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Iwona Golab

Trainer · Poland

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling.

Highlights

Gold European Open Team 2022Silver individually, World Championship Team Agility 2022Bronze World Team 2018

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Skills Lines & Turns

Teaching Turns with Poles: Building Better Directional Control

In this video, Iwona shows how to use poles to help your dog learn how to turn more tightly and confidently after jumps. She uses toys, simple setups, and changes her position to help the dog understand both left and ri…

In this video, Iwona shows how to use poles to help your dog learn how to turn more tightly and confidently after jumps. She uses toys, simple setups, and changes her position to help the dog understand both left and ri…

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Skills Handling System

Handler Focus vs Obstacle Focus

In this video, Iwona explains how to balance handler focus and obstacle focus when training agility dogs. Using short sequences with her young dog, she demonstrates how to adjust training based on individual needs, ensu…

In this video, Iwona explains how to balance handler focus and obstacle focus when training agility dogs. Using short sequences with her young dog, she demonstrates how to adjust training based on individual needs, ensu…

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Skills Discriminations

How to Use Nose Touch as a Bypass Cue

Learn how to use the nose touch as a bypass cue in agility. Watch as Iwona integrates the nose touch cue to help your dog bypass obstacles and improve discrimination skills.

Learn how to use the nose touch as a bypass cue in agility. Watch as Iwona integrates the nose touch cue to help your dog bypass obstacles and improve discrimination skills.

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Challenges Garden

Still Counting

"Still Counting" will be an exciting garden-size challenge designed by Kine and trainer Iwona. Stay tuned to learn from one of the best trainers in the world and the current Agility World Champion!

"Still Counting" will be an exciting garden-size challenge designed by Kine and trainer Iwona. Stay tuned to learn from one of the best trainers in the world and the current Agility World Champion!

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Skills Lines & Turns

Tight Turns

With fast & accurate jumping skills, untouchable poles, and independent turns, you will quit your job as a handler and move to Paradise called Freedom 🌈

With fast & accurate jumping skills, untouchable poles, and independent turns, you will quit your job as a handler and move to Paradise called Freedom 🌈

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Skills Handling System

Layering vs Handler focus

Teach your dog how to ignore distractions and confidently overcome each challenge. Improve your agility skills today with Iwona.

Teach your dog how to ignore distractions and confidently overcome each challenge. Improve your agility skills today with Iwona.

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Challenges Grand

Twist & Shout

With fast & accurate jumping skills, untouchable poles, and independent turns, you will quit your job as a handler and move to Paradise called Freedom

With fast & accurate jumping skills, untouchable poles, and independent turns, you will quit your job as a handler and move to Paradise called Freedom

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Skills Lines & Turns

Teaching Bypass and Focus Techniques

In this hands-on training session with Iwona, we dive into teaching bypass cues, focus-building, and pole work using positive reinforcement methods. You'll learn two distinct bypass strategies—one to cue deceleration wi…

In this hands-on training session with Iwona, we dive into teaching bypass cues, focus-building, and pole work using positive reinforcement methods. You'll learn two distinct bypass strategies—one to cue deceleration wi…

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Challenges Grand

What I Have Done

No challenge is too big for a trainer like this. Train with Iwona Golab on this exciting course from Daniel Schröder — a perfect test of your skills on fast, fluent lines.

No challenge is too big for a trainer like this. Train with Iwona Golab on this exciting course from Daniel Schröder — a perfect test of your skills on fast, fluent lines.

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Skills Foundations

Toy IQ: Chase. Catch. Connect.

Teach young dogs to play with purpose—using helper play, ground vs. hand cues, and strategic toy delivery to build responsive drive, durable focus, and ring-ready habits under pressure.

Teach young dogs to play with purpose—using helper play, ground vs. hand cues, and strategic toy delivery to build responsive drive, durable focus, and ring-ready habits under pressure.

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Skills Lines & Turns

Backsides & Threadles: Teach Your Dog Independent S-Lines

Boost your dog's S-line performance with this step-by-step guide. In this video, Iwona teaches a training method to help your dog commit to obstacles and confidently distinguish between S-lines, backsides, and threadles.

Boost your dog's S-line performance with this step-by-step guide. In this video, Iwona teaches a training method to help your dog commit to obstacles and confidently distinguish between S-lines, backsides, and threadles.

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Tips

Boost Your Dog’s Collection with different handling Options

Boost Your Dog’s Collection, tested with different handling options

Boost Your Dog’s Collection, tested with different handling options

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Challenges Grand

Shake it off

Teach your dog how to ignore distractions and confidently overcome each challenge.

Teach your dog how to ignore distractions and confidently overcome each challenge.

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Skills Handling System

Master the Front Cross Without Breaking Flow

Teach your dog to turn with clarity and commitment—while you stay in motion, keep your line, and hold your lead.

Teach your dog to turn with clarity and commitment—while you stay in motion, keep your line, and hold your lead.

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About Iwona Golab

Trainer profile

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling. I'm an international agility competitor and instructor with 15 years of experience in animal training — agility, frisbee, protection work and herding. I've been on the Polish national World Team since 2013 and a European Championship finalist since 2013. Highlights include gold with the European Open team in 2022, silver individually at the World Championship team agility in 2022, bronze with the World Team in 2018, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish agility champion titles, national champion and multiple national vice-champion honours, wins at Czech and Slovak championships, Border Collie Classic team and individual medals, Slovenian Open, Silesian Open, Amadeus finals, and European DiscDog and Skyhoundz wins. Every dog and every run teaches something new — I'm here to help you build character as well as skill.

Highlights

  • Gold European Open Team 2022
  • Silver individually, World Championship Team Agility 2022
  • Bronze World Team 2018
  • Polish, Swedish, Norwegian & Finnish Agility Champion
  • National Champion; National Vice-Champion 2019, 2021, 2023

Q&A with Iwona Golab

What do you focus on most when teaching?

I focus on practical progressions handlers can apply immediately in their own setup.

What mistakes do handlers make most often?

Inconsistent criteria and late handling decisions usually create the biggest training blocks.

What do you want people to feel after training?

Clear on what improved, what still needs work, and what to train next.

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