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I run two dogs and they are completely different. One is tall and
long-striding. I can't keep up with him and he prefers to work ahead of
me. My other dog takes much shorter strides and doesn't make many mistakes
on course. But to keep her interested in agility, I need to run as fast as
I can and stay out ahead of her. Both dogs are competing at the same level
so I run the same course with them both. How can I walk the course for both
dogs, figure out a handling plan for each one, and remember it? If you are
lucky, your dogs run at different heights. If this is the Joel and Jean
Lavalley case, you will often have a separate walk-through for each dog.
Joel and Jean have been involved in agility with their Shelties and BC
since 1995. Joel I make myself commit to focusing on the dog whose course
I'm is an associate professor at a community walking during his set amount
of time. That way neither dog gets college in Nashville, Tennessee, and
Jean is a shortchanged on my focus. My dogs jump the same height, so I
small animal veterinarian in Murfreesboro, usually have to share
walk-through time. When this happens I do Tennessee. They own Its4dogs, an
agility equipment/rental business, and travel about the best I can to
separate the walk time into three sections: The BARB BIXLER 30 weekends a
year to agility trials. Visit their first third is just to learn the
course and its flow, the second third website: www.its4dogs.com. is for
one dog, and the last third is for the other dog. Joel: I run two
different dogs. The one in the 16 class wants me to When it is time to run
one of the dogs, I spend my warm-up be in front. I try to do as many front
crosses as possible and stay time going over that dog's plan in my head. I
usually will do the ahead of this dog. The other is an extremely fast BC
that jumps dog's warm-up walk where I can see the course being run and
just 24 /26 and would rather be driven from the rear. Walking for me run
it over and over again in my mind while watching. If I can't is usually
quite easy since I concentrate on the first dog to run and warm up where I
can see the course and dogs running, I walk usually have another
walk-through for the second. the course in my head several times just to
remember where the On those occasions where there is only one walk-through
for obstacles are located. Then I rehearse the strategy for the dog I both
classes I do several things: I spend close to the first half of am about
to run in my mind over and over. After that dog runs, my walk-through
trying to concentrate on the second dog that I let it all go. I can enjoy
the high of a good run for a bit, but any runs the course. I walk the
course a couple times thinking about self-analysis of the course and how
it could have been better has this dog and his path as well as my handling
strategy. I then spend to wait for later in the day after the other dog has
had a turn, the rest of the walk-through thinking about the first dog to
run, except on the rare occasion where I learned something in a run his
path, and my handling strategies. that might help my second dog be
successful. As I'm cooling off that dog and preparing to warm up the
other, I start my mental After I run the first dog, I then switch thinking
caps and revert course walking again, but this time with the second dog and
the to my handling strategies for the second dog. I usually review the
handling path that dog needs. course in my mind and often shadow handle
the course once or twice while getting the second dog ready to run. I must
admit that Remember that it is a privilege to have more than one canine I
have run a rather large number of courses and sometimes hardly partner
able and willing to run agility with you. While it makes get any time to
walk due to setting up courses or working the rings. course walking more
difficult, and sometimes splits your focus Since I have been in the ring
close to a thousand times, there is to your detriment, it also gives you
more than one shot at each not much a judge can throw at me that we
haven't done before. course more opportunities to run, more opportunities
to learn, I think that after enough repetition and enough experience you
and more opportunities for fun and success! will be able to deal with it
quite easily, but there will be a learning curve where you might not do as
well with one of the dogs as you Melissa Frye would have had you only been
running one. Melissa competes in a variety of dog sports with her
Skyrocket Cockers: MACH Ch. Hunter, SH, CD, RN, You might also experience
a particularly tough time at a large event COURTESY OF MELISSA FRYE
FDCH-G, and Dice, MX, MXJ, FDCH; and also runs like the USDAA Nationals
where you walk four or five courses Ibizan hound, Kizzi, AX, AXJ, JC, CD,
RN, the #1 for each dog very early in the morning and have to remember AKC
Ibizan in 2005. Frye teaches agility and rally at WOOFS Dog Training, and
Skyrocket Dog Training in your strategy for each one on each individual
course. This will northern Virginia. Contact her at mfrye@mfrye.com.
definitely tax your brain. Remember one thing: we have chosen An important
thing to ask is why your dogs run very differently. to run more than one
dog and we can have twice the fun if we Dogs can and do have legitimate
preferences, but sometimes just live it and let it happen. different
handling is a workaround for a training issue. My Cocker Jean: I'm not
sure that my two current dogs are as different as this Spaniel, Hunter,
would have happily spent his agility career staring description of your
dogs, but they certainly have different skill sets at me from 12 away. I
recognized early he was a very handler- and different strengths and
weaknesses. These differences mean focused dog and spent a lot of time
working on rewarding him that often I will have two different handling
paths for the same for going away from me. With my first Cocker, about
halfway course even though both my dogs are small/medium Shelties. through
her MACH, I recognized that she had never been taught | June 06 Clean Run
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Clean Run Magazine - June 2006

Contents
Say It Like You Mean It
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility...
Backyard Dogs
Shape Up Your Training Program
Horsing Around with Dogs
City Dogs
The Forgotten Obstacle
Developing Jumping Skills, Part 6
On Course with Ann Croft
Ask the Experts
Spirit of Agility
Thermoregulation for Dummies
Alphabet Drills
The Weave Poles: A Different Perspective
Distance Challenge
The "Vy" Line
Nip It in the Bud
Mental Management: Dealing with Distractions, Part 1
The Judge's Debriefing
Master Plan
Long and Narrow
Review: Best of the 2005 FCI Agility World Championships
Agility Organization Update
Course Diagram Keys
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Contents
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Say It Like You Mean It
Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility...
Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Backyard Dogs
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Shape Up Your Training Program
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Horsing Around with Dogs
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - City Dogs
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - The Forgotten Obstacle
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Developing Jumping Skills, Part 6
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - On Course with Ann Croft
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Ask the Experts
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Spirit of Agility
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Thermoregulation for Dummies
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - The Weave Poles: A Different Perspective
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Distance Challenge
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - The "Vy" Line
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Nip It in the Bud
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Mental Management: Dealing with Distractions, Part 1
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - The Judge's Debriefing
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Master Plan
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Long and Narrow
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Review: Best of the 2005 FCI Agility World Championships
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Agility Organization Update
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Clean Run Magazine - June 2006 - Course Diagram Keys
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