Clean Run - October 2017 - 3

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THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS

OCTOBER 17

PHOTOS © VICTOR STEEL PHOTOGRAPHY, INC.,
© CINDY NOLAND, COURTESY OF JO SERMON

Distance Handling In Action
It's time to take the distance handlings skills you've been working on
over the past year and apply them
on course. This month we'll look at
distance handling possibilities on
a USDAA Advanced/PII Standard
course. By Kristy Netzer

VOLUME 23

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My Favorite Jumping Exercise
Imagine that you are preparing for a
big event but your agility equipment
has vanished! All you have left is three
jumps. We've asked people around
the country what sequences they
would practice in a limited space with
their three jumps. By Steve Schwarz

NUMBER 10

Training Freedom: Here I Go Again!
Shady didn't have a good month. Like
many dogs, he hit a plateau where he
appeared to forget everything he'd
been taught. But rather than turn
training into a battle, I changed my
plan to help him work through it.
By Jo Sermon

22 Practically Training:
Please Release Me-
Stay, Stop, and Go
Your dog's understanding of
"going" (being released) is directly related to his understanding of
stopping and staying. His clarity
on all three-how to stay, how
to stop himself, and when to
go-is an absolute necessity for
this sport. By Sandy Rogers
32 Worked Up! Assessing and
Soothing Arousal in Sports
Dogs, Part 2
Learning to assess your dog's
arousal level and ability to function is a great place to start. Being
able to actually soothe a workedup dog's mental state is a tool we
should all have in our back pockets. By Sarah Stremming

Features
5

Editorializing: How Sweet Coercion
While it's highly unlikely we can provide a totally
coercion-free life for our dogs, with a little more
empathy about the situations we put our dogs in,
we can all make positive steps toward that end.
By Lynne Stephens

Starting Your Puppy Off Right:
Body Awareness Through Play
Incorporating fitness foundation behaviors and
play encourages a good work ethic, strengthens
your bond, and sets your puppy up with skills
needed to move to the next level of sport training.
By Bobbie Lyons, CCFT, FP-MTI, Cert CF

10 Letter to MySelf
This is a letter to my 12-year-old self, to be delivered just before she ventured into the world of
dog agility. Take it as you will, no matter your age,
no matter your time in this sport. By Tori Self
12 Navigating Your Digital Issues
Here's an easy way to find a particular digital
issue using your computer. By Monica Percival
13 Power Paws Drills: Push, Wrap, and Weave
This setup presents opportunities to work on all
three of these important skills. By Nancy Gyes
17 Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in
Canine Rehabilitation Therapy
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy can be
applied to multiple conditions which are frequently encountered in canine athletes.
By Drs. Lauren Meltzer, Debra A. Canapp
and Sherman O. Canapp, Jr.

27 As the World Turns: The Three C's-Cueing
Cueing means telling your dog, through the seven
handling elements, whether to approach the next
obstacle in extension or collection and which way
to turn to turn if needed. By Mary Ellen Barry
44 Contagious Disease and Your Dog:
Strategies for Staying Healthy
With the trend toward indoor trials, where
crating areas are cramped, and large numbers
of dogs and people spend long hours in a congested space, contagious diseases are more of a
concern than ever. By Catherine Sullivan
48 Team Small Dog Agility Humility:
Just One Instant
Our dogs run, jump, and climb, and they go
really fast. And any dog that doesn't spend its life
in bubble wrap on the couch risks an injury.
By Laura Hartwick
51 Easy Lattice Wing Jump
This wing jump is the perfect solution if you're
looking to add some wing jumps to your existing equipment. By Pamela McElrath

39 Cues, Jackpots, and the Curse
of Knowledge
The curse of knowledge can get
in the way in most teaching situations and promote big misunderstandings in training our dogs as
well as cause us to set our criteria
way too high. By Eileen Anderson
61 Training Verbals for Distance
Work, Part 6: Independent
Tunnel Cues & More
This month we're going to
teach independent tunnel verbals
as well as take our previously
trained connection and directional verbal cues to the next level.
By Stacy Winkler

Columns
4

Themes Like a Good Idea By David Bozak

Tip of the Month By John Reid

For Your Information... By Brenna Fender

19 The Judge's Debriefing By Terry Smorch
59 Backyard Dogs By Dudley Shumate

Cover Dog
Bur-Way Number One Jib MX,
MXJ, AXF, T2B, TM-Bronze, SM, JM,
AAD, CL3, CL4-F, a.k.a. TheGenny, a
4-year-old American Hairless Terrier
(coated variety) owned by Jean
Nichols Eichenlaub of California.
Photography by M

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