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Protect the Future of Our Sport
Keep It Positive
By Donna Somers The scene is idyllic—a beautiful sunny day that southern California is famous for and perfect for an agility trial. As we look down a quiet residential street, there’s a sudden flurry of activity. A mother and daughter emerge from a house; they are chatting and laughing as they load the final bags into the car. Next, they bring out two dogs, happy to be going for a ride to somewhere fun. They are full of excitement for their journey is beginning. They are on their way to their second agility trial. On the way, the chatter is easy and light. They wonder, jokingly, if the “qualifying fairies” will be holding a convention at the trial site. For a moment, the conversation turns to a troubling thought: their trainer’s warning to “beware the parking attendant.” They find the trial site after a few false starts. In the directions to the trial, it is only the basics: turn at this street, turn at that street. The directions do not give any landmarks, which would have been sufficient except at the last turn, a right past the fire station, the street sign is in the tree. But they find it (thanks to GPS) and slowly pull into the site. The two dogs are now awake and excited. Following the road to the parking lot, they luckily find a space and no dreaded parking attendant. They unload the car and dogs and find a suitable spot for the crates and gear. If this were a movie, you would hear either the music abruptly come to a stop, or the theme from “Jaws,” because this idyllic scene is going to go downhill very quickly and enter the “Twilight Zone.” “Excuse Me...” I left my daughter to finish setting up when I looked over and saw that a walk-through was in progress. Was this my class? Walking up to the ring, I excused myself to someone who I thought was a ring steward and asked which class was walking
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the course. No reply. Not even a glance up at me. I tried again, “What class is walking now?” The curt reply was “Open.” Since I tend to speak in sentences, I asked if this was the second walk-through, not knowing how many Open entries there were. “There is only one walk-through,” the steward barked back. I slunk away, back to my dogs. The “Naughty List” My daughter thought it might be a good thing to check in, so we headed off to find something official looking. We found a table with coffee and papers and not much else. But just beyond that was a tent with tables and people behind them. Heading for what one might assume would be a good choice to get some information, we proceeded. At the table, where it took some effort to get anyone to even speak to me (they were chatting about this and that), I was informed that I was on the “naughty list.” My mind was racing. What possible crime had I committed at only my second trial? What could I have done? I almost had a panic attack. My crime? Not having a permanent height card. I was given a form, which I filled it out, and it seemed that we were in luck because the judges were able to give an official measurement—my second measurement and my dog’s get-outof-jail-free card. Yippee! We are no longer on the naughty list. At least that’s what I thought. Forbidden Places That being done, we decided to take the dogs for a walk, and started following the road that we came in on. That road branched off, up into the hills where there were several trucks and RVs parked, as well as several handlers with their dogs. We had been warned not to go on the trails, but seeing that we were still on a road and that there were no trail markers or warning signs, we headed off in the direction of the RVs and other dogs.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Clean Run - August 2011
Clean Run - August 2011
Contents
Editorializing: Why Does the Sun Go On Shining?
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Backyard Dogs
Building and Balancing Handler and Obstacle Focus, Part 5
Running Contacts: Should I or Shouldn’t I?
Acceleration and Deceleration Cues: Teaching the Basics
Control Unleashed® Case Study: The Look at That Game
Challenges at CR Central
Agility Bloopers
Challenges for Rising Stars
Need an Extra Hand? Using Remote Treat-dispensing Devices Effectively
Ready, Set, Trial! After the Run
Proof Positive: Age is Just a Number
Teaching FOCUS and Impulse-control Classes: Week 4
Is Offering an On-leash Agility Class Appropriate for Your Business?
Finessing Your Front Crosses
Command and Control: Raising Your New Pup
Handling for Maximum Performance
Three Stones of Praise
10 Agility Games to Play with Your Dog
Protect the Future of Our Sport: Keep It Positive
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Clean Run - August 2011 - 2
Clean Run - August 2011 - Contents
Clean Run - August 2011 - 4
Clean Run - August 2011 - Editorializing: Why Does the Sun Go On Shining?
Clean Run - August 2011 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run - August 2011 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Clean Run - August 2011 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run - August 2011 - 9
Clean Run - August 2011 - 10
Clean Run - August 2011 - Building and Balancing Handler and Obstacle Focus, Part 5
Clean Run - August 2011 - 12
Clean Run - August 2011 - 13
Clean Run - August 2011 - Running Contacts: Should I or Shouldn’t I?
Clean Run - August 2011 - 15
Clean Run - August 2011 - 16
Clean Run - August 2011 - 17
Clean Run - August 2011 - 18
Clean Run - August 2011 - Acceleration and Deceleration Cues: Teaching the Basics
Clean Run - August 2011 - 20
Clean Run - August 2011 - 21
Clean Run - August 2011 - 22
Clean Run - August 2011 - 23
Clean Run - August 2011 - 24
Clean Run - August 2011 - Control Unleashed® Case Study: The Look at That Game
Clean Run - August 2011 - 26
Clean Run - August 2011 - 27
Clean Run - August 2011 - 28
Clean Run - August 2011 - 29
Clean Run - August 2011 - Challenges at CR Central
Clean Run - August 2011 - 31
Clean Run - August 2011 - 32
Clean Run - August 2011 - 33
Clean Run - August 2011 - 34
Clean Run - August 2011 - Agility Bloopers
Clean Run - August 2011 - Challenges for Rising Stars
Clean Run - August 2011 - 37
Clean Run - August 2011 - Need an Extra Hand? Using Remote Treat-dispensing Devices Effectively
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Clean Run - August 2011 - 40
Clean Run - August 2011 - 41
Clean Run - August 2011 - 42
Clean Run - August 2011 - 43
Clean Run - August 2011 - Ready, Set, Trial! After the Run
Clean Run - August 2011 - 45
Clean Run - August 2011 - Proof Positive: Age is Just a Number
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Clean Run - August 2011 - Teaching FOCUS and Impulse-control Classes: Week 4
Clean Run - August 2011 - 53
Clean Run - August 2011 - Is Offering an On-leash Agility Class Appropriate for Your Business?
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Clean Run - August 2011 - Finessing Your Front Crosses
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Clean Run - August 2011 - Command and Control: Raising Your New Pup
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Clean Run - August 2011 - Handling for Maximum Performance
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Clean Run - August 2011 - Three Stones of Praise
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Clean Run - August 2011 - 10 Agility Games to Play with Your Dog
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Clean Run - August 2011 - Protect the Future of Our Sport: Keep It Positive
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