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THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS

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A 10-Step Program to Boost
Confidence and Speed
Many dogs slow down in agility
because there's a lack of consistent
communication about when they
should check in and when they should
keep going on course. Using this program to balance your dog's obstaclefocus and handler-focus skills can give
you a dog that is faster, more confident,
and happier. By Nathalie Lafleur

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Box Games: Teaching Creativity
& Problem Solving
Focus, drive, and a "never say die" attitude may wrap up your mental image
of the perfect four-legged agility
competitor. But the answer to raising a
dog with all of these attributes isn't all
about drilling agility skills; the answer
lies in a simple, fun, motivational training activity known as box games.
By Keagen J. Grace, CPDT-KA, CTDI

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Out Spot Out!
Determining Your Dog's Speed
Knowing how fast your dog can
perform obstacles and run the distance between obstacles is important
for games like Gamblers, but it's also
important for understanding where
you'll be in relation to your dog on any
course, so you can plan where to place
crosses and where to use distance to
the best advantage. By Lorrie Reynolds

31 Secrets to Perfect Timing:
What Is Perfect Timing?
How do you get perfect timing?
Or at least much improved timing? Follow this series and it will
open up your eyes to a whole
new agility world, and give you
the tools to run as a much more
consistent team. By Kathy Keats
38 Rear Cross Basics
Rear crosses are an important
handling maneuver at which all
dogs and handlers need to be
well versed. It is also a difficult
handling maneuver to teach
correctly and to maintain.
By Laura Manchester-Derrett

Features
5

Editorializing: Old Dogs Rule
and Old Dog Rules
Enjoy every moment you get to spend with your
old dog and remember all he has done for your
life, your career, and your sanity. By Nancy Gyes

17 Developing Resistance
to Hamstring Injuries in Agility, Part 1
To prevent a hamstring injury, we need to
train smarter. Working on our hamstrings in
isolation isn't enough; often the source of the
problem is core instability or muscle imbalances. Take three simple tests to identify your
body's deficiencies or compensations.
By Kimber Chase and Kristin Rosenbach
28 The 10-Minute Trainer
One of the challenges of keeping your eye on
your dog on an agility course is that you have
to balance keeping your eye on your dog with
keeping your eye on the obstacles so that you
know where you're going next. This month
you'll learn to run a course without looking
directly at the obstacles. By Daisy Peel
32 Power Paws Drills: Route 270
There are an unlimited number of ways you
can use this month's two setups, which both
focus on 270s. You'll get to practice rear crosses
into a 270, front crosses before and after a 270,
serps on a 270, and back-to-back 270s.
By Nancy Gyes

51 Training with the Stars: Laura Chudleigh
Laura Chudleigh is a young woman with
a truckload of drive and a vision for where
she wants to go. That personality helped her
win gold at Britain's most prestigious agility
event; and she did it at age 22, with a dog that
was barely two, the youngest dog ever to win
Olympia. By Sally Silverman
63 Busting the Myths:
Ending a Session on a Good Note?
Have you ever heard that you need to end each
training session on a good note? Why? If the
training is as fun as it should be, then the dog
should be disappointed that training is ending.
By Silvia Trkman

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

45 Knowledge Equals Speed!
Creating Paths On an
International Course
International courses are all
about creating the correct handler paths and shoulder direction to get the acceleration and
accuracy required on these types
of courses. They really aren't as
hard as they sometimes look.
By Dawn Weaver

Tip of the Month By Deborah Davidson-Harpur

42 Wanna Take a Shortcut?
Almost everyone in agility has
been told at some point that taking shortcuts in training is bad. Is
this true? And, if there a shortcuts
that might benefit you, how do
you know which ones they are?
By Sandy Rogers

Backyard Dogs By Marquand Cheek

59 The Judge's Debriefing By Carla Boudrot

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CH MACH3 Panacea's Mad About
You CD, RE, JH, MXG, MJB2, MXF,
T2B, ADCH, SACH, GM, JM, RM, SM,
a.k.a. Chili Pepper, a 7-year-old
Vizsla owned by Katherine & Dale
Hokens (handled by Dale). Photo
by GreatDanePhotos.

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