Clean Run - October 2015 - 3

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THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS

OCTOBER 15

PHOTOS © ALISSA BEHN/PET-PERSONALITIES.COM, M.
NICOLE FISCHER PHOTOGRAPHY, MISA MARTIN

18
Is the Tire an Inherently
Unsafe Obstacle?
The breakaway tire has undoubtedly
improved the overall safety of the tire,
but is it enough? There are many other
factors about the tire's design and
placement that can increase the
likelihood of crashes. By Anne Andrle

VOLUME 21

43
Turn Fizzling Seesaws into
Sizzling Seesaws
Each dog brings their own challenges
to seesaw training. Some worry about
motion, some have trouble with
weight shift, etc. So if your dog's seesaw performance is more fizzling than
sizzling, read on! By Jen Pinder

NUMBER 10

Training in Small Spaces, Part 3:
Making the Most of What You Have
Agility is a game of many behaviors
chained together and there are many
pieces that have to be put into place.
Space, or lack of it, does not have to be
a reason you can't play agility.
By Bobbie Bhambree

Making Your Rewards More
Dynamic and Effective, Part 1
By elevating the value of what
you use to reward your dog and
injecting energy, fun, and excitement into how you reward your
dog, you can turn mediocre agility
behaviors into stellar skills.
By Stacy Winkler

36 Circle Work: A Benefit
to Any Handler
Circle work is a foundation drill
that has huge benefits regardless
of your handling style. It teaches
the dog not to cut ahead or
behind you, not to spin or bite at
you, to ignore your running style,
to react to your shoulder rotation,
and much more. By Greg Derrett

Features
5

Editorializing: Training Agility Indoors
vs. Outdoors
If your training classes are generally held inside,
can you successfully compete outdoors if you don't
get outdoor agility training time? By Sandy Rogers

13 Class Plans from Happy Dog Ranch
One of the challenges instructors face each week is
designing exercises and courses that require little
moving of equipment between groups and challenge all the students in the class while not making
it so difficult that they cannot be successful.
By Kristy Netzer
21 K9 Conditioning: Exercise Progression
Using a Donut
Making a few minor adjustments to the same
basic exercise allows you to progressively increase
the level of physical difficulty for your dog. By
Bobbie Lyons, Cert CF, FitPAWS Master Trainer
Course Instructor
26 Being an Innovative Dog Trainer: Arousal,
Part 6-Boundary Games
In these games, your dog has to stay in or on a
designated area until he is released (a mat, a crate,
etc.). Boundary games help develop impulse control and also boost motivation. By Tom Mitchell
28 Should We Rethink the TPLO? Part 2
There probably isn't an agility competitor who
hasn't known or had a dog that needed a tibial
plateau leveling osteotomy to repair a torn cranial
cruciate ligament. As the incidences of ruptured cruciates are increasing, so is the need for
improved surgical and non-surgical care.
By Kimberly Henneman, DVM

32 Power Paws Drills: Preparing for the FCI
Agility World Championships
Warm up your front-cross feet, this month's drills
have lots of opportunities to work on leaving your
dog in the weaves and getting into position for
front crosses and pushes to the next obstacle.
By Nancy Gyes
52 Using the Treat & Train to Proof
Stopped Contacts
Whether you have taught your dog a two-on/twooff behavior or a four-on behavior at the end of
a contact, the Treat & Train can help you solidify
your dog's understanding of this behavior.
By Daisy Peel
58 Training with the Stars: Eva Bertilsson
and Emelie Johnson Vegh
They joke that they share a brain. While that may
be hyperbole, Eva Bertilsson and Emelie Johnson
Vegh unquestionably share a passion for learning
theory, positive teaching methods, and a desire to
share what they know with others.
By Sally Silverman

40 Mind to Win: First Steps to
Dealing with Anxiety
You started out in agility because
it looked like fun, perhaps even
a stress-relieving escape from
everyday life. But as we begin to
care about this game we play with
the dogs we love, we can find
ourselves getting wound up and
anxious, which can get in the way
of our ability to give our best.
By Kathrine McAleese, PhD
62 As the World Turns: Hungarian
Cross (formerly Kabai Blind)
With this technique, the dog is
approaching the jump while the
handler moves across the bar
on the landing side. As the dog
is reaching his takeoff point, the
handler executes a blind cross.
By Mary Ellen Barry

Columns
6

Tip of the Month
By Deborah Davidson Harpur

Everything You Always Wanted to Know
About Agility... By Brenna Fender

24 Backyard Dogs By Dudley Fontaine
56 The Judge's Debriefing By Scott Lovelis

Cover Dog
Gonduzo Alkonyat Karacsonyi
Napsugar CD RA MX MXB MXJ MJB
NF, a.k.a. Shimmer Shakers,
a 4-year-old Mudi owned by
Leslie Kozlowski of Michigan.
Photo by Cathi Winkles Photography.

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