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Backyard Dogs
By Stuart Mah As you look at this month’s BYD are you wondering, “Why do the sequences seem so short and easy?” Two reasons: First, though the sequences are easy, you are not just going to run each sequence only one way. Rather, before progressing to the next sequence, you need to demonstrate at least three or four ways (each sequence has at least that many) that the sequence can be run. This adds enough complexity so the sequences do not need to be very long. Second, by having to run a sequence more than one way, it should give you (particularly you instructors out there) a better appreciation of how different handling skills might need to be applied for a given sequence. For example, Figure 1 shows the sequence to be run. Figures 1a-1d show four ways the sequence might be run successfully. Why practice more than one way to do a sequence? Simple. How many times have you run a course where the dog or the course surprised you in such a way that the handling maneuver you selected was no longer possible? For example, what if you planned a front cross for a particular sequence but the dog was more peppy than usual and was out in front of you on the sequence? Do you •	 Continue with the planned front cross knowing it isn’t going to work well? •	 Adapt to the situation at hand and perform a rear cross (even though you hadn’t planned on it)?
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What if your dog is coming out of a tunnel to a jump and you planned a rear cross between the two but the dog didn’t come blasting out of the tunnel because he fell in the tunnel? Do you •	 Stand there waiting for the dog to come out and try to do a rear cross when you are almost on top of the obstacle, knowing the dog might refuse it ? •	 Decide to do a front cross instead since you are already there and to keep momentum on the course? Also, we tend to think there is only one way to handle a particular sequence,
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Clean Run - October 2010

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Clean Run - October 2010

Clean Run - October 2010
Contents
Editorializing: Has Agility Gone the Way of Obedience?
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Backyard Dogs
Winning Warm-ups
What’s My Plan?
Train to Maintain: The Teeter
It’s Your Turn! Cue #7: Verbal Left and Right Cues, Part 1
Challenges at CR Central
Building the Agility Dream
Skill of the Month
Coaching International Teams: Helping Teams Achieve Their Objectives
Can You Handle It?
A Review of Canine Cruciate Disease, Part 1
Nested Courses for a Small Universe
Pup Psych 101: Hey Mom, Where’s My Cookie?
Work That Line! The Recall
Clean Run - October 2010 - Clean Run - October 2010
Clean Run - October 2010 - 2
Clean Run - October 2010 - Contents
Clean Run - October 2010 - 4
Clean Run - October 2010 - Editorializing: Has Agility Gone the Way of Obedience?
Clean Run - October 2010 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run - October 2010 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Clean Run - October 2010 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run - October 2010 - 9
Clean Run - October 2010 - 10
Clean Run - October 2010 - 11
Clean Run - October 2010 - Winning Warm-ups
Clean Run - October 2010 - 13
Clean Run - October 2010 - 14
Clean Run - October 2010 - 15
Clean Run - October 2010 - 16
Clean Run - October 2010 - 17
Clean Run - October 2010 - What’s My Plan?
Clean Run - October 2010 - 19
Clean Run - October 2010 - 20
Clean Run - October 2010 - 21
Clean Run - October 2010 - 22
Clean Run - October 2010 - 23
Clean Run - October 2010 - 24
Clean Run - October 2010 - 25
Clean Run - October 2010 - 26
Clean Run - October 2010 - Train to Maintain: The Teeter
Clean Run - October 2010 - 28
Clean Run - October 2010 - 29
Clean Run - October 2010 - 30
Clean Run - October 2010 - 31
Clean Run - October 2010 - 32
Clean Run - October 2010 - 33
Clean Run - October 2010 - 34
Clean Run - October 2010 - 35
Clean Run - October 2010 - 36
Clean Run - October 2010 - It’s Your Turn! Cue #7: Verbal Left and Right Cues, Part 1
Clean Run - October 2010 - 38
Clean Run - October 2010 - 39
Clean Run - October 2010 - 40
Clean Run - October 2010 - 41
Clean Run - October 2010 - 42
Clean Run - October 2010 - Challenges at CR Central
Clean Run - October 2010 - 44
Clean Run - October 2010 - 45
Clean Run - October 2010 - 46
Clean Run - October 2010 - 47
Clean Run - October 2010 - Building the Agility Dream
Clean Run - October 2010 - 49
Clean Run - October 2010 - 50
Clean Run - October 2010 - 51
Clean Run - October 2010 - 52
Clean Run - October 2010 - 53
Clean Run - October 2010 - 54
Clean Run - October 2010 - Skill of the Month
Clean Run - October 2010 - 56
Clean Run - October 2010 - 57
Clean Run - October 2010 - 58
Clean Run - October 2010 - Coaching International Teams: Helping Teams Achieve Their Objectives
Clean Run - October 2010 - 60
Clean Run - October 2010 - 61
Clean Run - October 2010 - 62
Clean Run - October 2010 - 63
Clean Run - October 2010 - 64
Clean Run - October 2010 - Can You Handle It?
Clean Run - October 2010 - 66
Clean Run - October 2010 - 67
Clean Run - October 2010 - 68
Clean Run - October 2010 - A Review of Canine Cruciate Disease, Part 1
Clean Run - October 2010 - 70
Clean Run - October 2010 - 71
Clean Run - October 2010 - 72
Clean Run - October 2010 - Nested Courses for a Small Universe
Clean Run - October 2010 - 74
Clean Run - October 2010 - 75
Clean Run - October 2010 - Pup Psych 101: Hey Mom, Where’s My Cookie?
Clean Run - October 2010 - 77
Clean Run - October 2010 - 78
Clean Run - October 2010 - 79
Clean Run - October 2010 - Work That Line! The Recall
Clean Run - October 2010 - 81
Clean Run - October 2010 - 82
Clean Run - October 2010 - 83
Clean Run - October 2010 - 84
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