Clean Run - September 2015 - 3

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THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS

SEPTEMBER 15

PHOTOS © CLEAN RUN, CAROL SEARL,
JACKIE PHILLIPS

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Mind to Win: How Your Emotions
Affect Your Dog's Emotions, Part 2
You are part of a team trifecta: you,
your dog, and your partnership with
your dog. All three interact with each
other. Many handlers recognize how
their dog's behaviour affects them,
but it's not a one-way street! Your
dog may also be reacting to you.
By Kathrine McAleese, PhD

VOLUME 21

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Using a Lotus Ball for Teaching
Running Contacts on the A-Frame
Stride regulators, hoops, and targets
all give the dog reasons or motivation
to change his style of descent on the
A-frame, but rolling a Lotus Ball down
the A-frame just in front of the dog,
draws the dog into a perfect position
for an efficient and smooth running
contact. By Jan Manning

NUMBER 09

Should We Rethink the TPLO? Part 1
There probably isn't a single agility competitor out there who hasn't
known or had a dog that needed a
tibial plateau leveling osteotomy to
repair a torn cranial cruciate ligament.
As the incidences of ruptured cruciates are increasing, so is the need for
improved surgical and non-surgical
care. By Kimberly Henneman, DVM

Power Paws Skills: Help,
My Dog Won't Collect!
Despite all your training, your dog
is still having trouble collecting
and turning over a jump. Here
are some ideas to get him to
shorten his stride and turn more
efficiently. By Nancy Gyes

33 As the World Turns: Running
on the Dog's Line (Serpentine)
Running on the dog's line,
or serpentine, is a technique that
involves the dog jumping into
the handler. The handler is on the
landing side and pushing on the
dog's path to change his line.
By Mary Ellen Barry

Features
5

Editorializing: Analysis Paralysis
The ease of videotaping all our runs with tablets
and smartphones has led to many of us obsessing
on our Es until we doubt our skills and have trouble making handling choices. By Meg McCarthy

24 Class Plans from Happy Dog Ranch
One of the challenges instructors face each week is
designing exercises and courses that require little
moving of equipment between groups and challenge all the students in the class while not making
it so difficult that they cannot be successful.
By Kristy Netzer
27 A Conversation with the Man
Behind the System
Greg Derrett started talking about a method/
system of handling in the mid 90's. In the increasingly competitive world of agility, Greg talks about
the reasons he has not changed some things and
also address some of the misconceptions about his
training methodology. By Sandy Rogers
30 Training with the Stars: Katarina Podlipnik
When helping students, Katarina looks carefully at
what motivates a particular dog. While she works
a lot on building both food and toy drive, she also
seeks alternative motivators for when food and
toys are simply not enough. By Sally Silverman
43 Training in Small Spaces, Part 2:
Making the Most of What You Have
Learn how a trainer kept her Masters level dog
tuned up for agility and also did foundation work
with her up and coming dog while living in a New
York City apartment. By Bobbie Bhambree

49 Being an Innovative Dog Trainer: Arousal,
Part 5-On- and Off-Switch Behaviours!
Tricks are an often neglected performanceenhancing freebie. Tricks that decrease arousal
are "off-switch behaviours" and tricks that increase
arousal are "on-switch behaviours."
By Tom Mitchell
57 An Inside Look at Agility Training Centers:
Sonlight Ranch & K9 Event Center
Sonlight Ranch & K9 Event Center is an outdoor
facility which is sits on 28 acres near Tampa,
Florida, from 1992 to 2009. Sonlight offers competitive agility training in two fully fenced outdoor
grass rings. By Brenna Fender
61 K9 Conditioning: Have a Plan
and Make it Simple
The exercises this month were put together in an
effort to give your dog a full body workout with
minimal equipment changes. By Bobbie Lyons,
Cert CF, FitPAWS Master Trainer
Course Instructor

Columns
6

Tip of the Month
By Deborah Davidson Harpur

Everything You Always Wanted to Know
About Agility... By Brenna Fender

51 The Judge's Debriefing By Victoria MacVicar
65 Backyard Dogs By Mia Grant

45 Puppies Creating a Balance
Raising an agility dog is not just
about teaching a puppy to understand our handling cues or to
execute an obstacle in the fastest
way possible; they need a balance
of life skills as well. Our agility
dogs have to work for us while
ignoring other dogs and people,
judges moving around them, yelling numbers and strange dogs in
close proximity to their toys and
food, etc. By Rachel Sanders
53 The Effects of Mirroring on
Behavior: A Simple Concept
with a Huge Impact
Whether a person is inadvertently
mimicking their dog's energy or
a dog is mirroring their person's
energy, the impact on the dog's
behavior is immense. Adjust your
demeanor to positively influence
your dog's behaviors and see how
incredibly effective mirroring can
be. By Stacy Winkler

Cover Dog
Nonesuch Dreamboat Annie AX, MXJ,
a.k.a. Annie, a Bearded Collie owned
by Gordon Eisendrath of Wisconsin.
Photo by Alissa Behn, Pet Personalities.

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