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Maintain your criteria in the ring! The more black and white you makes things for your dog, the more successful
they will be. If you expect your dog to stop on the end of contact and sometimes running a contact is OK
and sometimes not, your dog will never fully understand what you want and your behaviors will go downhill fast!

My dogs have trouble running for somebody else. Unless the other person is
trained in my agility language, my dogs
get confused. Even my husband has
trouble running my dogs. If I am injured, I just don't run them. I think having another person who doesn't understand my distance language run my dog
is unfair to my dog. A normally trained
dog is one thing, but my specialized dog
can fall apart if run by another person
who does not get our special language,
especially if they are extremely soft as
my current competition dog is.

As you progress, you will develop your
own language. For jumps that are away
from me I keep my arm out, then when
I want my dog to come in, I lower my
arm. If I want my dog very close, I call
her name. You can pat your thigh too,
but I never think about that when I
am running.

* Don't be in a rush
* Train each behavior to fluency
* Have fun and your dog will
have fun too!
* Smile at your dog! They can
read our faces better than most
people can.

A long lead-out is a must for
those who are not fast. To see the
level at which my husband and
I train our lead-outs watch this
video at https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=vkU91LRXkHQ or on the
June 2015 playlist of the Clean Run
Magazine YouTube channel.

* And most importantly, please
remember this: Everything your
dog does is because of your
training or handling!
If your dog fails in the ring or fails in
training, don't punish other than to
withhold reward! Punishment (this includes verbal punishment like "Eheh!"
"No!" "Wrong!" or other non-reward
markers, any physical punishment or
even timeouts) can suck the drive right
out of your dog, diminish the distance
your dog is willing to give you, and ruin
your relationship with your dog. Rewarding with something your dog really
truly wants builds those behaviors and
your dog's love of working with you.
Happy distance! D
© NINA SAGE

Make sure you balance the distance
work with the close-in work. I find it is
easier to have my dog run at a distance
than to work close to me. I have to make
myself train the close work because I
enjoy the distance work so much.

Some final thoughts:

I work on my lead-outs. I want to be
able to lead out a long way whenever
possible. My dogs are skilled in the leadout pivot and lead-out serp. Sometimes
I want to lead out half way down the
weaves in order to get to a certain spot.
I expect my dog to be able to get into
the weaves correctly and perform the
12 poles independently no matter where
I am or what I do. If I have to babysit
any obstacles, I am toast!
© MEL KING

If my young dog's first trial is a disaster,
I pull back and go back to the drawing
board. I have only had to do that with
two dogs. They are littermates and both
lack confidence. One has overwhelming fears of life in general, but we have
worked through all that. She was over
four before I asked her to do contacts
in a Standard run. It took that long for
her to be confident enough to be able to
do them in competition. When she was
ready, she went from Novice to Masters
in nine straight runs with nine wins
and never looked back. I am so happy
I was patient and waited. It takes as
long as it takes!

Maintain your criteria in the ring! The
more black and white you makes things
for your dog, the more successful they
will be. If you expect your dog to stop
on the end of contact and sometimes
running a contact is OK and sometimes
not, your dog will never fully understand what you want and your behaviors
will go downhill fast!
If you allow your dog to break at the
start line once and keep going, then
maintaining a good start line will be
difficult at best. Keep everything clear
for your dog!

The End

Author, artist, and agility addict, Helen Grinnell King was born with an intense love of animals. Dogs and horses have been a major part of her entire life. Her
mother raised Boxers so Helen's education of canine structure began at a very early age. As an award-winning sculptor, Helen has studied structure in depth
to enhance her understanding of conformation and how it relates to movement. Helen's lifelong passion has been the study of structure and how it relates to
performance. She has observed hundreds of dogs in agility to compare conformation and performance as well as tracking the puppies to maturity from the litter
evaluations she has done. She has written two books on the subject: What's Your Angle and Picking Your Performance Puppy. Helen has always had reduced
mobility in agility due to health problems, complicated by her recent bouts of cancer and subsequent surgeries. She can be reached via www.recipetowin.com.
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