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THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS
SEPTEMBER 2019
VOLUME 25
NUMBER 09

PHOTOS © CONNIE SELLERS, MATT ALLISON, SANDY ROGERS

On the Cover
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Rear Cross Flatwork Games
Flatwork games are based on the handling moves that you will use
when negotiating an agility course-but you don't need any equipment. These games will teach your dog to read your body language
for a rear cross. By Connie Sellers

21 From Crate to the Starting Gate
Navigating to the gate at a trial can feel like you and your dog are "running the gauntlet." Let's look at some strategies for management and
training that can be used to help you and your dog safely navigate
through the crowded trial environment. By Jamie McKay CPDT KSA

Let's Talk About... A Sad Goodbye to Agility -
Can we make trials safer for all dogs? By Janice Pier

13 Beginning Sequencing with Box Work - Once your training on
individual obstacles is done, it's time to start sequencing! Here we'll
discuss introducing box work as well as provide many sequences to
try on your own. By Jo Sermon
26 Backyard Dogs - These sequences are designed for practicing your
verbal directional cues. Focus on the directionals rather than other
cues. By David Bozak

28 Mental Resilience in Dog Agility
Competing in agility requires more of a dog than just trained skills.
The more resilient dogs are, the easier they will adapt to different environments, embrace new experiences, cope with stress, maintain focus
and self-control, handle environmental stimuli without becoming
overwhelmed. By Bobbie Bhambree

31 Team Small Dog Agility Humility: Yelp Reviews of Dog Agility -
Everyone's got an opinion! By Laura Hartwick

43 Practically Training: Lead-Outs, Part 1
Leading out with confidence like you're relishing your team's moment
on center stage will help convince your dog to come flying off the
start line ready to conquer the world. By Sandy Rogers

37 Power Paws Skills: Blind Tunnel Entrances - A blind tunnel
entrance is one in which the entry cannot be seen by the dog, or faces
away from the dog's line, or is not readily apparent. These kinds of tunnel entries need to be trained as a specific skill and not just "handled."
By Nancy Gyes

Features
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Tip of the Month - Here's a do-it-yourself long jump. By Marcy Rauch

Editorializing: Bounce Back - While the exhaustion of weekends
spent traveling, setting up, trialing, and breaking down certainly contributes to handler burnout, how much does lack of mental resilience
factor in burnout? By Brenna Fender

Cover Dog

35 The 25% Solution: Sequences for Small Spaces - This month's
exercises include mini-courses for practicing how to take advantage of
the new repeat and move on or fix and continue rules as well as relay
courses. By John Reid

41 Mental Management Minute: Coping Skills - If you feel stressed
or anxious at agility competitions, coping skills are an excellent way to
reduce those feelings. Here are some techniques you can use to get
your mind off the concern and calm your mental state.
By Brenna Fender
46 Any Dog Can Have Awesome Contacts from a Distance: Part
3 - Establishing fast, independent, and solid stopped contacts when
you're at a distance from your dog is a many-faceted project. However,
when approached methodically, pretty much any dog can have awesome results. By Stacy Winkler

MACH4, C-ATCH2 Nozomi's Double Black Diamond RN, MXC, PAD, MJB2,
PJD, MXF, T2B2, CA, a.k.a. Diamond, an 8-year-old Shiba Inu owned by
Mark and Eunice Giles (handled by Mark) of New Hampshire. Photo by
Jeremy Kezer Photography.

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