COMING TO THE SITE

You will be able to drive to the facility around 7:45 a.m. and you are welcome to park anywhere around the arena.  Crating inside the building will be in the designated areas for your group.   

HUMAN CONDITIONING PROGRAM (Optional)

Our first item on the agenda each morning is functional fitness for humans.  All groups are welcome.   This will include interval runs (walk-jog-walk-jog) with a few interval sprints.  This will be followed by YOGA and then some ladder exercise drills for footwork.   For those interested in the human conditioning side please arrive at the facility by 7:45 a.m. as we begin at 8:00 a.m. and finish around 8:55 a.m.  

CANINE CONDITIONING PROGRAM

Following the Human Conditioning Program, In the Advanced/Masters Handling group, we will also be warming up our dogs with a specific warm up routine with dynamic warm up exercises.  We will also go over a cool down routine as well.  Warm up routines should be perform whenever you take your dog out of the crate after a more than 20-30 minutes in the crate.  And your cool down routine should be done after every working session.   The puppies and young dogs will be introduced to basic body awareness exercises which will be incorporated into the class schedule. 

RV PARKING & HOTELS

EDIT:  There will be NO available RV Parking at Bratty Paws.  The limited spots have been taken.  However, there are a a few campgrounds within an easy driving distance of the facility if you need to hookup.   Punta Gorda RV Resort is less than 4 minutes away and Gulf View RV Resort is approximately 6 minutes away. There are numerous hotels to choose from as well. 

HOUSEKEEPING RULES:

As always, please pick up after your dogs.   There will be trash cans around the outside of the arena for this purpose and they are located on the north and east side of the building.   Pursuant to the rules at Bratty Paws Dog Plex, if there are any accidents inside the building a $10 clean up fee will be enforced.  Puppies will be given regular 30 minute potty breaks throughout their morning training session with Naomi.

If anyone has a reactive dog, please let us know when we meet for our group get together on Saturday morning so that we are all aware and can be proactive about giving your dog his/her space and keep other dogs within a safe distance.  Please feel free to contact me with any other questions and concerns prior to us starting so I can address it.  

SATURDAY CLASS SCHEDULE

8:55 a.m. – Introduction and General Housekeeping