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THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS

NOVEMBER 15

PHOTOS © MATT ALLISON, VOSM, ANTOINE ALSTON

8
Mind to Win:
Dealing with Disappointment
Whomever you are and whatever you
do, things don't always go to plan.
Disappointments are part of the deal
when we choose to participate in this
sport. But they don't have to defeat
you. Let's look at how you get yourself
back up and focused after a disappointment. By Kathrine McAleese, PhD

VOLUME 21

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Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy for
the Canine Athlete
PRP is used in both people and animals to help with healing. Recent
studies show it to be effective in managing numerous orthopedic conditions, including osteoarthritis and soft
tissue injuries. By Brittany Jean Carr,
DVM, CCRT & Sherman O. Canapp,
DVM, MS, CCRT, DACVS, DACVSMR

NUMBER 11

What is Functional Fitness Anyway?
Functional fitness puts you and your
body first. It considers your body's
strengths and its asymmetries. The
outcomes are measured by how much
better you can do your daily activities-
whatever they may be-with ease and
without discomfort, instead of how
much, how fast, and how many you can
do of something. By Antoine Alston

24 K9 Conditioning:
Flexibility Training
When dogs are asked to do
performance sports they often
get tight muscles that cause
soreness and poor performance.
Stretching avoids these problems
and increases flexibility. By Bobbie
Lyons, Cert CF, FitPAWS Master
Trainer Course Instructor
34 As the World Turns:
Blind Cross
The blind cross is a technique in
which the handler changes sides
ahead of the dog by turning her
head to her other side. It differs
from a front cross in that there is
no rotation toward the dog.
By Mary Ellen Barry

Features
5

Editorializing: It's Not Your Dog
It's likely that the vast majority of competitors
taking classes with their dogs have no interest in
traveling across the globe or even the country to
compete with their dogs. What happens when you
push these kinds of competitors for perfection?
By Brenna Fender

14 Keep It Simple for Success
Are we making agility unnecessarily complicated?
Does success on course really lie within increasingly complicated cue combinations? Let's look at
simple and straightforward handling solutions for
a complicated course. By Daisy Peel
21 Being an Innovative Dog Trainer: Arousal,
Part 7-At Ease! Calmness
We want our dogs to be in a state of default calmness. When in doubt, we want them to choose
calmness as we go from place to place. When we
want motivation and high arousal, then we will
trigger it. By Tom Mitchell
53 Training with the Stars: Zsófi Biro
This Hungarian agility handler, instructor, and
judge surprises people with how much she
rewards her dogs: "It comes from the heart. I don't
just give them a treat to fill their mouth. For me,
what the dog is doing is a real miracle, I feel the
joy and it reflects to the dogs. I think that is their
cue to do their best." By Sally Silverman

58 Class Plans from Happy Dog Ranch
This month's class plan focuses on blind crosses.
The blind cross is a powerful tool, especially for
dogs that are sensitive to pressure and slow down
when the handler does a front or rear cross.
By Kristy Netzer
61 An Inside Look at Agility Training Centers:
Dogwood Training Center
Located in central Ohio, this facility sits on a
5-acre, fenced site and offers both indoor and outdoor training arenas. Classes are offered in all levels of agility and Dogwood also holds flyball and
barn hunt training as well. By Brenna Fender

Columns
6

Tip of the Month
By Deborah Davidson Harpur

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

41 Making Your Rewards More
Dynamic & Effective, Part 2
To make rewards as effective as
possible in training, we need to
begin drills in a positive way. This
goes beyond getting our dogs
excited; we must develop focused
intensity at the start line-desire
with control. By Stacy Winkler
47 Power Paws Drills: Adding
Distance to Your Course Work
Distance work allows us to send
our dogs to a distant obstacle
so we can get closer to the next
handling challenge, but it can also
help our dogs commit to obstacles
on the path we set with our forward motion. By Nancy Gyes

27 The Judge's Debriefing By Kim Crenshaw
32 Backyard Dogs By Mia Grant
66 Letter to the Editor

Cover Dog
Ch MACH2 Nomatemba de Nordost
Noir CD RN HSAds HIAs HXAs MXG
MJG AXP AJP, a.k.a. Temba, a Belgian
Tervuren owned by Colleen Cody of
Massachusetts. Temba was nearly 16
years old when Colleen lost him last
January. He did agility and herding
until he was 13.5 years! Photo by
Lesley Mattuchio.

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