, adding a cue, sequencing
- Intro front crosses/blind crosses
- Growing Reinforcement Zone with acceleration & deceleration
- Crate Games for growing distance, commitment, & teaching new skills
Each activity will be scaled to meet each dog’s current level of training – don’t worry about being “ahead” or “behind!”
Prerequisites
Teams must have completed Dog Sport Fundamentals or have permission from Katherine to attend.
Appropriate for puppies ages 12+ weeks as well as adults.
Dogs must be able to crate quietly when it is not their turn to work. There will be periods of lecture, individual teams working while others watch, and group training, as well as a brief mid-camp break.
Registration
9AM-1PM
$175 per dog
maximum 6 teams
About the Host: Crossbones Dog Academy
Crossbones Dog Academy is an 8,000 square foot dog training, daycare, & retail facility located right off I-95 in Providence, RI. Our training hall is 45×75′ with Great Mats interlocking agility flooring. Our facility is climate controlled with ample off-street parking. Indoor crating space is available for quiet working dogs in a space adjacent to the training hall, or you may work out of your car. Chairs will be provided.
Join us Friday, May 30th for an AKC Canine Good Citizen & Trick Dog testing event! All breeds and mixes are welcome. Pre-registration is required, $30 + tax per test.
We are offering all levels of Canine Good Citizen testing (CGC, Community Canine/CGCA, and Urban/CGCU) as well as Trick Dog Testing at the Novice, Intermediate, & Advanced levels! Trick Dog testing is $30 + tax per dog and includes all three trick levels.
Registration is done in 30-minute time blocks. Choose from 5PM, 5:30PM, 6PM, or 6:30PM when you register and your test will take place during that time block.
Visit the AKC website for more information about the CGC program.
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Awards
Medallions will be awarded to all dogs who pass any Canine Good Citizen test level at this event.
Rosettes will be awarded to all dogs who pass any of the three Trick Dog tests at this event.
About the Host: Crossbones Dog Academy
Crossbones Dog Academy is an 8,000 square foot dog training, daycare, & retail facility located right off I-95 in Providence, RI. Our training hall is 45×75′ with Great Mats interlocking agility flooring. Our facility is climate controlled with ample off-street parking. CGC Urban tests will start at Crossbones and take place along a walk in the neighborhood.
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Saturday, November 8th & Sunday, November 9th: Click to Calm for High Performance
9AM-4PM each day
The March edition of this seminar sold out & was SO much fun we decided to do it again!
A full weekend seminar
When competing, and out in the great wide world, the challenges are many:
- Fighting for your dog’s attention when in highly arousing situations.
- Teaching your dog a variety of foundation behaviors that can be especially helpful in any situation.
- Dealing with dog and people reactivity in novel environments.
- Working on going from excited to calm in a matter of seconds.
The cleaner the training loops, the faster our dog’s behavior will become reliable.
Join us for this fun-filled, two-day seminar with Emma Parsons, author of “The New Click to Calm”. This seminar will focus on applying the Click to Calm methodology to deepen the connection between you and your dog, and grow the reliability of their training skills. This workshop is geared toward dog sport competitors and pet dog owners aiming higher! This seminar is also great for professional dog trainers who work with challenging handler/dog teams.
Grounded in learning theory, we will explore such topics as how contextual cues and accidental behavior chains can inadvertently teach our dogs behaviors that we deem unnecessary or inappropriate. Learn the difference between a behavior loop and a behavior chain and how to intentionally build these up — or break them! Turn distractions into cues for better behavior and learn useful foundation behaviors to improve connection.
This seminar includes video for your benefit! Emma will record the working sessions and send each participant videos of their own dog. (This is optional, and you can decline if you prefer not to be filmed.)
CEU Details
Pending. The March edition of this seminar was approved for 18 KPA CEUs and 16 CCPDT CEUs (12 Skills, 4 Lecture); we anticipate this will be the same.
Online Registration
Full Weekend Packages
working spot both days ($400 + tax)
auditing spot both days ($150 + tax — SAVE $50!)
Single Day Registration
single-day auditing spot ($100 + tax)
Because the seminar exercises will build up as the weekend progresses, single-day working spots are not available for this event.
About the Instructor: Emma Parsons, CDBC, KPA Faculty
Emma Parsons is currently a Canine Behavior Training Consultant at Gemini Dogs in Littleton, MA as well as owning her own business, Emma Parsons, LLC. She specializes in managing and rehabilitating the reactive and aggressive dog and has authored three books on the subject. Emma also works with agility competitors who are having emotional difficulties with their dogs. Emma is a faculty member of Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training & Behavior (KPA-CTP) as well as of the Karen Pryor Clicker Expo conferences. She is also certified by the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (CDBC).
She taught reactive dog classes for twelve years at Masterpeace Dog Training in Franklin, MA.
Emma holds a BA degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and shares her […]