Clean Run - September 2014 - 3

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THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS

PHOTOS © DAWN WASICEK,
GREATDANEPHOTOS, ALICIA DUBE

21
Recipe for a Successful Finish
Do you have a dog that runs away
at the end of an agility run? Control
Unleashed games can give structure
to both you and your dog, which
greatly decreases anxiety and stress
for everyone. By Dawn Wasicek

SEPTEMBER 14

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Sidelined Strategies: Keeping Your
Dog Running When You Can't
No one wants to sit on the sidelines
with an injury, but it happens. If you're
injured, is recruiting a substitute handler a good option for your canine
teammates? By Linda Rose

NUMBER 09

Teaching Your Dog to Back Up
A back-up behavior is often taught to
help develop body awareness. But it's
also useful in competition if your dog
is being antsy on the start line, and
at home to improve your dog's core
strength. By Amanda Shyne

Features
5

Editorializing: Gratefulness
It's all amazing. Every bit of agility! The things
we do with our dogs. It is stuff that most people
can't even imagine doing. They don't know how
awesome it is to teach a dog to jump and climb
and weave and then race around the course at top
speed bonded by some spiritual connection.
By Brenna Fender

29 Designing Courses for USDAA
Masters Challenge Classes
A judge shares his thoughts and process of experimentation while endeavoring to understand the
craft of course design as it applies to this special
and interesting class of competition, as well as
explains some of the technical jargon associated
with the challenges. By Bud Houston
43 Raising Your Pup 2 Perfection: Play, Part 1
Playing with your puppy shouldn't be a high pressure activity. It is supposed to be lighthearted, fast,
and enjoyable for both you and your dog! So lose
your inhibitions, go crazy, and let your hair down.
By Lauren Langman
45 Power Paws Drills: Discriminating
This setup tests the skills you worked on last
month discriminating between tunnels and the
dogwalk or A-frame. By Nancy Gyes
57 Training with the Stars: Jen Pinder
When Jen Pinder began training her first dog,
it was the athleticism of agility, paired with the
mental challenge of dog training, that drew her
into the sport. By Sally Silverman

61 Let's Start a Club!
Promoting Your Club with the Right Stuff
Specialty advertising items can also help stimulate growth for your agility club by making you
more visible to the public. They also make good
prizes and giveaway items. By Jan Manning

10 As the World Turns: Lap Turn
The lap turn is used in situations
where you want to turn the
dog away from your with a side
change. The turn is created on the
flat with the handler facing the
dog. By Mary Ellen Barry
18 The 10-Minute Trainer
This month you'll learn how to
teach your dog to turn away from
you to circle a wingless jump
upright or post, as you practice
what is called "zone clicking."
By Daisy Peel
33 Why Should I Care About
This Science Stuff?
Using Cues as Reinforcers
and Behavior Chains
To bridge the gap between training and the ring, we teach our
dogs that if they perform a behavior on cue, they may get a click
and treat or they may get another
cue (opportunity for reinforcement), which will be rewarded.
There will always be payment
coming in one form or another
at the end of a sequence.
By Lynne Stephens

63 Secrets to Perfect Timing:
Getting It Right the First Time
It's easy to be good at a course the fourth
time we run it, but sadly, we aren't given extra
chances at trials. We need to learn how to get
the course right the very first time we run it.
By Kathy Keats
65 Ringside Manners Matter
How often have you or someone you know
said feel free to yell at my dog if he starts barking? Even if that dog tolerates it, what about his
canine neighbors? Or the surrounding people?
If your dog is out of control, how does yelling at
him solve anything other than demonstrate that
you're out of control, too? By Julia Kamysz Lane

Columns
6

Tip of the Month By Marcy Rauch

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

38 The OneMind Dogs
Methodology: Agility from
the Dog's Point of View
We may never truly comprehend
how dogs see agility. But it is fascinating when we see dogs react
in the same manner to something, despite being trained in
completely different ways.
By Janita Leinonen and
Jaakko Suoknuuti

Backyard Dogs By Mia Grant

26 The Judge's Debriefing
By Bud Houston

Cover Dog
Duchwood's Special Delivery MS, FC,
CD, RN, XF, MX, AXJ, CGC a.k.a. Delta,
a 9-year-old Smooth Dachshund
owned by Alice Carter of Connecticut.
Photo by Lesley Mattuchio,
www.pbase.com/lesleylou.

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