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of our little pop-up tents, destroying them completely and causing folks to hold on to the ones still standing for dear life. That
evening I drew a few cartoons of the scenes, and they were circulated among the exhibitors the following day. Bud was among
the crowd and brought over a copy of Clean Run, which he had
just started as a club publication/newsletter, and asked if he
could use my drawings for an upcoming issue. I was delighted
to be included and expressed interest in receiving future copies of Clean Run. Back then (I can't believe it's been 25 years!),
the sport was still relatively new, and many of us were eager to
learn how to handle our dogs and navigate through the various
courses. Clean Run was an excellent resource, and soon many of
my fellow Albuquerque agility enthusiasts also wanted to receive Bud's new publication. I continued to do cover art as well
as a few other art projects for quite some time, but as the sport
grew, so did the number of artists, who were soon followed by
the great photographers we have today."
10. The online store was
launched in 1998. "The only
things we really shipped out
initially though were the
books and magazines. We
sold tons of back issues in
the beginning, so we were
always running to the photocopy store!" Soon they added other products like toys, treats,
slip leads, and the popular Dita shoes. The business eventually moved from Anna's house to a rented space in Chicopee,
Massachusetts, alongside Exercise Finished, a dog training
center for obedience and agility. The space was an old factory
for bottling beer-with no central air conditioning or heat!
Monica says, "So we wore gloves with cut off fingertips in the
winter while working and had free popsicles and ice cream all
summer long!" In April, 2007, Clean Run moved into the current building in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
11. The first Clean Run Course
Designer program was released
in 1998. It supported the AKC
and USDAA obstacle sets.
CRCD4 can in fact still open
.AGL files created in CRCD 1.0
and CRCD2000 (which was
released in September 1999).
These ran only on Windows
PCs. CRCD did not run on Mac until CRCD3. The first copies
of CRCD were available on disc only-no digital downloads!
12. Clean Run's current tradition
of having stunning agility photography on the cover of each issue began in January, 1999 with a
photo by Tien Tran of Pam Reid's
All-Canadian, Eejit. At that point
the covers were black and white.
The first color cover was in January,
2000. The rest of the magazine still
sported black and white photos.
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13. Linda and Monica bought out Bud's ownership of the
business in February of 1999.
14. With agility growing by leaps and bounds in 1999,
Clean Run offered its first agility camp. There were150
people and 10 instructors that met up at a Georgia campsite.
By 2004, the camp had 350 competitors and auditors, 18
instructors, and 17 rings of equipment!
15. Long-time agility competitor
and Clean Run contributor Mary
Ellen Barry shares her memories:

Clean Run
NOVEMBER 24, 1995

VOLUME 1, NUMBER 42

"Wow, I can't believe Clean Run
magazine is 25 years old. I remember
those early days when the 'magazine'
was black and white with hand-illustrated covers. It was hardly a magazine, more like a newsletter stapled
and folded in half and delivered by
snail mail. These were the days I
would check my mailbox for issues of Clean Run, premiums
of upcoming agility trials, and confirmations from trials I had
already entered. No email back then, how on Earth did we
survive! I remember meeting Linda, Bud, and Monica, all in
person, and seeing them compete after seeing their dogs on
the cover pages! I remember vividly Monica's dog Lazer on the
cover. I was in awe when I actually got to meet him and watch
him run. He was one of the coolest dogs ever with amazing distance and verbal commands!
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I also remember the first Clean Run Camp held in 1999! I was
the first participant to register for a spot when the camp was
announced in the summer of 1998. I was SOOOO excited.
I eventually went on to write for the magazine from 20032017, as well as teach at the Camp in 2004 and 2005. I was
honored to be a part of both.
Well done to Clean Run magazine and congratulations on
your 25 years!"
16. In 2000, Jean Murray teamed
up with Clean Run to offer a trial
management software called Clean
Run Trial Genie.
17. Also, in approximately 2000,
Lisa Baird joined Clean Run magazine and has continued to work
for the magazine since. She says,
"I started working for CR about 20
years ago as a proofreader. I literally
just got PDFs of the printed pages and read them through for
errors. Things were a little raw back then. There were several
of us who Linda recruited for this, in exchange for a magazine
subscription. The idea of having access to agility exercises for
our local classes and articles by the exercises was very exciting.
We definitely made use of them in our local club classes.
I was very pleased to be along for the ride as the magazine
grew into the glossy creation, with color and more and more
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