Both instructors and clients will benefit from this exciting roundtable. Our panelists will discuss ways instructors can best help their client prepare to succeed in the various levels of NACSW trials.
Our panelists will discuss what skills are typically missing for teams who are competing, how to build these missing skills, ways to ensure clients successfully progress up the levels, common issues and possible solutions, common pitfalls to avoid and much more.
EVENT ORGANIZATION
This virtual event will be split into three unique sections, with our speakers paired up to tackle a set of questions.
SECTION 1 - ORT, Element Specialty, NW1 and NW2
Michael McManus and Natalie McManus
- What is unique about the lower levels, especially in comparison to other venues?
- What strengths are you noticing in the dogs?
- What skillsets are missing or weak in the dogs?
- How can instructors better prepare their canine clients?
Tony Gravley and Khara Schuetzner
- What strengths are you noticing in the handlers?
- What skillsets are missing or weak in the handlers?
- How can instructors better prepare their human clients?
Holly Bushard and Kayla Dever
- What pitfalls or problematic trends in these lower levels?
- How are teams struggling to progress through these levels?
- How can instructors help their clients better progress?
SECTION 2 - NW3 and Elite
Tony Gravley and Khara Schuetzner
- What is unique about NW3 and Elite?
- What strengths are you noticing in the dogs?
- What skillsets are missing or weak in the dogs?
- How can instructors better prepare their canine clients?
Holly Bushard and Kayla Dever
- What strengths are you noticing in the handlers?
- What skillsets are missing or weak in the handlers?
- How can instructors better prepare their human clients?
Michael McManus and Natalie McManus
- What pitfalls or problematic trends in NW3 and Elite?
- How are teams struggling to progress from NW3 to Elite and beyond to Summit?
- How can instructors help their clients better progress?
SECTION 3 - Summit
Holly Bushard and Kayla Dever
- What is unique about Summit?
- What strengths are you noticing in the dogs?
- What skillsets are missing or weak in the dogs?
- How can instructors better prepare their canine clients?
Michael McManus and Natalie McManus
- What strengths are you noticing in the handlers?
- What skillsets are missing or weak in the handlers?
- How can instructors better prepare their human clients?
Tony Gravley and Khara Schuetzner
- What pitfalls or problematic trends are you noticing?
- How are teams struggling going from Day 1 to Day 2 of a Summit trial?
- How can instructors help their clients be successful for the entire Summit trial?
CEUS
This virtual event has been approved for 2 NACSW CEUs.
