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Besides using play to teach the dog, studies have shown that dogs learn well from watching. Though it may seem silly, Dr. Overall says that if you run the course yourself, and let the dog watch, it may help to alleviate his concerns. Or, if he is calm enough, let him watch a dog that he trusts and likes (and that is successful and happy with agility) run the course. According to Dr. Overall, you might never know that a dog is prone to anxiety until he is put into a situation such as a training class. The class can actually be the yardstick indicating how far the dog can go. Overall says, “If the dog is having trouble learning agility, he is probably having trouble handling other things. If he can learn agility, it will help in other areas.” Medication, she stresses, should not be used to transform a worried dog into a competitor. It can, however, help a dog to enjoy life, and agility might be a part of that life. Epilogue This is still a story in the making. Dash unfortunately took a tumble from the teeter in training, and all her confidence went down with her. For a while after the fall she would not go into the training building. We went back to square one with desensitizing her to the board, and using class time and trials as social events. She has started Rally O, at which she is quite good. She is thrilled that all she has to do is stick with me and get unlimited treats. We have turned a lot of her energy to Frisbee, another sport at which she excels. She has also earned a CGC and TDI. All these activities have revitalized her confidence. Now she will happily play around a full-height teeter, slap it until it bangs, and do a perfect two-on/two-off at the bottom. But she will not go the length of it, and I won’t ask her to. Because of her concern over the teeter, I may never ask her to go back into the competition ring (she is sometimes convinced, I think, that there is a teeter lurking in the corner, even on a Jumpers course). It doesn’t matter. For her bravery, her willingness to try, and her utter delight when she is pleased with herself, Dash will always be a champion to me. D Sally Silverman is a freelance writer whose life has gone to the dogs. An avid equestrian who writes regularly for horse-related publications, she began agility eight years ago and is finally starting to get it! She and her husband share their hearts and home with four Australian Shepherds, including two rescue dogs. She trains and competes in both agility and canine freestyle, and enjoys playing Frisbee with the dogs as well. She is an active member of Y2K9s Dog Sports Club outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fast delivery of the best tunnels anywhere Competition tunnels • Ultralight tunnels for the backyard • Teacup and standard sizes 10' to 24' lengths and choice of pitch • Solid colors and multicolor combinations Chutes and sandbags, too 800.464.0112 Agility is not our business–it is our passion! November 07 | Clean Run 63
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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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