Intensive Dog Training Workshop: Motivation, Focus and Cooperation

Date: 4–6 September 2026
Location: Horka nad Moravou, Czech Republic

Three pillars that every advanced training programme rests on, and every reliable dog in everyday life.

Following our fully booked July workshop, we are opening another intensive training block. This time we move away from addressing specific behaviour patterns and towards the foundations of effective work with a dog, to the key pillars that support any advanced training as well as reliable control outside the training field.

Main topics

• Motivation and drive: how to build a high willingness to work, sustain it throughout the entire session and channel it into cooperation with you. This includes the reward system: when, with what and how much to reward so that the dog’s motivation does not drop.
• Focus and mental stability: holding the dog’s full attention even under strong external stimuli, and working with transitions between arousal and calmness. How to switch a dog on and off.
• Cooperation: clarity of your signals, a clear training structure and the removal of “information noise” from your communication with the dog. A dog that works with you because it understands, not because it has to.

These three pillars produce functional obedience: the ability to transfer exercises from an enclosed training area into the real world with all its distractions, and to rely on your dog’s response even where it has something more interesting on offer.

We do not work with templates, we work with principles. Our training draws on a coherent methodical system and on a detailed analysis of every handler and dog, so that the procedures match your dog’s current level and disposition. At every step you will know why you are taking it. A template works as long as the dog matches the average. A principle works every time.

Who the workshop is for

The workshop is designed for anyone who does not want to rely on trial and error and is looking for a clearly structured methodology. It is for you if:

• You have hit a ceiling: your training has stalled, progress has stopped and your current approach is not delivering results.
• You are looking for a system that works: you need to leave behind the scattered advice found online and gain a concept that holds up both on the training field and in everyday life.
• You want precision: you have clear goals and you are looking for ways to clean up your communication with your dog, strengthen its focus and master the work with motivation.

Instead of trying out isolated tricks, you will gain a coherent system for working with motivation, states of mind and focus. If you expect expertise and a sound justification for every step, you will find precise tools for your further work here.

You will not leave with a perfect dog. You will leave with a system that helps you understand what your dog needs at any given moment, and why.

Event details

The floodplain forests of the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area and the facilities of Lovecká chata create an environment where training takes place in real conditions rather than on a sterile training field.

Where: Lovecká chata, Vodní 197/50, Horka nad Moravou
When: 4–6 September 2026

Fees

Handler with dog (team): €150
TWA clients (team): €130
Observer (participant without a dog):  €90
Additional dog of the same handler: 50% discount on the applicable fee

All fees are payable in Czech crowns. The amounts in euros are indicative only and depend on the current exchange rate.

Schedule

You may arrive as early as Friday 4 September in the afternoon. Rooms may be vacated on Sunday after the workshop ends.

Saturday 5 September
8:00 – 9:00 breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 all participants meet in the hotel restaurant
10:00 – 13:00 training
13:00 – 15:00 lunch and dog walking
15:00 – 18:00 training

Sunday 6 September
8:00 – 9:00 breakfast
9:00 – 13:00 training
13:00 – 14:00 lunch and dog walking
14:00 – 18:00 training and closing of the workshop

Times are indicative and may change depending on the weather and circumstances. In case of bad weather, a warm and dry space is available.

How we work

Every training session is run individually, tailored to the needs of the particular dog. For that reason, no two dogs work on the field at the same time. We bring in another dog only where the problem being addressed genuinely requires it.

We also recommend that participants stay on the field without their own dog while they are not training themselves, and watch the other teams work. Watching someone else’s session is where you learn the most. You will see dogs of different temperaments, the mistakes that typically occur and the specific ways of solving them, all of which will serve you in your own training.

Registration and payment

Your registration becomes binding once a deposit of €65 has been paid.

The deposit is non-refundable. It is, however, fully transferable to another participant, whom you arrange yourself should you be unable to attend. Please pay the deposit only after you receive an e-mail from us confirming that a place is available.

Please state in your registration whether you would like accommodation.

Payments are made in Czech crowns. If you send the payment from a euro account, the amount credited to our account depends on the exchange rate applied by your bank on the day of the transfer, so it may differ slightly from the indicative euro figures above.

IBAN: CZ95 0600 0000 0002 47387008
BIC: AGBACZPP
Variable symbol: 20260904 (if your bank does not offer this field, please state the number as the payment reference)

Balance of the training fee: may be paid on site (in cash or by QR code) or by bank transfer, provided that the payment is credited to our account no later than 3 September 2026.

Accommodation and meals are paid directly at Lovecká chata. Lovecká chata does not accept payment cards.