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importance and spend a great deal of time allowing the dog to practice this process. If you have ever watched gymnastics and seen the gymnast run down the lane, hit the ground, and jump into the air to perform a vault, you can imagine that if she were to leave the ground with her weight unequally distributed she would then fall short of the intended goal. The same is true for a dog or a horse. I look to see how organized the hind feet are (close together). The head should drop down a bit and the back should be slightly rounded. The pelvis then rocks open and backward as the legs push the dog into the air. This exercise should be practiced quietly and slowly before it can be reliably done at speed. Figure 2 is a lovely example of how this task looks when competently performed. Note that the dog’s head is slightly down, his back slightly rounded, and his hind feet are very well organized and close together. 3 The V-bounce apparatus makes it very clear to the dog where he is to organize himself to get off the ground. 2 Also, I leave the back off the apparatus to give me more freedom with the jump selection I choose to use. If I want to add a double as shown in Figure 3, then the use of the back bars would not allow the dog to stretch through the air appropriately to accommodate a double. When I am pressed for time to train, I will always do several set-point exercises with my dog each week and change the jump within the apparatus frequently. I might use a vertical with a solid ground bar, then one without a solid ground bar, move on to a double, and so on. This is an appropriate place to introduce real height (jump height of the dog) and I use this apparatus to help teach the dog to focus on the task by raising and lowering the jump height with each repetition. This way the dog will focus on the bar since it continues to change each time he comes to it and is not simply left in a static position. If the dog makes a very impressive effort I can then reward him by making the next effort easier for him to succeed by lowering the jump bar for the next pass. While teaching seminars, the set point is always the first place I begin to see how well the dog really understands the dynamic of how to organize his body to get into the air. It has been proven time and again that a great many dogs really do not understand this process, and therefore a truly reliable performance is hard to come by when in the trial arena. This is also the first place you might have young dogs see any real jump height when introducing jumps since the outcome can be so predictable and successful for them. All the jump training that I do is based on creating understanding of how the body function works. We can’t after all explain to our dogs, “This is how I want you to perform a jump.” With animals, It truly is a bit like jumping on a trampoline: the first few bounces feel so good, and then you are sent a bit higher with each effort so that it becomes a little unsettling. The same can actually be said of the dogs. They generate so much power this way that it can unsettle them because they really do not know how to control that power through the air. The dog that is unfamiliar with the power generated would then land long and outside the V on the backside of the apparatus. For this reason I leave the back off the apparatus for a very long time until I know the dog can control the power he generates. When the dog shows his control, I return the back piece to the apparatus to help shape the arc of the jump. July 07 | Clean Run 43

Clean Run Magazine - July 2007

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Clean Run Magazine - July 2007

Contents
Editorializing: It’s About More than Running
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility...
Backyard Dogs
In Cider
Running Contacts, Part 2
On Course with Ron Heller
Training NADAC Open Challenges
Spy Kids: Variations on Our Training Themes
Beyond The Backyard
Cece’s Gym: Signs Your Dog May Have an Injury
Trainer's Forum
Using the V-bounce Apparatus for Set Point Work
The Construction Zone: V-bounce Apparatus
Power Paws Patterns: Pinwheel
Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury in Agility Dogs, Part 1
Distance Challenge
The Magic Weave Pole Game
The Judge’s Debriefing
Mental Management®: Mentorship and Motivation, Part 1
Reviews
Nested Courses for a Busy World
Letter to the Editor
Course Diagram Keys
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 1
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 2
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Contents
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 4
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Editorializing: It’s About More than Running
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility...
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 9
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 10
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - In Cider
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 12
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 13
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Running Contacts, Part 2
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 15
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 16
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 17
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 18
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 19
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - On Course with Ron Heller
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 21
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Training NADAC Open Challenges
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 23
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 24
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 25
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Spy Kids: Variations on Our Training Themes
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 27
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 28
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 29
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Beyond The Backyard
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 31
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 32
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 33
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Cece’s Gym: Signs Your Dog May Have an Injury
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 35
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 36
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 37
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Trainer's Forum
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 39
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 40
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 41
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Using the V-bounce Apparatus for Set Point Work
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 43
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 44
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 45
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - The Construction Zone: V-bounce Apparatus
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 47
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 48
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Power Paws Patterns: Pinwheel
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 50
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 51
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 52
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 53
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury in Agility Dogs, Part 1
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 55
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 56
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 57
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 58
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Distance Challenge
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 60
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 61
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 62
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - The Magic Weave Pole Game
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 64
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 65
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 66
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 67
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - The Judge’s Debriefing
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 69
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 70
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Mental Management®: Mentorship and Motivation, Part 1
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 72
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 73
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 74
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Reviews
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 76
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 77
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Nested Courses for a Busy World
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 79
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 80
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 81
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Course Diagram Keys
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 83
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 84
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