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Reward the dog the moment all four feet are on the platform By Sassie Joiris, photos by author except where noted Balancing on Boxes Tricks Step 2 Stand by the largest platform and use a treat in your hand to lure the dog onto it. This should be easy; if the dog struggles, find a larger and/or lower platform to start with. Here’s a silly trick that teaches the dog to think about foot placement, helps build muscle, and also promotes good balance. Balancing on a box or small pedestal is trick that is both easy to teach and challenging for the dog. First, find or make an assortment of platforms of different sizes and heights. The largest platform should be sized so the dog can easily fit all four feet onto it and low enough for the dog to get onto it without a struggle. For very small dogs a large book or phone book works nicely. For larger dogs an upside-down bucket, a plastic airline crate, an ottoman, or a child’s chair can do the trick. Cardboard boxes can be filled so that they don’t cave in under the dog’s weight then covered with colorful duct tape to make a wide variety of platform sizes and shapes. The filling can be anything that gives support: old books, smaller boxes, a brick, pieces of wood, anything that gives support will work. The duct tape, in addition to making the platforms look nice, is sturdy, gives a little bit of traction, and can easily be cleaned with a damp sponge. Reward the dog the moment all four feet are on the platform; praise, then encourage the dog to jump off the platform. Repeat this two or three times so the dog is comfortable. Next, instead of luring the dog onto the platform with a treat, use the same hand and hand gesture (but without the treat) to encourage the dog to jump onto the platform. As soon as the dog is on the platform, reward with a treat from the other hand. At this point you can add a verbal cue. Get Up, Hop On, or Balance all work nicely. If your dog does not jump onto the platform when you don’t have food in your hand, keep a treat in the hand you’re gesturing with for a few more tries. But don’t give that treat to the dog; treat with the other hand. Clean Run | February 10 Agility for Step 1 Find a training area with good traction so that the platforms don’t slip and slide. Indoors, carpeting often works nicely, as does rubber matting. Outdoors, grass generally provides a pretty good surface. Place the three largest platforms on the ground a few feet apart. Make sure that the platforms don’t wobble when weight is put on just one side or corner. If the platform wobbles, then you’ll have to use a hand or foot to stabilize it while the dog is learning so that the movement does not worry him. Once the dog is comfortable with the trick, wobbling won’t worry him and you won’t have to stabilize the platform.

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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