Tricks Class!
Tuesdays at 6:45pm starting on May 7. Class dates are May 7, 14, 28, June 4, 11 and 18. No class on May 21. $150+gst
Teaching tricks to your dog will exercise their mind and body, promote focus around distractions, help build confidence and most of all will be so much FUN!! In this class you will be taught how to teach a number of specific tricks, you will work together as a team, learn how to breakdown/trouble shoot/problem solve, and how to chain together more complex tricks. Tricks class is pawfect for dogs and puppies of any age, learn some fun tricks to take home to impress your friends and family with!!
Our Tricks Classes are taught by Kara Bellingham
Have fun with your dog, communicate with your dog and connect with your dog is Kara’s training philosophy! Enjoy and learn from every training moment, improve in what the team is doing and push to get to the next level!
Kara has a true love for all dogs and dog sports. She and her dogs perform with the Presidents Choice Superdogs, she is a certified trick dog instructor through Do More With Your Dog (CTDI), is a supporting member of IAABC (International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants), and is a certified Head Judge and Trainer for Disc with UpDog. She trains and has competed in Agility (AAC), Nosework, Dock Diving and Disc Dog, with her true passion being Freestyle Disc. Kara trained under Marion Paulson in disc dog and has attended many seminars including PVYBE with Ron Watson and Apryl Lea, Freestyle Disc with Andrea Rigler, Freestyle Disc and Dog Dance with Lucka Plevova, Freestyle Disc with Shaun Hirai, and many more! She continues to attend seminars whenever possible. Kara has travelled across Western Canada and through the USA where she has competed and placed in Skyhoundz, AWI, UFO and UpDog.
Kara shares her home with her husband Shawn Bellingham who is an UpDog Judge and their three dogs Piper, Electric and Treble who go everywhere with them! She is an active front member of the Calgary Disc Dog Club, they host competitions, fun matches and learning sessions where she has helped train many new disc teams. Disc in Alberta is a very up and coming sport, her goal is to keep watching this sport grow here! 
