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• • Use your Buja board. These exercises are suitable for dogs of all ages including 12-week-old puppies. 82. Start with putting your foot 82 under a corner of the plank to stabilize it so the movement does not spook the dog. Let the dog offer to step or pounce on the plank. 83. Partially remove your foot so 83 the board starts to move around and reward your dog. 84. Once the dog’s confidence starts 84 to grow, completely remove your foot from under the plank. 85. Gently push your dog off the 85 plank and reward him for getting back on. 86. Repeat this several times until 85 your dog is pulling you to get back on the plank. 87 87. Reward the dog for making the board move rather than sitting or lying down on it. 88. Lure the dog to turn around in 88 both directions. 89. Let the dog offer to turn in both 89 directions and reward. 90. Have the dog move from a sit to 90 a stand and then turn around 91 91. Restrain the dog off the plank so he wants to drive to it. At this point, he understands this game. Release when he pulls. 92 92. Repeat several times on both sides. 93. While the dog is on the plank, 93 release and toss a low-value treat 5'-10' away so he runs off. Then call him so he comes back at full speed to jump on. 94 94. Repeat this several times. You will see his speed increase. 95. Step onto the plank so one end 95 is on the ground. 96. Invite your dog up on the plank 96 with you and start rocking back and forth while feeding your dog. 97. The dog may lose his balance 97 and step off. Withhold the reward. Then invite him back on and reward him for getting back on. 98 98. Increase the rocking so it throws the dog off balance and reward him for staying on. 99 99. Use a smaller wobble board for added tip and a different feel for the dog. 100. Repeat the same steps above. 100 101 101. Put several wobble boards out for added fun and run from board to board. You can see the dog’s developing awareness, balance, and control on the wobble board. This gives the dog the fundamentals needed for different teeters that are in agility competitions. Have fun with your dog with all of these exercises and games. Don’t be afraid to go back a step during training. These exercises can give your dog the confidence he needs to excel in agility, whether in your backyard or in the competition ring. D Mary Champagne, who has been involved in agility since 1995, started training her rescue dogs in agility for recreation and has since made it a lifelong career. She has trained multiple breeds from a Top Ten Pomeranian, Shiver MAD, to mixes of unknown pedigree. She now competes with four-year-old Bug, MAD, a rescued Australian Cattle Dog and has a young rescued Cattle Dog mix soon to debut. Mary has developed a strong foundation protocol to prepare teams for agility, whether they just want to play in the backyard or compete with the big dogs. Born to Run Agility Team (BRAT), Mary’s agility school is located in Colchester, Connecticut. Contact her via agilebug@gmail.com or www.borntorunagilityteam.com. Take your training where it’s never gone before The Ready Jump is a portable, competition-quality, 4' wide jump that you can take anywhere. It opens or closes in under 15 seconds and stores easily with no loose pieces. The Ready Jump features Clip and Go jump cup strips so it has cups every 2", from 4" up to 26". It’s so easy to use, there’s no excuse not to take the show on the road. ® Available exclusively from www.cleanrun.com and www.ClipAndGoAgility.com December 09 | Clean Run
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Clean Run Magazine - December 2009

Clean Run Magazine - December 2009
Contents
Editorializing: The Journey
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Backyard Dogs
Ten Tips I Wish I’d Known When I Started Agility
Can You Handle It?
My Favorite Course
Teaching Weaves Using Channels and Wires, Part 2
Trainer’s Forum
Skill of the Month
Tricks for Agility: Backing Up Steps and Doing Hand Stands
Comparing the Derrett and Mecklenburg Handling Systems, Part 10: Final Wrap-up
The Reluctant Wheatie Beats the Odds
When the Magic Isn’t Missing
Take-home Lessons from the Clean Run Instructors Conference
101 Things You Can Do with a Plank
Observations of a Gate Steward
Training a Two-on/Two-off Contact, Part 3
Chinese Herbs and the Athletic Dog
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Clean Run Magazine - December 2009
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 2
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Contents
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 4
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Editorializing: The Journey
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 9
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 10
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Ten Tips I Wish I’d Known When I Started Agility
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Can You Handle It?
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 13
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 14
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 15
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - My Favorite Course
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Teaching Weaves Using Channels and Wires, Part 2
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 18
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 19
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 20
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 21
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 22
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 23
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Trainer’s Forum
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 25
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 26
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 27
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Skill of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 29
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 30
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 31
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Tricks for Agility: Backing Up Steps and Doing Hand Stands
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 33
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 34
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 35
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Comparing the Derrett and Mecklenburg Handling Systems, Part 10: Final Wrap-up
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 37
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 38
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - The Reluctant Wheatie Beats the Odds
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 40
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 41
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 42
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - When the Magic Isn’t Missing
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 44
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 45
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Take-home Lessons from the Clean Run Instructors Conference
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 47
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 48
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 49
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 50
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 101 Things You Can Do with a Plank
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Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 60
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Observations of a Gate Steward
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 62
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 63
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Training a Two-on/Two-off Contact, Part 3
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Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 69
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - 70
Clean Run Magazine - December 2009 - Chinese Herbs and the Athletic Dog
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