Local Pat Hastings Workshop Seminar
Local Pat Hastings Workshop Seminar
If you are local in the Central West Florida area, there is a fantastic opportunity to attend a Local Pat Hastings Workshop Seminar in the Clearwater area. Click here for registration form
Description of the Workshop:
STRUCTURE IN ACTION is a new one-day workshop. It combines Pat Hastings’ Puppy Puzzle Presentation, as well as Hastings’ discussion of the value of structurally evaluating adult dogs that are being considered for a breeding program, working trials or performance competition, along with a veterinarian’s perspective on how to reduce the risk of structural injuries in working and performance dogs.
Dogs will do most anything we ask of them. The question is: Do we want to ask them to do things that they are structurally incapable of doing without breaking down? Is that what we really want to do to our most steadfast companions? The more we learn about canine structure, the more we understand what is reasonable to ask of our dogs, given their physical strengths and weaknesses.
AGENDA
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How to evaluate the structural quality of puppies
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The basics of canine structure
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The weakest links
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How to evaluate the structural quality of your adult dog
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What your dog can do and should not be doing?
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A vet’s ideas on how to strengthen structure and
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Questions and hands-on work with attendees’ dogs
SPEAKERS
PAT HASTINGS
Pat is well respected in the dog world as an educator, author, and AKC judge.Well-known for her Puppy Puzzle DVD, she evaluates the structural quality of over 300 litters per year. Pat has been involved in the dog world since 1959. She began her career as an owner/handler, moving into breeding, then teaming up with her husband in professional handling. She is currently an AKC judge of the Herding, Non- Sporting, and Working Groups; a number of Terrier Breeds, Junior Showmanship; and Best in Show. Pat’s DVDs & Books will be available at the seminar.LOCAL VETERINARIAN WITH SPECIAL INTEREST IN
WORKING AND PERFORMANCE DOG