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THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS

MARCH 14

PHOTOS © LAUREN LANGMAN/MATT ROUSE,
KAREN HOCKER PHOTOGRAPHY, DOGNITION

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Raising Your Pup 2 Perfection:
Confidence, Part 1
Confidence is one of the most important characteristics in any dog, whether
we are talking about a family pet or
your next agility super star. Confidence
is what the rest of your training will be
built on. By Lauren Langman

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Secrets to Perfect Timing: Cue Clarity
It's impossible to have perfect timing
if we don't really know what our cues
mean to our dog or if our dogs haven't
been trained to fully understand them.
Would be willing to bet $1,000 that
your dog understands all your cues
under all conditions? By Kathy Keats

NUMBER 03

How Smart Is Your Dog?
Dog cognition is a relatively new field
of science that studies the reasons
behind the dogs' abilities to learn and
succeed in our human centric world.
Learn how you can easily, but scientifically, evaluate your dog's cognitive
skills. By Frances Hannan, PhD

20 Teaching the Tunnel
Here's a training program to
teach your dog whether you
want extension or collection
when exiting a tunnel, independence in finding the entry,
where to look for you at the exit,
and only to do the tunnel when
cued. By Amanda Shyne
30 Switching from Running to
Stopped Contacts, Part 1
There are many reasons you may
decide to switch from a running
contact to a stopped contact.
Maybe you have discovered you
aren't fast enough to consistently
keep up with your dog or you're
having too many off-courses after
the down side. By Kate Bigger

Features
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Editorializing: See Your Dog for Who He Is
Even dogs of the same breeding lines each have a
personality of their own and may have different
learning styles as well as different strengths and
weakness. We must learn to recognize these differences early and then redesign our training plans
and methods to suit each dog individually.
By Melanie Behrens

12 Power Paws Drills: Right on Target
Why target? Just like using a nose or foot target
for contacts to get your dog to travel to a specified location, using toys and targets in your
jump training can greatly ease teaching your
dog to move forward of you and stay on the line
you have established with correct body direction and motion. By Nancy Gyes
44 Finding a Vet Qualified in the Diagnosis
and Management of Chronic Pain
In human medicine, a person in pain goes to
an average of seven different health care professionals to find someone who can both understand and treat their pain. The statistics in veterinary medicine are probably worse. How can
your reduce your search and help your dog.
By Michael C. Petty, DVM, CVPP, CMAV,
CCRT, Dipl. AAPM
56 The 10-Minute Trainer
When a dog and handler have an issue with rear
crosses, it usually stems from a lack of obstacle
commitment or lack of understanding of how to
employ lateral motion. This month we'll teach
your dog that lateral motion into his path cues
a turn away from you. By Daisy Peel

59 Training with the Stars: Kayl McCann
Life skills are the foundation of Kayl's training
and she believes this is why her dogs have been
so successful in agility. They want to listen, they
know how to listen, and they like to learn.
By Sally Silverman
64 Teaching Your Old Dog New Tricks
You may have retired your dog from agility, but
don't let him languish on the couch after a lifetime of fun and activity. Get creative and find
games and activities to work your older dog's
body as well as his mind. By Nancy Steele

Columns
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Tip of the Month By Deborah Davidson-Harpur

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

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Backyard Dogs By Mia Grant

27 The Judge's Debriefing By Terry Culley

38 As the World Turns: V-Set
A V-set is a specific cue combination in which the handler is on
the takeoff side of the jump as
the dog is approaching from the
same side. The handler shapes
the dog's approach to the jump,
creating a turn on the flat before
the dog takes off, so the dog's
angle of approach to the jump
points him in the correct
direction before he lands.
By Mary Ellen Barry
47 The OneMind Dogs
Methodology:
Foundation Training
When you start to build your
"agility house," the foundation
training is the soil on which you
build. Even the finest country
house will collapse if the soil
underneath is not solid.
By Janita Leinonen and
Jaakko Suoknuuti

Cover Dog
CH MACH PACH Evergreen Perfect
Ten Forecast, PT, MXF, T2B, VX a.k.a.
Soleil, a Collie owned by Carol
Lariviere of Rhode Island.
Photo by Donna Kelliher

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