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In Cider By Bill Gates © ANDRÉ JOLICOEUR Everything I Needed to Know Everything I needed to know about agility I could have learned from a junior handler—if I was really paying attention. The crowd quiets. Both spectators and competitors turn their attention to the Jumpers with Weaves ring. An adorable seven-year-old girl and her Papillon wait at the start line for the timer’s signal. She confidently runs the course, making crosses and calling commands as well as any seasoned adult handler. They run the first half of the course flawlessly. Their flow, however, is interrupted by the weave poles. The dog enters the obstacle with the first pole to his left shoulder. But instead of turning right and slaloming through the remaining poles, the dog lifts his head and continues straight out of the poles for three steps on the same trajectory as he entered. Here the dog holds position and stares into the adjacent ring. The young handler approaches the dog, gets his attention, and reattempts the weave poles, with the same result: the dog takes three steps out of the poles and stops. She tries a third time with no change. As a junior handler, she is faced with a problem familiar to most everyone. First, she must realize that completing the weave poles in this run is not likely to happen. The dog probably knows how to perform the obstacle; he made the correct entry three November 07 | Clean Run going to reinforce this lack of focus by continuing on the course. This young lady left the course calmly and coolly without a hint of anger. Her other runs were technically very good and earned her qualifying ribbons. The applause from the crowd was strong and did not vary in intensity between a qualifying and a non-qualifying run: everyone showed their support for the spirit of sportsmanship demonstrated by the team. How does one come to possess such admirable qualities at a young age? I never thought about what impact the process of dog training could have on a child’s development until one day, upon completion of a run, I was asked by a spectator if her child could pet Cider. “Of course, she loves people.” They were at this particular trial to see what agility was all about. The woman was considering entering her daughter in an agility training class. She asked my opinion: Yes, what a great way to develop life skills and foster personal growth (at the time my response was not so polished, yet I continued on). Your child will learn to set goals and gauge expectations. She will develop a work ethic to achieve those goals and learn to adjust her expectations if the goals are, temporarily, too high. She will be a team leader where the other half of the team does not speak her language. This simple fact presents a unique challenge—not just for youngsters, 13 times. The problem: the dog was either more worried about or more interested in something in the surroundings than performing this obstacle. This realization alone tests the sportsmanship of the handler. Does she become angry with the dog for not performing the obstacle as practiced or does she approach this situation with the understanding that this obstacle is now different than practice because of the new environment? At this juncture, she must make a choice— whether to continue on the course, omitting the weave poles, or leave the course. This handler decided her dog was neither focused on the task at hand nor focused on her. And she decided the lack of focus merited removal from the course. With poise and polish she tucked the dog under her arm and left the course. She displayed neither anger nor disappointment. It was simply the thing to do. In my mind the gracious exit could have been improved only by a curtsey to the judge before leaving—but that would only be for my benefit and would not add meaning to the lesson. The weave poles may have been a problem for them in training as well as in trials. She was not

Clean Run Magazine - November 2007

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Clean Run Magazine - November 2007

Clean Run Magazine - November 2007
Contents
Editorializing: The Changing of the Guard
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Backyard Dogs
In Cider
On Course with Greg Louganis
Help! I Can’t Keep Up: Jo’s Jumping Plan
Spy Kids: The 10-month Mark
Beyond the Backyard
Being Black and White, Part 2: The Weave Poles
Trainer’s Forum
Muscle Memory: Myth or Magic?
World-Class Weaves, Part 2
Power Paws Patterns: Number One
Dash’s Journey: Overcoming Anxiety
Distance Challenge
Will I Qualify?
The Judge’s Debriefing
Rotator Cuff Injury in Performance Dogs
Nested Courses for a Busy World
Addendum to July 2007 Construction Zone
Course Diagram Keys
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Clean Run Magazine - November 2007
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 2
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Contents
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 4
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Editorializing: The Changing of the Guard
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 8
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 10
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 11
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 12
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - In Cider
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 14
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 15
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - On Course with Greg Louganis
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 17
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 18
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 19
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 20
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Help! I Can’t Keep Up: Jo’s Jumping Plan
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 22
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 23
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 24
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 25
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 26
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Spy Kids: The 10-month Mark
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 28
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 29
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Beyond the Backyard
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 31
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 32
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 33
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 34
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 35
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Being Black and White, Part 2: The Weave Poles
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 37
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Trainer’s Forum
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 39
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 40
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 41
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Muscle Memory: Myth or Magic?
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 43
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 44
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 45
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - World-Class Weaves, Part 2
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 47
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 48
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 49
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 50
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 51
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 52
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 53
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 54
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Power Paws Patterns: Number One
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 56
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 57
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 58
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Dash’s Journey: Overcoming Anxiety
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 60
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 61
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 62
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 63
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 64
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Distance Challenge
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 66
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 67
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 68
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Will I Qualify?
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 70
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - The Judge’s Debriefing
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 72
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 73
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Rotator Cuff Injury in Performance Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 75
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 76
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 77
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Nested Courses for a Busy World
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 79
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 80
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 81
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - Course Diagram Keys
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 83
Clean Run Magazine - November 2007 - 84
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