Enrollment Opens: March 9, 2024 8am Mountain Time (UTC -06:00)

This course is open to all, including non-professionals and professionals.

Canine Gait Analysis Master Class

Do you find analyzing a dog's gait to be a complex and sometimes frustrating task, leaving you with more questions than answers? That's precisely why we've designed this course!

Join us for this 7-week journey (6 weeks of active learning + 1 week break) where we'll explore the intricate world of canine gait analysis. We'll start by identifying and understanding the different footfall patterns in a dog's gait:

1. Walk
2. Amble
3. Pace
4. Trot
5. Canter
6. Gallop

We'll delve into the mechanics of ipsilateral vs. contralateral gait patterns, exploring the distinctions between pace vs. trot. Plus, we'll unravel the complexities of the Transverse/United gallop vs. the Rotary/Disunited gallop, and understand why one may be favored over the other in various contexts.

Once we've mastered the fundamentals of "normal" canine gait mechanics, we'll turn our focus to identifying common and uncommon gait anomalies. We'll discuss the underlying structural issues and muscle imbalances often associated with these gait irregularities.

In the final leg of our course, we'll apply our newfound knowledge by conducting a gait analysis. You can choose to analyze your dog, a client's dog, or use video footage provided by Anna Lee. We'll also guide you on using Canva to produce a graphic overlay to quantify your analysis.

Say goodbye to puzzling over unusual canine gait anomalies! This course is open to everyone, whether you're a dedicated dog owner or a professional in the field.

Course Highlights

• For All Dog Lovers: Whether you're a professional or a devoted dog owner, this course is designed for everyone who wants to improve their dog's conditioning.
• Anatomical Overview: Understand the essential bony landmarks needed to assess canine gait mechanics.
• Canva for Beginners: Discover how to use Canva to mark up photos, communicate adjustments, and create compare and contrast images.
• Hands-On Practice: Apply these skills to video provided by Anna Lee, and learn in .
• Final Project: Challenge your eye further by applying your new skills to video. Assess gait analysis video of your own dog or video provided by.

Feel supported throughout

Anna Lee not only shows you the method she has developed but also TEACHES you how to implement it using various media formats, including video tutorials, step-by-step written instructions, photo examples, and annotated screenshots. All these resources help you navigate the analysis portion of the course curriculum, Canva graphic design software, and the Canvas teaching platform.

NOTE: Please distinguish between the Canva graphic design software and the Canvas teaching platform.

Class Outline

• Week 0: Getting Started
  • Setting up your Canvas Profile
  • Learning how to navigate the Canvas teaching platform
  • Setting up your free Canva account
  • Self Check Quiz
  • Introducing yourself
• Week 1: Anatomy Overview
  • Learning the bony landmarks essential for gait analysis
  • The significance of these landmarks
  • Identifying these landmarks on a skeleton
  • Identifying the walk, amble, pace, and trot
  • Self Check Quiz
  • Open Discussion Forum
• Week 2: Canva and Faster Gaits
  • Navigating Canva
  • Step-by-Step method for identifying key landmarks in photos
  • Dropping points on bony landmarks
  • Identifying the canter and gallop (transverse and rotary)
  • Ipsilateral vs. Contralateral: Pace vs. Trot and the different types of gallop
  • Self Check Quiz
  • Open Discussion Forum
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• Week 3: Common Gait Anomolies
  • Identifying and understanding gait anomalies
  • Overreaching, crabbing, short striding, head bob, and more
  • Tips & Tricks for assessing coated dogs and black dogs
  • Self Check Quiz
  • Open Discussion Forum
  • 1-Hour Video Round Table / Q&A with Anna Lee
• Week 4: What underlies Gait Anomolies?
  • Gait Anomoly break down: Why is the dog moving this way?
  • Compensation
  • Muscle imbalance
  • Habbit
  • Structure
  • When do we work on it, and when do we go for diagnostics?
  • Self Check Quiz
  • Open Discussion Forum
• Week 5: Assessing Gait for Symmetry
  • Demo dog and practice project
  • Dropping important points and connecting lines
  • How to shoot video for gait analysis (or use video provided by Anna Lee)
  • Final Project: Use your own dog or one of the cases Anna Lee provides to apply your new skills
  • Open Discussion Forum
• Week 6: Break
  • This week is designated for you to compile your final project.
  • Open Discussion Forum
• Week 7 
  
  • Final Project Review from Anna Lee
  • Explaining your conclusions
  • 1-Hour Video roundtable with Anna Lee to debrief
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Anna Lee believes in fully equipping you with all the skills you need to feel confident adapting the Canine Conditioning Coach method to your specific dogs and their needs. Her goal is for you to no longer rely on her. She wants to empower you to be self-sufficient.

"The biggest gift my students could give me is to not need me any longer! I don't want to be the one in possession of the knowledge you seek, and dole it out slowly. I want to give it ALL to you!!"

~ Anna Lee Sanders

A certificate of excellence will be provided to all students who complete the course requirements.