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for ( Wit h o u t C 10 Tip s rain or T ing f pr © www.mattallison www.mattallisonphotography.com om isi n g Yo u r A b ilit y m t o Co pe uc •A•C •A•D N t1 ar Su . . . P te S ccess ssf Most of my students compete in several venues with many titles, championships, Top Ten placements, and national qualifications among them. As a result, I get many opportunities to work with handlers who want to be able to solve all kinds of agility puzzles. I get to see how training and handling choices affect their success and where problems can arise. How do these teams achieve versatility and success? In this two-part article, I’ll share my top 10 tips. om pr u lly in O ther Ven ues) m for f fr for o If you really want to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest, you won’t let extreme discomfort, intense training, unexpected expenses, language barriers, age, disability, or anything else stop you from trying. If you don’t, then any challenge makes a perfectly good reason not to try. (Personally I would be stopped just by the prospect of the paperwork that must be involved—but then I don’t really want to get there.) 10 Tip s Much of the fear of competing in multiple venues is alleviated You might read this and think, “These aren’t even remotely the if you are confident in your training ability. The handlers I work same things,” or “But I didn’t train the doorway.” Au contraire, with aren’t necessarily great trainers; they make the usual types you did! If you were to describe your approach, it might be: of errors: they hold the clicker backward sometimes or it’s in We did the stay thing, then I just opened the door and retheir pocket when they need it, toys land in the wrong spots when leased him. If he went through, he got to sniff and explore rewarding, and they all do things they swear they aren’t doing. and pee. If he didn’t, I didn’t worry about it. I just figured pr But what they all do very well and what appears to be more imom eS portant than anything else: They are confident it will all work out. pet he didn’t want to go out. I closed the door and went back isi n m g Yo to whatever I was doing. Sometimes I went out too and u r A b ilit y t o Co If you aren’t confident, here is a great way to mitigate the risks we played ball or whatever. Pretty soon he would want to your training. Think about non-agility-related behaviors your to go out all the time and I would tease him saying, “You dog is anxious to perform with precision and speed. Let’s say faker! You don’t really have to go out” and ignore him. your dog really likes to go out in the front yard. Does he ever Before I knew it I’d say, “Do you want to go out,” and he “miss the entry” and end up in the bedroom instead? Does he try would get all animated and excited and race to the door; to get through the gap where the hinges are instead of where the so I never really trained it. door opens? Does he show displacement or anxious behaviors when you go to reach for the knob? If the answer to these quesYou might think your training approach to the front door is not tions is no (and I truly hope it is), then you are a much better interesting, but I think “Great job!” It has all the elements of a trainer than you think you are. Think about why your dog has confident and relaxed approach. I don’t mean criterion free, or learned to go outside with anticipation, precision, and energy and haphazard, just sure of yourself. how you can use that information, say, to build weave entries. uc •A•C •A•D N t1 ar #2 Be confident in your training ability Su P ccess ssf u lly in O ther Ven ues) h ih ( Wi t h u u ou tC tC tC m m om om By Andrea Dexter #1 Really want to get there If you want to train for NADAC-style challenges and also compete in other venues successfully, you can. Just remember: If you want to get there, don’t let all the perfectly good reasons why you can’t (or shouldn’t) stop you. r Training fo f f f fr for for for h h ( Wi t h o ou C C tC om o Clean Run | February 10

Clean Run Magazine - February 2010

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Clean Run Magazine - February 2010

Clean Run Magazine - February 2010
Contents
Editorializing: It’s Time
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to KnowAbout Agility…
Backyard Dogs
Management of Osteoarthritis in Performance Dogs
Challenges at CR Central
It’s Your Turn! Cue #1: Lack of Motion
Group Classes vs. Private Instruction: Which Is Right for You and Your Dog?
Tips and Tricks for Videotaping Agility
Agility Equipment Unwrapped, Part 1
A Strategic Approach to FAST
Strategic Agility: A Complete Approach to Agility Training and Handling
What’s My Plan?
All About Vaccine Issues & Vaccinations
10 Tips for Training for NADAC Success (Without Compromising Your Ability to Compete Successfully in Other Venues), Part 1
Can You Handle It?
Skill of the Month
Nested Courses for a Small Universe
Tricks for Agility: Balancing on Boxes
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Clean Run Magazine - February 2010
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 2
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Contents
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 4
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Editorializing: It’s Time
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Everything You Always Wanted to KnowAbout Agility…
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 9
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 10
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Management of Osteoarthritis in Performance Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 12
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 13
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 14
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 15
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 16
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 17
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Challenges at CR Central
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 19
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 20
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 21
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - It’s Your Turn! Cue #1: Lack of Motion
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 23
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 24
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 25
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 26
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 27
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Group Classes vs. Private Instruction: Which Is Right for You and Your Dog?
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 29
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 30
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 31
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Tips and Tricks for Videotaping Agility
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 33
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 34
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 35
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Agility Equipment Unwrapped, Part 1
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 37
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 38
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 39
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 40
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - A Strategic Approach to FAST
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 42
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 43
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 44
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 45
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Strategic Agility: A Complete Approach to Agility Training and Handling
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 47
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 48
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 49
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 50
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - What’s My Plan?
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 52
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 53
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 54
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 55
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 56
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 57
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - All About Vaccine Issues & Vaccinations
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 59
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 60
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 61
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 62
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 63
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 10 Tips for Training for NADAC Success (Without Compromising Your Ability to Compete Successfully in Other Venues), Part 1
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 65
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 66
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 67
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 68
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Can You Handle It?
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 70
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 71
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 72
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Skill of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 74
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 75
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 76
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Nested Courses for a Small Universe
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 78
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 79
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - Tricks for Agility: Balancing on Boxes
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 81
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 82
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 83
Clean Run Magazine - February 2010 - 84
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