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AGAIN, ONLY FASTER During the first exercise of the night, with the class whooping and cheering, STRATEGIC PAIRS This is a good game to help people set up quickly, pay attention to details, and think on the fly. Strategic pairs requires a team of two dogs to successfully complete a single course. The flow of the course is choppy, designed in such a way as to force one team to do one part while the second team sets up to be ready to do the next part. Usually each dog does two or more pieces. Ideally, both teams run their parts clean and you’re done—but where’s the fun it that? The fun starts when a mistake is made and the non-running team must react quickly to pick up at the obstacle that was not completed correctly. The team that erred initially must then prepare to start where the second team would have started. Each time an error is made, the teams switch places until one or the other of the teams has correctly completed each Cody rises to the challenge and hits his weave entry. Angelina finds the challenge too stimulating and loses focus on the weave entry. With only a few repetitions she ignores the class, rises to the challenge, and hits her weave entry! Have everyone run the assigned sequence and record the time on a board. Do not alert them to the game. The second time up, challenge them to run the sequence again but 2 seconds faster. The amount of the time challenge depends on the team. I have never had a student who couldn’t do it faster by 1 to 3 seconds on their second try. And then do it a third time. Any faster? Did they push harder each time and still maintain accuracy? This is especially good for training a new technique. Doing it three times, faster each time, solidifies their confidence and they’ll be more prone to use it under pressure. The fact that the rest of the class is cheering and urging them on is icing on the cake. Having a human treat as well as a dog treat for those beating their own times always adds to the fun and excitement. FIRST THINGS FIRST This technique really helps mimic a show environment. For the very first exercise of the night, while everyone is fresh and still has an edge, have the students walk a simple course with the identified challenges. Some examples are a big contact loop or a figure eight with tunnels directly in front of contacts and some jumps thrown in for speed. Assign a running order and have all students in line with their leash on waiting for their turn just as they would at a trial. Direct everyone to cheer, clap, whistle and carry on! While the first dog is running the sequence, the next dog is lining up getting ready to go. The first dog crosses the finish line and the next dog is off and running! The excitement level in the room is high and infectious and dogs and handlers really respond to this exercise. This exercise is also excellent practice for start-line setup and stays (especially when the handler says, “He only breaks at trials”). If good stays and contacts are difficult to achieve and you want continuity in the exercise, set a few jumps at a common height to minimize the number of height changes. As part of the Team Challenge exercise, Team A’s weave pole entry challenge to Team B included the instructor sitting at the table with food in hand. Poor Doc! He just couldn’t resist. Success for Doc! Perfect weave entry and temptation resisted! TEAM CHALLENGE Divide into teams, each team designing an 8- to 10-obstacle course based on their dogs’ strengths as well as the opposing team’s weaknesses. For example, if one team knows that dogs on the other team are easily distracted by food, they strategically position someone in a chair eating chips on the course. Or maybe a trap exercise, new handling technique, or difficult weave entry. All the dogs run the course designed by Team A with treats for the team that has the fewest faults or least time! Then all teams run Team B’s course. Good-natured ribbing and camaraderie can provide a bit of stress to compel teams to try their best and rise to new challenges. 16 Clean Run | September 07

Clean Run Magazine - September 2007

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

Contents
Editorializing: Reflections on the Life of an Agility Dog
Tip of the Month By Deanna Adams
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Backyard Dogs
Energizing and Inspiring Your Students to Try Harder
On Course with Lo Baker
How Do I Know I’m Ready?
Trainer’s Forum
Spy Kids: Continuing to Progress
Power Paws Patterns: Diamond
Distance Challenge
In Cider
NADAC Course Analysis
Pooches Painting Pictures: Operant Conditioning for the Uninitiated
The Judge’s Debriefing
Review
Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury in Agility Dogs, Part 2
The Construction Zone: Rocker Board
Letter to the Editor
Course Diagram Keys
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 1
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 2
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Contents
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 4
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Editorializing: Reflections on the Life of an Agility Dog
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Tip of the Month By Deanna Adams
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 9
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 10
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 11
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 12
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 13
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 14
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Energizing and Inspiring Your Students to Try Harder
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 16
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 17
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 18
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 19
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - On Course with Lo Baker
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 21
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 22
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 23
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Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 26
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 27
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - How Do I Know I’m Ready?
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Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 31
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Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 34
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 35
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Trainer’s Forum
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 37
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 38
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 39
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Spy Kids: Continuing to Progress
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 41
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 42
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 43
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 44
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Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 47
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Power Paws Patterns: Diamond
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Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 52
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Distance Challenge
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Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 56
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - In Cider
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Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 59
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 60
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - NADAC Course Analysis
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 62
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 63
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 64
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 65
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Pooches Painting Pictures: Operant Conditioning for the Uninitiated
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 67
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - The Judge’s Debriefing
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 69
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 70
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Review
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 72
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury in Agility Dogs, Part 2
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Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 75
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 76
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 77
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 78
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 79
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - The Construction Zone: Rocker Board
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 81
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - Course Diagram Keys
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 83
Clean Run Magazine - September 2007 - 84
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