🏋️ Sports: another way to train your dog and strengthen your bond!
Practicing a sport with your dog, whether for fun in the garden or in competition, is an excellent way to develop their focus, listening skills, and joy in cooperating with you, enriching your relationship. This book presents 5 dog sports selected for their accessibility, with clear explanations from two dog trainers, including a canine frisbee champion. 🐶✨
✨ The 5 winning dog sports:
- 🏅 Agility: guiding your dog through an obstacle course while running alongside them
- 💃 Dog dancing: performing a choreographed routine together to music
- 🌀 Hoopers: without jumps or sharp turns, ideal if you’re not in top physical shape
- 🏃 Canicross: running with your dog
- 🥏 Canine frisbee: fun and technical, to let them burn off energy while helping them learn control
💡 Why this book is essential:
- 📱 Videos accessible via QR Code to practice with step-by-step sequences shown in photos or illustrations
- 🏆 Written by two experienced dog trainers, including Yannick Thoulon, two-time canine frisbee world runner-up
- ✅ Accessible to all pairs, from beginners to international competitors
- 📸 95 illustrations | 128 pages | Size: 15 × 20.5 cm
👩💻 About the authors:
👩 Chloé Fesch — Canine behavior trainer since 2009, instructor since 2012 at her Nature de Chien center and at ACACED. Author of Petit ABC Rustica de l’éducation positive du chiot et du chien, L’éducation positive du chiot en 10 leçons, Le Traité Rustica de l’éducation positive du chiot, among others. Committed to animal welfare, she works in SPA shelters, agricultural high schools, and with street dogs in various countries. She lives and works in Toulouse.
👩 Yannick Thoulon — Dog trainer since 2004, specializing in human-dog relationships. She has taught for about twenty years at her Canissimo center to all types of pairs. With her two terrier mix dogs Yopp and Yéti, she competes in frisbee (two-time world runner-up), agility, dog dancing, hoopers, and enjoys treibball, canicross, and many other activities recreationally.
📦 Details:
- ✍️ Authors: Chloé Fesch & Yannick Thoulon
- 🏷️ Publisher: Ulmer éditions
- 📄 128 pages | 95 illustrations | Size: 15 × 20.5 cm
- 📅 Year of publication: 2024
- 🔢 ISBN: 9782379223778
Because sports with your dog are good for them — and for you too! 🏋️🐶❤️
