Clean Run - February 2018 - 3

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THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS

PHOTOS © SUSAN SALO, LEE GIBSON,
ISTOCK PHOTOGRAPHY

Using a Target for Jump Training
Targets are an important part of grid
work training, but improper use of
targets can desensitize our dogs
to our motion. We need to train
thoughtfully and support targets
with correct motion. By Susan Salo

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The Global Judging Program
The GJP was designed to help give
judges a fuller understanding of their
role, from not only the practical side
of designing courses and judging, but
the larger role they play in the evolution of our sport. By Greg Derrett

NUMBER 02

Managing Your Training Time:
What to Focus on Each Week
So you are motivated to train and
get better. You've been inspired by
your instructor or simply those soulful canine eyes saying "let's do this!"
Where do you start? By Melanie Miller

12 Brain Games for Dogs
Studies say playing brain games
for 10-15 minutes a day is
the same as an off-leash walk
through the forest for 1.5 hours.
How can brain games help your
performance dog? By Rachelle
Huismans-Lardenoye
33 Building a Reward System for
Effective Dog Training - Part 1
Have you thought about how
you use rewards, how you want
your dog to think about rewards,
and what type of rewards to use
and when? Do you have a mental
model of your reward system?
By Anne Stocum

Features
Editorializing: Reminder,
Dogs Are Not Machines
There are many sport-dog rearing programs that
promote controlled resource allocation, but your
dog is not a race car that you can keep in the
garage, shining it, tuning it up, and then finally
taking it out on the track. By Sarah Stremming

50 Agility After Dark
This diverse practice group was started 17 years
ago to give handlers from all venues a place to
train on full size courses. Their initial practice
time in the indoor soccer arena they found was
from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. every Tuesday evening.
By Linda Mizrahi

The 25% Solution for Fine
Tuning Teamwork
This month's drills, which fit in a 60 x 40 foot
area, focus on 270s, serps, and threadles.
By John Reid and Rebecca Thrift

52 Starting Off Right: Front-Foot Targeting
Being able to verbally cue front-foot targeting will
allow you to use this behavior as a starting point
for numerous performance-related skills.
By Bobbie Lyons, CCFT, KPA-CTP, Cert CF

10 Practically Training: Turning Cues
My training program calls for perfecting seven
key turn cues. They are the cues that I know most
handlers can excel with on American-style agility
courses. By Sandy Rogers

54 "I Want Agility To Be Like This..."
So, what would you like agility to be like? Here
are some examples that show agility competition
doesn't always have to be the same-old-same-old.
All it takes is some imagination, determination,
and some personal touches to show your corner
of the world something special.
By Barbara Scanlan

15 Power Paws Drills: Star Crossed
This setup has an unlimited number of patterns
and drills you can train. There are a fair number
of push-to-the-back challenges as well as threadles, and then simpler figure-eight and star patterns you can do. By Nancy Gyes
19 Training Freedom: Here I Go Again!
This month our target training progressed from
a mat on the ground to a mat on a training plank.
It's also time to introduce the pipe tunnel to all
three dogs. By Jo Sermon
37 Plan for Action
To improve in agility we need to plan training
sessions that have the specific goal of improving
performance rather than just doing mindless repetitions. This month's practice sets focus on pulls.
By Mia Grant

Columns
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Themes Like a Good Idea By David Bozak

Tip of the Month By Laura Derrett

40 Stranded at the Start Line:
What to Do When Things
Go Wrong Before You Run
There are many ways you can be
thrown off your mental game
before starting an agility run:
negative remarks from other
competitors, a scuffle between
dogs, timing malfunction, etc.
Unsettling things can happen, so
how do you get focused and have
a good run? By Brenna Fender
58 Distance Jump Training
for Any Dog, Part 2
Absolutely any dog can be taught
to work away from their handler!
It doesn't matter how focused
they are on you or how much
they stare at you over every
obstacle. You can overcome
that with clear, methodical
well-rewarded behaviors.
By Stacy Winkler

24 Backyard Dogs By Dudley Shumate
26 My Favorite Jumping Exercise
By Abigail Beasley
30 The Judge's Debriefing By Karl Schulzki

Cover Dog
Jeter Morris MACH3, MXS, MJG, OF,
T2B, TKI, a.k.a. Jeter, a 4-year-old
All-American owned by Kaela
Morris of California. Photo by
Mia Grant.

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