Events & Seminars

Fusion Pet Retreat’s training center offers various events and seminars on a regular basis. We are happy to partner with different community organizations to offer various events. We also offer Seminars taught by our qualified instructors in different topics including agility, behavior, and more.

All events & seminars are hosted in the comfort of a climate-controlled 11,000 sq. ft. indoor facility.

List of all events & seminars

Upcoming Seminar and Events

Walking Agility

Dates: Friday, Nov. 29th from 9:30am-12:30pm

Cost: $75

Presenter: Beth Hostetter

About the Seminar:

Handling your dog on an agility course when you are only walking can build great distance skills and obstacle independence. Working at this slower pace teaches you to have clearer cueing for your dog and makes handling the course calmer and less frantic. Clarity of cues helps your dog be more confident in their obstacle commitment and builds confidence and independence in your dog. This class is appropriate from Novice to Master levels- each team will work at their own current level.

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Build Your Weave Skills and Contact Obstacle Indepence

Dates: Friday, Nov. 29th 1:30-4:30pm

Cost: $75

Presenter: Beth Hostetter

About the Seminar:

We will work advanced weave entries and exits, weave independence and working with distractions. We will also proof your dog’s understanding of your contact criteria and build contact independence, Advanced and above level dogs- Dogs must have 12 fully closed weave poles for this class.

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What’s My Line

Dates: Saturday, Nov. 30th from 9:30am-12:30pm

Cost: $75

Presenter: Beth Hostetter

About the Seminar:

Understanding your Dog’s line in agility and how YOUR line affects what your dog does on the course. We will talk about the timing of your cues to keep the most efficient lines for the dog. Learn how different handling techniques affect your dog’s line. This class is appropriate from Novice to Master levels- each team will work at their own current level.

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Fantasy Lines vs. Reality Lines

Dates: Saturday, Nov. 30th from 1:30-4:30pm

Cost: $75

Presenter: Beth Hostetter

About the Seminar:

Time to play with different handling lines for your dog! Handlers will estimate the lines their dog will run on different short sequences and then we will see how close to the reality line the dog runs. We will test different handling techniques to change and adapt the dog’s line. This class is appropriate for Advanced and above level dogs.

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Handling Discriminations

Dates: Friday, Dec. 13th from 9am-Noon

Cost: $80

Presenter: Danielle Wagner

About the Seminar:

Take your handling to the next level by mastering tricky spots. This seminar will focus on timing and the finer details necessary for navigating challenging areas, e.g. tunnel discriminations and box work.

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Susan Koldenhof Seminars

Dates: Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 14-5th, 2024

Cost: $120 working spot, $25 auditing

About the Seminars:

Cancellation Policy: Fees are non-refundable unless we can fill your spot off of the waiting list.
Questions?: Email Elizabeth@FusionPetRetreat.com

About Susan:

I’m Susan Koldenhof, and I am from the Netherlands. I started with agility around 9 years ago with my first own dog Ace, a brown border collie. And never stopped loving the agility sport ever since. 2 years later I got my crazy monkey Time, my home bred girl from our kennel infinity light. And thanks to her I traveled a lot around the world and discovered a whole new level of agility with winning international cups, qualifying for the Dutch team for EO and AWC years in a row, running EO finals every year, and ending up in top 10 of AWC Large. I love my dogs over everything in this world.

Right now I still run Time – my experienced girl of almost 9 years old, and also my younger girl Sign – who is really something else. In her short career, she took high rankings and prices at competitions like EO, WAO and Slovenian Open – also setting fastest times. I also own a pup imported out of the UK- Intense, who will hopefully be another future star. But for now we’re still working on foundations.

I love to travel, to share my knowledge and vision on agility and dog training with fun and enthusiastic teams all over the world. Being super picky and critical in a motivating way, as I believe that’s needed to become the best team you can be with your dog. My training is built on successes so the dog gets (or keeps his) self-confident and faster.

Novice Handling

Dates: Saturday, Dec. 14 from 8am-Noon

About the Seminars:

This seminar is great for dogs about to compete or starting to compete at the Novice Level. The seminar will focus on learning how to handle coursework that would be appropriate for the Novice to Open level. Dogs should be proficient on all obstacles.

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Masters Handling

Dates: Saturday, Dec. 14 from 1-5pm

About the Seminars:

This mini-seminar will feature common handling and course challenges seen in international, UKI, or Premier-style courses. Dogs should be proficient on all equipment and compete at the Masters/Senior/Champion level.

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Young Dog Skills & Drills

Dates: Sunday, Dec. 15th from 8am-Noon

About the Seminars:

This seminar is great for young dogs between 7 and 18 months. The seminar will focus on sequencing with basic handling techniques and skills on jumps and tunnels, building drive and obstacle focus, and learning to follow handling. Obstacles will include jumps and tunnels. Dogs should already be introduced to jumps and tunnels.

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Handling with Distance

Dates: Sunday, Dec. 15th from 1-5pm

About the Seminars:

This seminar will focus on reviewing the skills needed when handling from a distance. The seminar will focus on how to handle sequences and courses using distance. Dogs should be competent on all equipment and able to sequence at least 12 obstacles.

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Novice Handling

Dates: Friday, Jan. 10th from 5-8pm

Cost: $80

Presenter: Danielle Wagner

About the Seminar:

Perfect for new teams looking to strengthen their connection and enhance their understanding of advanced handling techniques. This is great for Pre-Novice to Novice level competitors. Dogs should be able to sequence at least 8-10 obstacles

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