Free Work in Classes - Online CourseDo you currently run classes and would like to incorporate Free Work into your delivery?
Would you like to understand more about how Free Work can maximise learning for both the dogs and humans? This 5 week online course will give you the knowledge and confidence to add Free Work to your sessions. |
Host a WorkshopAre you a professional that would like to host us at your venue, to introduce your clients to ACE (Animal Centred Education)? Workshops available include Intro to Free Work, Relaxed Lead Walking, Connection Outdoors and Jumping up, all taught through ACE methods. Please contact us for more information.
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WorkshopsThe workshops available are all taught thorough ACE Free Work. ACE Free Work is a core element of Animal Centred Education. During these workshops we explore what Free Work is, how to set it up, its benefits for your dog and use this as a platform for skill development where appropriate. Free Work can bring peace and calmness to all dogs.
Free Work is used in Animal Centred Education as a way to enable our dogs to reset, rebalance and release. As our dogs start to slow down during free work, postural struggles, habits, worries about being handled or wearing a harness, to name a few, become more apparent. This enables us to help ease some of these concerns, positively impacting on our dogs welfare and behaviour. Workshops available are: - Intro to Free Work - Relaxed Lead Walking - Jumping Up - Connection Outdoors |
Photo Credit: Bob Atkins
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What is Free Work?
Free Work is a simple, low impact activity that can be set up in any environment. It includes a range of objects and surfaces for a dog to explore.
Free Work is a great way for a dog to relax and slow down, allowing them to reset, rebalance and release, both physically and emotionally.
Observations through Free Work can give us information regarding patterns, habits, postural or physical struggles and preferences or concerns, that a dog may have.
Through these observations, we are able to make small adaptations to the way we interact with a dog, which can often bring the biggest change to their wellbeing and behaviour.
ACE Free Work is credit to Sarah Fisher.
Free Work is a great way for a dog to relax and slow down, allowing them to reset, rebalance and release, both physically and emotionally.
Observations through Free Work can give us information regarding patterns, habits, postural or physical struggles and preferences or concerns, that a dog may have.
Through these observations, we are able to make small adaptations to the way we interact with a dog, which can often bring the biggest change to their wellbeing and behaviour.
ACE Free Work is credit to Sarah Fisher.
What are the benefits of Free Work?
- Many dogs struggle when in novel situations and many cannot tolerate contact even from familiar people when aroused, worried or in new or exciting environments
- Free Work has provided an invaluable stepping stone towards further learning including quiet interactions and bodywork by encouraging dogs to engage with a variety of items at liberty
- Stripping everything back and giving the dog complete freedom of choice enables dogs to reset, rebalance and release
- It also gives the guardian the opportunity to gather data from the dog whilst the dog is able to gather data from the environment. This low impact exercise can help to improve their posture and ensure the dog works each muscle in their body without engaging in fast, arousing games
Credit: Sarah Fisher
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Our specialist dog coaching centre is based in Hunstrete, North East Somerset, within easy reach of most Somerset and South West towns including Bristol, Bath, Keynsham, Longwell Green, Bradford-on-Avon, Shepton Mallet, Pensford, Chew Magna, Paulton, Radstock, Clutton, Midsomer Norton.
Our address is: Common Wood, Hunstrete Lane, Hunstrete, BS39 4NT
Our address is: Common Wood, Hunstrete Lane, Hunstrete, BS39 4NT
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