Mindful Training for Peak Performance A Mental Management® Workshop
Presented by: Teah Anders, Certified Management Instructor (Level III)
HOSTED BY: Linda Buchanan
Date: 07/27/24 – 07/28/24 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Spencer Valley Elementary School
Santa Ysabel, CA 92070
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HOSTED BY: Linda Buchanan
Date: 07/27/24 – 07/28/24 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Spencer Valley Elementary School
Santa Ysabel, CA 92070
k9slovetosearch.com
Once basic skills have been developed for any dog sport (including Nose Work/Scent Work, Agility, Obedience, Rally, Freestyle, Herding, Musical Canine Freestyle, etc.), handlers and their dog ideally need to learn to work exceptionally well together as a team for top performance. In this workshop, we will explore what makes an excellent handler and how your efficiency as a handler will affect your dog’s performance in training and trialing. As a professional dog trainer, these same skills and techniques can be used in your dog training business or professional setting to deal with challenging situations, difficult clients and group presentations. In addition, these skills are critical for any dog trainer that wants their students to excel in training.
• Understand the elements of performance so as a team you and your dog can perform at your best.
• Learn how to focus and perform under pressure to the best of your abilities.
• Discover what makes excellent performance easy when handling a dog.
• Develop tools to easily track your dog training performance and accomplish goals easily.
• Learn how to have consistent performance as a handler and avoid mistakes that will throw your dog off.
• Understand how you perceive yourself and your dog will affect your performance as a team and learn how to change that perception.
• As a dog trainer or business owner, learn how to smoothly handle difficult situations such as the client “melt-down,” unhappy clients, or unexpected events during a class or dog event.
• Teach instructors how to help their clients be not only efficient, but stellar trainers!
For More Information and Registration
Contact: Linda Buchanan
[email protected]
www.k9slovetosearch.com
• Understand the elements of performance so as a team you and your dog can perform at your best.
• Learn how to focus and perform under pressure to the best of your abilities.
• Discover what makes excellent performance easy when handling a dog.
• Develop tools to easily track your dog training performance and accomplish goals easily.
• Learn how to have consistent performance as a handler and avoid mistakes that will throw your dog off.
• Understand how you perceive yourself and your dog will affect your performance as a team and learn how to change that perception.
• As a dog trainer or business owner, learn how to smoothly handle difficult situations such as the client “melt-down,” unhappy clients, or unexpected events during a class or dog event.
• Teach instructors how to help their clients be not only efficient, but stellar trainers!
For More Information and Registration
Contact: Linda Buchanan
[email protected]
www.k9slovetosearch.com
MINDFUL TRAINING FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE A Mental Management® Workshop for Nose Work Competitors
In the Mental Management Workshop we cover four specific segments:
Day 0ne:
The Mental Management Model
In competition there is a place between effort and ease, where excellent performance seems easy. There is a feeling of being sympatico with your dog, understanding their body language and knowing just what to do to support them. Learn how to balance the parts of the mind to allow you to feel focused and relaxed as you navigate the trial day. Learning the building blocks of Mental Management helps us understand how our minds work and how we can bring our mind to a place of optimum performance as a handler.
The Mental Management System®
Imagine being able to control your thoughts in a pressured situation like a Nose Work Trial. Instead of those niggling little fears or doubts that might enter your mind on the day of the trial or right before you enter the search, imagine being able to fill your mind with thoughts of your choosing. Learning how to take control of your thoughts before, during and after an event will help you feel confident and focused on the day of trial.
Performance Under Pressure
Why do we show up as different handlers the day of the trial versus practice? Ever notice that you are confident in class and feel great and yet sometimes the day of the trial here come the butterflies and you feel unsure about your abilities? Learn how to turn that around so that you can use pressure to your advantage and actually look forward to the opportunity to test your skills! Plus we will discuss how to handle all those pesky distractions at trials including parking lot chatter.
Building Self-Image
Our self-image has a huge impact on everything we do in life. Self-image includes our habits and attitudes and often feeds into our perception of the world in general and either positive or negative associations with specific situations. By learning to take control of your self-image, past negative experiences or what others may have said no longer has to hold you back from performing at your best. Discover how to build your self-image so that you can participate in a Nose Work Trial or any life situation with confidence.
Day Two – Applying Mental Management Techniques
In day two, we have teams perform nose work searches, breaking down and applying different aspects of the Mental Management System. After each search, we have a group discussion to debrief and answer questions. Auditors are asked to help us by playing certain roles in the “audience” that mock a real-life parking lot situation. We have fun with this and the nose work searches, and help participants understand how to actually apply the system.
TEAH ANDERS
Teah is a Certified Management Instructor (Level III) through Mental Management Systems in Texas. She has been sharing Mental Management concepts with clients who compete since 2013. She has presented on-site seminars around the country as well as many online seminars and private coaching sessions. Teah has helped many handlers learn more about how to effectively handle their thoughts during competition helping them perform at an optimal level, consistently under pressure.
Teah has been a Certified Nose Work Instructor through the National Association of Canine Scent Work (NACSW) since 2010 and currently teaches Nose Work Classes. She is a NACSW Certifying Official (CO) and Judge for trials and ORTs. She is a frequent NACSW Trial and ORT Host and has enjoyed instructing at NACSW/Dogs of Course NW Camps in CO, GA and PA. Teah is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers and is long-time member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). She has also earned a CAP2 (Competency Assessment Program – Level 2) certification through Kay Laurence’s Learning About Dogs organization in the UK.
In her career of over 21 years as founder, owner and lead trainer of Gentle Touch Pet Training, Teah has taught Nose Work, puppy kindergarten, elementary, intermediate, Feisty Fido’s and advanced training classes. She has helped thousands of families with private in-home training and behavioral consultations.
In her free time, Teah enjoys training her own dogs and competing in the sport of Nose Work. She is currently competing in Nose Work with her dog Shamie, an English Cocker, in the Elite level. Her younger dog Reacher, a Lab/Border Collie -mix is beginning his NW3 journey. Her Pug, Dipity, is now retired from NW. In the past, Teah has competed in Musical Canine Freestyle with her Pug, Hally, who is the first Pug to earn both beginning and novice titles through the World Canine Freestyle Organization.
Teah holds a B.S. degree in Business and an M.A. degree in Natural Resources Policy, Communications and Management. She lives with her husband, Chuck, and three dogs in Nipomo, CA.
TEAH ANDERS
Teah is a Certified Management Instructor (Level III) through Mental Management Systems in Texas. She has been sharing Mental Management concepts with clients who compete since 2013. She has presented on-site seminars around the country as well as many online seminars and private coaching sessions. Teah has helped many handlers learn more about how to effectively handle their thoughts during competition helping them perform at an optimal level, consistently under pressure.
Teah has been a Certified Nose Work Instructor through the National Association of Canine Scent Work (NACSW) since 2010 and currently teaches Nose Work Classes. She is a NACSW Certifying Official (CO) and Judge for trials and ORTs. She is a frequent NACSW Trial and ORT Host and has enjoyed instructing at NACSW/Dogs of Course NW Camps in CO, GA and PA. Teah is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers and is long-time member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). She has also earned a CAP2 (Competency Assessment Program – Level 2) certification through Kay Laurence’s Learning About Dogs organization in the UK.
In her career of over 21 years as founder, owner and lead trainer of Gentle Touch Pet Training, Teah has taught Nose Work, puppy kindergarten, elementary, intermediate, Feisty Fido’s and advanced training classes. She has helped thousands of families with private in-home training and behavioral consultations.
In her free time, Teah enjoys training her own dogs and competing in the sport of Nose Work. She is currently competing in Nose Work with her dog Shamie, an English Cocker, in the Elite level. Her younger dog Reacher, a Lab/Border Collie -mix is beginning his NW3 journey. Her Pug, Dipity, is now retired from NW. In the past, Teah has competed in Musical Canine Freestyle with her Pug, Hally, who is the first Pug to earn both beginning and novice titles through the World Canine Freestyle Organization.
Teah holds a B.S. degree in Business and an M.A. degree in Natural Resources Policy, Communications and Management. She lives with her husband, Chuck, and three dogs in Nipomo, CA.