Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 38

Welcome to “Foundation Fundamentals,” my new article series. I will address training that you can do without any agility equipment. What a perfect training opportunity for those of us who are snowed in during January! There is quite a bit of foundation work that you can do just around the house to help improve your partnership with your dog on course. By Mary Ellen Barry, photos by George Mariakis First, let’s work on teaching your dog impulse control around distractions. This starts simply by teaching your dog to ignore the distraction until you give him a cue that he can have it. A dog that has been trained to ignore distractions can be trained for simple tasks without mauling you to get his reward and can eventually learn to run an agility course without leaving to sniff or steal food or toys. There are several names for this type of training. Many people call it Leave It. Jean Donaldson calls it “RuleOuts.” Susan Garrett refers to it as “ItsYerChoice” and it is described in her book, Shaping Success. While the concepts I will present here are very similar to what people do when teaching a Leave It cue, I never name the behavior or give my dog a verbal cue for it. Whenever I am training my dog, I want the default behavior to be to leave any distracting object alone. I don’t want the dog to keep trying to get the object; I want the dog to ignore it, and then I don’t have to keep saying Leave It. I want the dog to understand that objects around the training environment that I am not actively offering to the dog, or allowing him to take, should be ignored. When I do release my dog to the object that he was ignoring, I use the cue Get It. This tells my dog that he can have the object. I do not use his usual release word O.K. because, eventually, when my dog is ready for more agility-specific training, I want the release word to mean that he is released for performing the task at hand, not to go to objects. 38 Clean Run | January 08

Clean Run Magazine - January 2008

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Clean Run Magazine - January 2008

Clean Run Magazine - January 2008
Contents
Editorializing: The Straight Story on Some Surprising Questions
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Backyard Dogs
When Pigs Fly: Agility Success with “Impossible” Dogs
On Course with Ali Roukas-Canova
Balance at the Start Line
Trainer's Forum
Skill of the Month
Spy Kids: Happy Birthday!
Foundation Fundamentals: Dealing with Distractions, Part 1
Speeding Up Your Two-on/Two-off Contacts
A Chute of a Different Color
Using Periodization to Create Peak Performance
Shelter Champs: Ben
Focus on Fun
In Cider
Distance Challenge
Cece’s Gym Exercise of the Month: Get on the Ball Basics
Dealing with People Who Just Don’t Get It
Course Diagram Keys
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Clean Run Magazine - January 2008
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 2
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Contents
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 4
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Editorializing: The Straight Story on Some Surprising Questions
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 9
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 10
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - When Pigs Fly: Agility Success with “Impossible” Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 12
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 13
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 14
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 15
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - On Course with Ali Roukas-Canova
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 17
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 18
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 19
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Balance at the Start Line
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 21
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 22
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 23
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Trainer's Forum
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 25
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 26
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 27
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 28
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Skill of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 30
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 31
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Spy Kids: Happy Birthday!
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 33
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 34
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 35
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 36
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 37
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Foundation Fundamentals: Dealing with Distractions, Part 1
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 39
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 40
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 41
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 42
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Speeding Up Your Two-on/Two-off Contacts
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 44
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 45
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 46
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 47
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 48
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 49
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 50
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - A Chute of a Different Color
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 52
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 53
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Using Periodization to Create Peak Performance
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 55
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 56
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 57
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 58
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Shelter Champs: Ben
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 60
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 61
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 62
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Focus on Fun
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 64
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 65
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 66
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - In Cider
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 68
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 69
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 70
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Distance Challenge
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 72
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 73
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Cece’s Gym Exercise of the Month: Get on the Ball Basics
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 75
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 76
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 77
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 78
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 79
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 80
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Dealing with People Who Just Don’t Get It
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - Course Diagram Keys
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 83
Clean Run Magazine - January 2008 - 84
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