"Animals that stay together tend to play together" – Marc Bekoff -
Probably the greatest plus of activities together with our dogs is the positive effects on the relationship, because doing something together, having fun and enjoying successes together deepens the bond with one another. However, activity courses have another great side effect: a dog that is trained in learning, thinking and problem solving is also mentally more flexible and can cope better with new challenges. He can thus adapt better to environmental changes that occur regularly in our hectic life today. The dog benefits from having learned through play to apply and try out a variety of behavioral options. Thus, brain teasing games can also be used to support the therapy of behavioral problems, because dogs who know how they can influence situations and solve problems through their own thoughts and actions react less emotionally (fearful or aggressive) in difficult situations, but rather tend to use their head rather than being overwhelmed by feelings.
The dog sports and activity classes take place on my training area in Santa Eugenia.
Mantrailing for family dogs
In this sport, the dog is supposed to sniff out the trail of a person using an odor article and find this person at the end of the trail. Mantrailing is still relatively little known in Mallorca. But it is a lot of fun and great activity for dogs who can no longer do activities such as agility or dog frisbee due to physical complaints. It can also help dogs with reactive behaviour outside as they learn to focus on something, when they are underway with their humans. In this area, we focus on leisure mantrailing and just want to have a good time with our dog - without any pressure or hectic.
Circle work
I've always been interested in doing circle work for dogs in Mallorca, but I've never found a course. When I started my training I was immediately sure that this would be one of the courses I would like to offer. Similar to lunging a horse, in this form of training the dog also runs around the outside of a circle. The dog owner gives various signals that the dog should follow and we also implement a wide variety of obstacles. Lungeing is particularly suitable for improving communication and attention between dog and owner and offers the dog a good activity level.
