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Editorializing... Thanks for the Ride! By Lisa Flowers to do was run clean
to end up near the top. I walked the course Boy, those words bring back
many memories with my quarter with as serious a demeanor as if I was
performing open-heart horse, Betty. I showed her on the Quarter Horse
Circuit as surgery or trying to solve world hunger. When I stepped to the
a Western Pleasure horse for years. When the judge finishes line, I
questioned my training and then I doubted my dog's ability scoring, he
asks you to line up in the center of the ring. When to know what I wanted
her to do. What followed was by far the we were called in to the center, I
would always lean forward and most awful run of my life with Dilemma. But
one I would not pat her on the shoulder and say Thanks for the ride, B!
Good change for all the money in the world. It was a life lesson one or
bad it took both of us to do the job and trust each other. I I needed to
experience. I lost sight of the fact that I was playing will always
remember those times in the ring with her and will with my dog and that we
were a team. I lost sight of the fact always be thankful for the rides.
that I had spent hundreds of hours training her to do her little That was
B.A. Before Agility . These days I find myself leaning tricks over jumps
and across big pieces of wood, and to do it down and patting my dog
Dilemma on the side after an agility with speed and accuracy. run good or
bad and telling her Thanks for the ride, D. That was the first run of the
rest of our agility career. I came It is never easy to make a decision
like the one I made earlier this home and thought long and hard about the
weekend in Florida. year: I decided to stop the quest to earn a spot on
the AKC/USA Our sponsors were still behind us 100%. They were proud no
World Team and to stop running my dog at the higher jump matter what the
outcome. heights. I knew I could continue to campaign Dilemma and go to
So, it has come time to turn the corner to a new part of Dilemma's the AKC
Invitational in May with a dog that was capable of doing career. No more
yards per second calculations, no more getting well there. I also knew if
I did that it would be to accomplish scores, no more keeping track of
points: it is time to enjoy something for me and not in the best interest
of my dog, my the foundation we worked so hard to build and to get back to
teammate, my partner, and my best friend. enjoying her partnership at a new
level. It's time to remember Dilemma is six years old or young, however you
want to look that each and every run could be the last Dog knows, with her
at it. She has had a tremendous career, which I could never have passion
for killing the USDAA tire jump that each and every one imagined possible.
She has been a super dog on and off the agility may indeed be it. field and
has allowed me to meet some of the most incredible I announced at the
finals of the 2006 AKC Nationals that it people in the world. It seems
that the great dogs don't even begin was her last competitive event at 24
or 26 . I didn't retire her to become great until they are five to seven
years old, so why because I had to. I retired her because I could! It is
time to retire her now from World Team jump heights when she is just play
time to take care of her physically and put her first above now reaching
her potential? any aspirations of greatness I think she may accomplish.
She There is a time that we have to look inside ourselves and ask has done
more than most dogs will in their career, and for that why we compete in
agility. Is it for fun? Is it to win? Is it for the I am thankful. It is
time to remember that I do indeed have two love of competition? Is it to
bond with my dog? Is it because I was small children who would like their
mother home on weekends bored doing something else? For some people it's
one or more to play with them, too... time to remember what is important
of these things. For me, it is because of all of the above: I love in life
and why. to win it is not a crime or a sin; I love to compete; I was bored
So, to you my dear friend Dilemma, thanks for the ride! I look with
something else; and more than anything, I love the bond forward to many
more with you as we start the next part of it gives me with my dogs all of
'em! your career. I discovered something about myself in the final round of
agility Lisa Flowers at the 2005 ESPN Great Outdoor Games in Florida. All I
had Lisa Flowers shares her life with Roger Gunter, daughters Meghan, age
nine, and Raegan, age three, along with six dogs and two cats. Currently
competing with ADCH MACH Dilemma and Dilemma's sister, Clever, Lisa can be
seen on the ESPN Sporting Dog Series in 16 different commercials. Dilemma,
a Bronze Medalist at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games, has been featured on
the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Dilemma's corporate
sponsorships include Stihl, Inc., California Natural, and Equinox
Champion. Lisa has designed a line of magnetic dog products that can be
found at http://amagneticdilemma.com. Contact her at
apawsitivedilemma@yahoo.com. | August 06 Clean Run 5         
http://amagneticdilemma.com

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Clean Run Magazine - August 2006

Contents
Thanks for the Ride!
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility
Backyard Dogs
Developing Jumping Skills, Part 8
Dynamic Warm-up: 10 Minutes to Better Handling
On Course with Stephanie Spyr
Solving the Rear Cross Mystery, Part 2
City Dogs
Trainer's Forum
An Evaluation of the Motions of Competition Seesaws
Shape Up Your Training Program
Can You Help Me Move This?
The Judge's Debriefing
The "Vy" Line
Consistency with the Little Things, Part 2
Spirit of Agility
Master Plan
Mental Management®: Dealing with Distractions, Part 2
Review: Canine Body Language
Agility Organization Update
Letters to the Editor
Course Diagram Keys
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 1
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 2
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Contents
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 4
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Thanks for the Ride!
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 9
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 10
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Developing Jumping Skills, Part 8
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 12
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 13
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 14
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 15
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 16
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Dynamic Warm-up: 10 Minutes to Better Handling
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 18
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 19
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - On Course with Stephanie Spyr
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 21
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 22
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Solving the Rear Cross Mystery, Part 2
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 24
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 25
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 26
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 27
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - City Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 29
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Trainer's Forum
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 31
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 32
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 33
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - An Evaluation of the Motions of Competition Seesaws
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 35
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 36
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Shape Up Your Training Program
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 38
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 39
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 40
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Can You Help Me Move This?
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 42
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 43
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - The Judge's Debriefing
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Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 46
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 47
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 48
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - The "Vy" Line
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Consistency with the Little Things, Part 2
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 51
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Spirit of Agility
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Master Plan
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 54
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 55
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 56
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Mental Management®: Dealing with Distractions, Part 2
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 58
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 59
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 60
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Review: Canine Body Language
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 62
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Agility Organization Update
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 64
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - 65
Clean Run Magazine - August 2006 - Course Diagram Keys
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