Four-Legged, Fit, and Confident
with Lori Stevens
with Lori Stevens
Tuition: $5,300 (see course page for prices in other currency)
Become your dog’s personal fitness coach! Join canine fitness guru Lori Stevens for this series of 5 video webinars on fun, fabulous canine fitness training using items you have at home, in your yard, or that can be found on your walks.
You will love Lori’s teaching style and infectious enthusiasm. More importantly, you will never go on a boring, chore-type walk again, as Lori helps transform your everyday activities and surroundings into a fun zone. Plus, the activities and exercises apply broadly, so you can bring your cat or other companion animals along, too!
Watch live weekly on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. ET, through June 17. If you missed any live presentations, catch up on what you missed on demand and jump right in to the next live webinar.
Become your dog’s personal fitness coach! Join canine fitness guru Lori Stevens for this series of 5 video webinars on fun, fabulous canine fitness training using items you have at home, in your yard, or that can be found on your walks.
You will love Lori’s teaching style and infectious enthusiasm. More importantly, you will never go on a boring, chore-type walk again, as Lori helps transform your everyday activities and surroundings into a fun zone. Plus, the activities and exercises apply broadly, so you can bring your cat or other companion animals along, too!
- Learn the foundations of canine fitness, including how to create a training environment for fitness that is safe, inviting, empowering, and reinforcing.
- Learn the behavior and movement exercises that can improve your dog’s muscle strength, precision, mechanics, flexibility, proprioception, balance, focus, and, ultimately, confidence and performance.
- Avoid canine injury while training for competition.
- Help your dog stay active and healthy as s/he ages.
- Improve your observation skills, deepen your understanding of four-legged movement, and become more deft in your training touch.
- You don’t need new or fancy equipment; Lori will show you how to use what is at home and around you.
Tuition: $5,300 (see course page for prices in other currency)
Become your dog’s personal fitness coach! Join canine fitness guru Lori Stevens for this series of 5 video webinars on fun, fabulous canine fitness training using items you have at home, in your yard, or that can be found on your walks.
You will love Lori’s teaching style and infectious enthusiasm. More importantly, you will never go on a boring, chore-type walk again, as Lori helps transform your everyday activities and surroundings into a fun zone. Plus, the activities and exercises apply broadly, so you can bring your cat or other companion animals along, too!
Watch live weekly on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. ET, through June 17. If you missed any live presentations, catch up on what you missed on demand and jump right in to the next live webinar.
Join us for A Fabulous Fitness Finale on Wednesday, June 17 at 4 p.m. ET.
Register by Tuesday, June 16 at 12 p.m. ET to participate!
It's not too late to join us for the full series!
With a series enrollment you'll get access to earlier webinars on demand and can jump right into the series live!
Weekly on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. ET, through June 17.
Get access to all five of the webinars in the Four-Legged, Fit, and Confident webinar series! Each webinar is approximately 45 minutes long followed by 45 minutes of live Q&A. Earn 1.5 CEUs per webinar from KPA, IAABC, or CCPDT (7.5 CEUs for the series).
If you've missed the live webinar, don't worry - it's been recorded. Watch it on demand and jump right back into the series live or watch the whole series at your own pace whenever you want. Live webinars are on Wednesdays at 4.p.m EST and lifetime access to the recorded webinars are included in your registration.
#1: Fitness Safe Start, From Targets to Poles - Watch On Demand
#2: Keep it on Paws! - Watch On Demand
#3: Staying in Balance - Watch On Demand
#4: Riddle of the Sphinx - Watch On Demand
#5: Fabulous Fitness Finale! - Available to Watch On Demand June 19
Tuition: $479
Get The Full Series ($249.95) | Select One+ ($54.95 ea.)
Get The Full Series ($109.95 $84.95) | Select One+ ($24.95 $21.95 ea.)
Available to watch on demand beginning May 22
In webinar #1 you will learn how to set up your dog and the learning environment for success and fun for any fitness and movement exercises. We will start the exercises by learning how to teach your dog to hand target and how to follow targets to create movement. With those basic skills, Lori will show you how to use the moving target to teach your dog cavaletti fitness, i.e., walking and trotting over poles, and how to teach figure eights.
These exercises help build your dog’s safe physical precision movement and spatial awareness and your own observation skills. We will also discuss solidifying your “go-to behaviors” and how they can be used in fitness as well as in other environments to overcome common challenges. You will learn how all of these behaviors and concepts build the environment and foundation skills for fitness and movement as we move into webinar #2.
Tuition: $5,300 (see course page for prices in other currency)
Watch This Webinar On Demand ($54.95) | Get The Full Series ($249.95)
Tuition: $5,300 (see course page for prices in other currency)
In webinar #2, we will be using the environmental set-up and skills from webinar #1 to build out an expanded repertoire of behaviors and deepen your understanding of fitness concepts. We will focus on paw targeting, including front and hind leg targeting, and how to spin in both directions.
This series of behavior helps you learn how your own orientation affects your dog's orientation to an object, illustrates the importance of your dog's alignment and teaches you what to look for and reinforce—using your fitness lens—as your dog is learning. We will discuss the full benefits of these behaviors for fitness and movement and why they are excellent go-to behaviors under many environmental conditions.
Available to watch on demand beginning May 29
In webinar #2, we will be using the environmental set-up and skills from webinar #1 to build out an expanded repertoire of behaviors and deepen your understanding of fitness concepts. We will focus on paw targeting, including front and hind leg targeting, and how to spin in both directions.
This series of behavior helps you learn how your own orientation affects your dog's orientation to an object, illustrates the importance of your dog's alignment and teaches you what to look for and reinforce—using your fitness lens—as your dog is learning. We will discuss the full benefits of these behaviors for fitness and movement and why they are excellent go-to behaviors under many environmental conditions.
Take a week to work on these exercises and behaviors on your own and get ready for webinar #3. As an added bonus, this week’s fitness challenge is to teach your dog to back up to target. Jump right in (so to speak)!
Watch This Webinar On Demand ($54.95) | Get The Full Series ($249.95)
Tuition: $5,300 (see course page for prices in other currency)
In webinar #3, we will be building on webinars #1 and #2 to add to your fitness toolkit. We will be working on the joy of go-arounds, standing in balance (more difficult than you might think!), and targeting your hand lightly with each front paw, as well as increasing duration for these behaviors. We will also cover the specific alignment to achieve during each exercise. As usual, we will cover the benefits of these behaviors for fitness and movement.
Take a week to work on these exercises and behaviors on your own and get ready for webinar #4. As an added bonus, this week’s fitness challenge is to teach your dog to target your hand with each hind paw. Find the balance!
Watch This Webinar On Demand ($54.95) | Get The Full Series ($249.95)
Tuition: $5,300 (see course page for prices in other currency)
Live! June 10, 2020 at 4 p.m. ET | Register by Tuesday, June 9 at 12 pm ET to participate.
Available to Watch On Demand June 12
In webinar #4, we will take your fitness up (or down!) another level. We will be working on the tuck-sit to stands, sphinx (aka fold-back) down to stands, and weight-shifting. We will also cover the number of repetitions and sets you might do in a fitness routine. Finally, we’ll cover the importance of warming up and cooling down and how you can fit those steps into your fitness routine easily.
As an added bonus, this week’s challenge is a tuck-sit to kick-back stand. See you next week when we’ll discuss how you can put these exercises together. Are you down with this?
Watch This Webinar On Demand ($54.95) | Get The Full Series ($249.95)
Tuition: $5,300 (see course page for prices in other currency)
Live! June 17, 2020 at 4 p.m. ET | Register by Tuesday, June 16 at 12 pm ET to participate
Available to Watch On Demand beginning June 19
In webinar #5, we’ll learn a few final skills and how to put together a fabulous fitness routine. First, we’ll rock back and have a seat while learning another variation of sit—the rock-back sit, with a stand between each sit-repetition. We’ll move on to teaching high-quality high-fives or waves and we’ll cover how to teach your dog to take a beautiful bow. As usual, we will explain the benefits of these behaviors for fitness and movement.
Now that you know a number of fitness exercises, we’ll learn how to put them together for a fitness routine, how long a fitness routine should last, and the importance of timers. We’ll also show examples of how you can take the exercises you’ve mastered to the next level.
We leave you with a final, fun exercise to work into your routine: side-stepping. Congratulations! You are ready to become your dog’s personal canine fitness coach!
In webinar #5, we’ll learn a few final skills and how to put together a fabulous fitness routine. First, we’ll rock back and have a seat while learning another variation of sit—the rock-back sit, with a stand between each sit-repetition. We’ll move on to teaching high-quality high-fives or waves and we’ll cover how to teach your dog to take a beautiful bow. As usual, we will explain the benefits of these behaviors for fitness and movement.
Now that you know a number of fitness exercises, we’ll learn how to put them together for a fitness routine, how long a fitness routine should last, and the importance of timers. We’ll also show examples of how you can take the exercises you’ve mastered to the next level.
We leave you with a final, fun exercise to work into your routine: side-stepping. Congratulations! You are ready to become your dog’s personal canine fitness coach!
Watch This Webinar On Demand ($54.95) | Get The Full Series ($249.95)
Tuition: $5,300 (see course page for prices in other currency)
Lori Stevens (CPDT-KA, SAMP, CCFT, CPBC) uses humane and scientific methods to improve the health, behavior, and performance of animals. Her experience is holistic and incorporates respect for animals as teachers. She continually studies the interactions between animal behavior, movement, learning, and health, and this is reflected in her innovative approach.
Lori is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, a certified Small Animal Massage Practitioner, a Certified Canine Fitness Trainer, and a Certified Parrot Behavior Consultant as well as a Senior Tellington TTouch practitioner for dogs, cats, and other animals. Lori is the creator of the Balance Harness, teaches workshops and presents at conferences worldwide, including ClickerExpo where she has presented on both aging dogs and fitness.
FOUR-LEGGED, FIT, & CONFIDENT with Lori Stevens
Become your dog’s personal fitness coach! Join canine fitness guru Lori Stevens for this series of 5 video webinars on fun, fabulous canine fitness training using items you have at home, in your yard, or that can be found on your walks.
You will love Lori’s teaching style and infectious enthusiasm. More importantly, you will never go on a boring, chore-type walk again, as Lori helps transform your everyday activities and surroundings into a fun zone. Plus, the activities and exercises apply broadly, so you can bring your cat or other companion animals along, too!
- Learn the foundations of canine fitness, including how to create a training environment for fitness that is safe, inviting, empowering, and reinforcing.
- Learn the behavior and movement exercises that can improve your dog’s muscle strength, precision, mechanics, flexibility, proprioception, balance, focus, and, ultimately, confidence and performance.
- Avoid canine injury while training for competition.
- Help your dog stay active and healthy as s/he ages.
- Improve your observation skills, deepen your understanding of four-legged movement, and become more deft in your training touch.
- You don’t need new or fancy equipment; Lori will show you how to use what is at home and around you.
Save when you register for the full series!
Tuition: $999
Tuition: $249
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Join us for A Fabulous Fitness Finale on June 17 at 4 p.m. ET.
Register by June 16 at 12 p.m. ET to participate!
It's not too late to join us for the full series!
With a series enrollment you'll get access to earlier webinars on demand and can jump right into the series live!
Get access to all five of the webinars in the Four-Legged, Fit, and Confident webinar series! Each webinar is approximately 45 minutes long followed by 45 minutes of recorded Q&A. Earn 1.5 CEUs per webinar from KPA, IAABC, or CCPDT (7.5 CEUs for the series).
#1: Fitness Safe Start, From Targets to Poles
#2: Keep it on Paws!
#3: Staying in Balance
#4: Riddle of the Sphinx
#5: Fabulous Fitness Finale!
Available on demand beginning May 22
In webinar #1 you will learn how to set up your dog and the learning environment for success and fun for any fitness and movement exercises. We will start the exercises by learning how to teach your dog to hand target and how to follow targets to create movement. With those basic skills, Lori will show you how to use the moving target to teach your dog cavaletti fitness, i.e., walking and trotting over poles, and how to teach figure eights.
These exercises help build your dog’s safe physical precision movement and spatial awareness and your own observation skills. We will also discuss solidifying your “go-to behaviors” and how they can be used in and around the fitness environment to overcome common challenges. You will learn how all of these behaviors and concepts build the environment and foundation skills for fitness and movement as we move into webinar #2.
Watch This Webinar On Demand ($54.95) or
Get The Full Series ($249.95)
In webinar #2, we will be using the environmental set-up and skills from webinar #1 to build out an expanded repertoire of behaviors and deepen your understanding of fitness concepts. We will focus on paw targeting, including front and hind leg targeting, and how to spin in both directions.
This series of behavior helps you learn how your own orientation affects your dog's orientation to an object, illustrates the importance of your dog's alignment and teaches you what to look for and reinforce—using your fitness lens—as your dog is learning. We will discuss the full benefits of these behaviors for fitness and movement and why they are excellent go-to behaviors under many environmental conditions.
Available on demand beginning May 29.
In webinar #2, we will be using the environmental set-up and skills from webinar #1 to build out an expanded repertoire of behaviors and deepen your understanding of fitness concepts. We will focus on paw targeting, including front and hind leg targeting, and how to spin in both directions.
This series of behavior helps you learn how your own orientation affects your dog's orientation to an object, illustrates the importance of your dog's alignment and teaches you what to look for and reinforce—using your fitness lens—as your dog is learning. We will discuss the full benefits of these behaviors for fitness and movement and why they are excellent go-to behaviors under many environmental conditions.
Take a week to work on these exercises and behaviors on your own and get ready for webinar #3. As an added bonus, this week’s fitness challenge is to teach your dog to back up to target. Jump right in (so to speak)!
Watch This Webinar On Demand ($54.95) or
Get The Full Series ($249.95)
In webinar #3, we will be building on webinars #1 and #2 to add to your fitness toolkit. We will be working on the joy of go-arounds, standing in balance (more difficult than you might think!), and targeting your hand lightly with each front paw, as well as increasing duration for these behaviors. We will also cover the specific alignment to achieve during each exercise. As usual, we will cover the benefits of these behaviors for fitness and movement.
Take a week to work on these exercises and behaviors on your own and get ready for webinar #4. As an added bonus, this week’s fitness challenge is to teach your dog to target your hand with each hind paw. Find the balance!
Watch This Webinar On Demand ($54.95) or
Get The Full Series ($249.95)
Live! June 10, 2020 at 4 p.m. ET
Register by June 9 at 12 p.m. ET to participate.
Available to Watch On Demand June 12
In webinar #4, we will take your fitness up (or down!) another level. We will be working on the tuck-sit to stands, sphinx (aka fold-back) down to stands, and weight-shifting. We will also cover the number of repetitions and sets you might do in a fitness routine. Finally, we’ll cover the importance of warming up and cooling down and how you can fit those steps into your fitness routine easily.
As an added bonus, this week’s challenge is a tuck-sit to kick-back stand. See you next week when we’ll discuss how you can put these exercises together. Are you down with this?
Watch This Webinar On Demand ($54.95) or
Get The Full Series ($249.95)
In webinar #5, we’ll learn a few final skills and how to put together a fabulous fitness routine. First, we’ll sit back and rock and then learn another variation of sit—the rock-back sit, with a stand between repetitions. We’ll move on to teaching high-quality high-fives or waves and we’ll cover how to teach your dog to take a well-balanced bow. As usual, we will explain the benefits of these behaviors for fitness and movement.
Now that you know a number of fitness exercises, we’ll learn how to put them together for a fitness routine, how long a fitness routine should last, and the importance of timers. We’ll also show examples of how you can take the exercises you’ve mastered to the next level.
We leave you with a final, fun exercise to work into your routine: side-stepping. Congratulations! You are ready to become your dog’s personal canine fitness coach!
Watch This Webinar On Demand ($54.95) or
Get The Full Series ($249.95)
Lori Stevens (CPDT-KA, SAMP, CCFT, CPBC) uses humane and scientific methods to improve the health, behavior, and performance of animals. Her experience is holistic and incorporates respect for animals as teachers. She continually studies the interactions between animal behavior, movement, learning, and health, and this is reflected in her innovative approach.
Lori is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, a certified Small Animal Massage Practitioner, a Certified Canine Fitness Trainer, and a Certified Parrot Behavior Consultant as well as a Senior Tellington TTouch practitioner for dogs, cats, and other animals. Lori is the creator of the Balance Harness, teaches workshops and presents at conferences worldwide, including ClickerExpo where she has presented on both aging dogs and fitness.
Get The Full Series ($249.95) or
Select One+ ($54.95 ea.)
Yes! You can buy the full series of five webinars (and save 10%!).
You can also register for any of the individual webinars on their own, simply use the register link on each individual webinar.
In all cases, if you miss one of the webinars, watch the recorded version to catch up!
You can register for any of the individual webinars on their own, simply use the link associated with each individual webinar. Each one you want needs a separate registration.
You can also buy the full series of five webinars (and save 10%!). This is a single transaction.
In all cases, if you miss a webinar watch the recorded version to catch up!
The Series (5) $109.95 ($21.99 per webinar!)| Buy the full series
Individual $24.95| Buy individually.
You can register for any of the individual webinars on their own, simply use the link associated with each individual webinar. Each one you want needs a separate registration.
You can also buy the full series of five webinars (and save!). This is a single transaction.
The Series (5) $249.95 ($49.99 per webinar)| Buy the full series
Individual $54.95| Buy individually.