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Positive Puppy Preview An audiotape by Sheila Booth breeds in particular might be different from those she describes. This 70-minute audiotape explains in detail Sheila Booth’s puppy evaluation techniques. Booth, who authored the award-winning book, Purely Positive Training: Companion to Competition, has developed a plan that helps breeders determine which pups will be good candidates for agility, schutzhund, or other work, and which pups would make the best pets for inexperienced owners. Booth’s methods focus on giving puppies the chance to show their true personalities. Although traditional puppy evaluation methods recommend testing at 49 days, Booth has found that results to her tests are more accurate with slightly older pups. She finds that closer to 8 weeks old is the preferred age, especially for breeds that grow more slowly. To be properly evaluated, the puppies should have had no trauma, including shots or road trips, in the 48 hours before the test. The pups should also be hungry and have had food withheld for 4 to 6 hours. Evaluation requires about a 10' by 10' room that is unfamiliar to the puppies and that contains relatively few distractions. You should be able to block the room off from the rest of the house, but it should allow spectators and scribes to view the action (perhaps with a piece of low plywood to block the doorway). It should also be easy to clean since puppies often have accidents. The puppy evaluation is best done by a person with extensive experience with the breed, but that is not a requirement. In fact portions of the test can be done by the breeder alone, although someone new to the puppies is needed for a few parts. Doing just parts of the test, particularly the retrieve portion, can give evaluators valuable information even if the full procedure cannot be done. Booth’s technique requires a few props in addition to a specific environment. They are simple, easy-to-obtain items like a rag, a soft squeaky toy, and a wooden dowel. Ideally, several people should be involved with the test: the breeder, the evaluator, and at least one scribe. The audiotape describes in detail the steps that Booth takes to evaluate puppies. She explains why she does each test and even why the steps are in a particular order. She REVIEWS By Brenna Fender This tape is easy to listen to and it avoids being boring; the delivery and pacing of the narration is ideal. It would be simple to pop in the tape and listen to it on the way to an agility trial to get the information needed to help you choose your next agility partner. Click & Play Agility A book by Angelica Steinker, M.Ed., C.C.B.C., CAP2 THE AUDIOTAPE DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE STEPS THAT BOOTH TAKES TO EVALUATE PUPPIES. SHE EXPLAINS WHY SHE DOES EACH TEST AND EVEN WHY THE STEPS ARE IN A PARTICULAR ORDER. Angelica Steinker, author of Agility Success, has created an extensive agility training resource in Click & Play Agility. Its 469 pages include 11 chapters addressing the basics of clicker training, play, speed, motivation, ground training, contacts, jumps, weave poles, and handling. There are also four appendices which provide a glossary, resources, training plans, and titling information. If that introduction sounds like this book is an attempt at a complete agility manual, you’d be correct in your interpretation. Steinker is very thorough in covering most aspects of training agility. The book has a heavy focus on playing with your dog. Many training games are included. Some are intended to motivate the dog and create a good reinforcement history. Others are designed to work on focus, and some even teach the human partner of the team important skills like proper cueing. Although the book offers a lot of information, it is broken down into small, easy-to-read sections. Each chapter is divided into many subchapters that have clear, descriptive titles. Some subtitled sections are even further divided. Steinker also makes use of bullets and numbers to clarify her points. Almost every page of the book contains at least one photograph or well-labeled diagram. The pictures, despite being somewhat small and in black and white, add much to the ease of understanding the topics under discussion. For example, Steinker clearly explains different types of crosses and the ideal handling of each while using diagrams and photos of various points throughout the process. I found the pictures that showed different moments within the same exercise or behavior (like a rear cross) particularly helpful and enlightening. STEINKER WRITES IN A CONVERSATIONAL STYLE AND INCLUDES ANECDOTES ABOUT HER OWN DOGS, WHICH MAKES THE BOOK FEEL MORE LIKE A LESSON WITH A FRIEND THAN AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL. gives possible responses that a puppy might offer and how to interpret those responses. Any listener can use Booth’s techniques to gather some information about a puppy’s temperament. This tape even comes with a form that can be used as a guide to help evaluators notice and record particular behaviors. Perhaps potential puppy buyers could put some of these principles into practice when choosing their puppy even if they could not do a formal test. My only complaint is that there is a bit of a focus on schutzhund and working and herding breeds. Booth mentions several times that she has more experience with evaluating those types of dogs and that responses from sporting July 07 | Clean Run 75

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
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 53
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury in Agility Dogs, Part 1
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 57
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 58
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Distance Challenge
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 62
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - The Magic Weave Pole Game
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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
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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
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 80
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - 81
Clean Run Magazine - July 2007 - Course Diagram Keys
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