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© Cover NUMBER 11 THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS PHOTOS © SHERMAN CANAPP, CLEAN RUN, TED COOKSON NOVEMBER 08 VOLUME 14 21 Stem Cell Therapy for the Canine Athlete Regenerative stem cell technology can give new hope to owners for extending the careers and improving the quality of life of their canine athletes. By Sherman O. Canapp Jr., DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS Foundation Fundamentals: Retrieving Tossing toys lets you reinforce your dog at a specific point in a sequence for behaviors like obstacle independence and start lines. Having him bring the toy back to you is the final behavior. By Mary Ellen Barry 43 Hand Touch: The Best Game Ever Hand Touch provides a means to teach dogs to be enthusiastic in any setting. Hand Touch is particularly useful for teaching basic agility behaviors such as start-line stays, circle work, calls to side, and basic turn cues. By Brian Ferrand, CPDT 65 © ALISSA BEHN/PET PERSONALITIES 14 Trainer’s Forum How do you get your dog to stop sniffing when your class meets in a barn? Our trainers offer positive solutions to get your dog’s head off the ground and back into the agility game. By Brenna Fender 33 The Challenge Is the Choice: Discrimination Learning Teaching our dogs to discriminate among complex choices at speed is truly a challenge. How do you best teach your dog to cope with these discriminations? By Pamela Reid, PhD Features 5 Editorializing: It’s Not All in a Word Did your dog ever go to the door without a single word from you? Did you jingle your keys or start to get up from your chair? Body language is important to our companions, on course and off, so be careful what you “say.” By Rick Parry 62 Focus On Weaves The weave poles are a demanding obstacle to perform, both physically and mentally. Do your actions support your dog or distract him from his task? By Deborah Jones, PhD 82 Shelter Champs: Lucky and Chewie While many competitors dream of earning titles, animal shelters continue to house dogs that were relinquished because they are too energetic, too smart, or too busy for most pet homes. Many of these dogs are great agility prospects. This month, meet Lucky and Chewie. By Lisa Barrett 86 Four-on-the-floor Contacts: A New Method for Training the End Contact Behavior, Part 3 With the four-on-the-floor contact method, you can teach your dog a fast, accurate, and comfortable contact performance. In this series of articles, the author details new additions to her training method. By Ann C. Croft 11 Cece’s Gym Exercise of the Month: Stair Work Stair work assists in the development of balance, proprioception, and concentric and eccentric strength. By Debbie Gross Saunders, DPT, MSPT, OCS, CCRP 24 Handling Your Dog in Awesome Style, Part 8: Basic Turns with Turning Obstacles This month we learn how to perform the basic turns in conjunction with turning obstacles when cued with forward motion and with no motion. By Linda Mecklenburg 38 The Purely Positive Myth Positive reinforcement is only one of the four quadrants of operant conditioning, 25% of the available OC tools. Positive reinforcement is relatively easy to use, but can it deal with every training problem? By Kathy Keats 50 Power Paws Patterns: Number Ten Among many other skills, this month’s setup allows you to practice the important skill of taking your dog to the “wrong” end of the tunnel. By Nancy Gyes 55 Interpret Agility to Motivate and Inspire How do you encourage students to continue beyond the classroom to learn and practice agility on their own? By Diana Barber, PhD 70 When Pigs Fly: Choosing Your Crosses Your Pigs Fly dog needs a handling system designed especially for him. This month we discuss the complexities of changing sides: why, when, and how to use front and rear crosses. By Jane Killion 77 Timing of Front Crosses, Part 1: Positional Cues and Deceleration Having difficulty with the execution of your front crosses? You can run a course more efficiently after you and your dog understand two important concepts that are critical to successful front crosses: deceleration and position. By Greg Derrett Columns 6 7 8 Tip of the Month By Jan Sofranko Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility… By Brenna Fender Backyard Dogs By Karen Holik 18 Skill of the Month By Karen Holik 58 Distance Challenge By Jane Simmons-Moake 90 Tuna Fudge Recipe By Jeanette Weber 90 Course Diagram Keys Cover Dog MACH Camptiff’s Bestboy WDX, a.k.a. Scooch, an 8-year-old English Cocker Spaniel owned by Sally Follansbee of Connecticut. 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