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® Cover THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS MARCH 16 PHOTOS © WWW.MATTALLISONPHOTOGRAPHY.COM, GADABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY, CASIE BRETELL 8 Judge's Eye: Course Design and Point-Accumulation Games Are you considering "compensating obstacles" when you plan strategies for point-accumulation games such as Snooker and Gamblers? Here's a look, from a judge's point view, at course design factors competitors should keep in mind when collecting points is required for a class. By Cindy Deak VOLUME 22 30 11 The One Little Thing Club and How to Avoid Joining Don't allow that one thing that goes wrong to cause your dog to slow down and wonder if he's right all the time! Your focus must be on what went right for your dog to achieve the level of confidence necessary to enjoy success in this sport. By Kathy Lofthouse NUMBER 03 Puppy Skills for Total Team Performance: Using the Hindquarters and Weave Pole Pre-Training This month we look at an exercise that teaches your dog to use her hindquarters effectively and stay parallel to your side, as well as an exercise for introducing the weave poles without any actual weaving. By Frankie Joiris and Chris Ott Features 5 Editorializing: Setting Boundaries Instructors are often expected to answer endless emails outside of class and watch every student's run at any event they happen to be at together. But this isn't feasible if we expect instructors to maintain their love of teaching and the game. Instructors need to set boundaries, not because they don't care about their students, but because they need "me" time and "dog" time just as their students do. By Kathy Keats 12 Power Paws Drills If you haven't already considered that you need some kind of cue for your dog to turn tightly out of tunnels, you might want to think about training that skill on this setup that features box work and tunnels. By Nancy Gyes 25 The Construction Zone: Pause Table This practice pause table is a fun weekend project and requires only basic building skills to make a very sturdy table that can be adjusted to different heights. By Kathy Mocharnuk 34 Sense of Self: Sportsmanship- Coach and Player Coaches, and the dynamic between a coach and a player, are pivotal to both the endurance and progression of agility. Coaches can lead competitors with their own practice of sportsmanship relative to students, other players, officials, and other coaches. By Tori Self 50 On Course with Wendy Crawshaw Well into her seventh decade, Wendy just started to play the agility game ten years ago. But that hasn't stopped her from achieving impressive success as well as having a lot of fun along the way. By Sally Silverman 14 How to Train Legendary Lead-Outs, Part 1 Whether you're an athletic handler, a slow handler, or a physically challenged handler, long lead-outs can help your dog have a speedy and accurate head start on many courses. This month you'll work on a recall "Out" and landing-side front cross drill. By Kristy Netzer 18 Seven Tips for Making Videos that Improve Your Performance More and more handlers are videotaping runs and training sessions, but these videos often fall short of being useful for improving future performance. Making a few simple changes in how and when you use video can transform your camera into a powerful training aid. By Jean M. Emery 41 As the World Turns: Grab to Weaves Grab to weaves is a technique in which the handler positions herself at the entrance to the poles and uses her hand to put the dog on handler focus to help him better see the correct entrance. It is a very effective technique for discriminations and very difficult weaves entries. By Mary Ellen Barry 53 Return to Agility after Iliopsoas Strain Thirty-two percent of muscle injuries in dogs involve the iliopsoas muscle group. By Robert Cullen, DVM and Debra Canapp, DVM, CCRT, CVA Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation 62 Bringing Up Banksy, Part 3 "I was ready for a puppy, a future superstar that would be trained from scratch by me, pretty good trainer of dogs and quite averagely mediocre agility competitor. On a quest towards becoming Somewhat Better Than Pretty Good." By Laura Hartwick Columns 6 Tip of the Month By Marcy Rauch 7 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility... By Brenna Fender 32 Backyard Dogs By Mia Grant 37 The Judge's Debriefing By Lauren Duckworth 57 Novice and Beyond- A Survival Guide: Does That Work? Understand what you are doing in agility training and why you are doing it. Not everything works right away and quick fixes often don't last. Plus, what works for the goose doesn't always work for the gander! By Sandy Rogers Cover Dog Ezri Dax, NATCH8, Versatility NATCH6, Elite All Around, 7500 Lifetime Points, a.k.a. Ezri, a Lab mix who was owned and handled by Linda W. Anderson of Virginia. Photo by Diane Lewis. Clean Run (ISSN 1089-8506) is published monthly by Clean Run Productions, LLC. Principal office: 17 Industrial Dr., South Hadley, MA 01075. Periodicals postage paid at South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075-9902 and additional offices. © Copyright 1995-2016 Bud Houston and Clean Run Productions, LLC. All world rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. 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