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3 December 17 | Clean Run 45 48 Clean Run (ISSN 1089-8506) is published monthly by Clean Run Productions, LLC. Principal office: 17 Industrial Dr., South Hadley, MA 01075. Periodicals postage paid at South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075-9902 and additional offices. © Copyright 1995-2017 Bud Houston and Clean Run Productions, LLC. All world rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Clean Run, 17 Industrial Dr., South Hadley, MA 01075. Cover Dog Misty Lakes Out of Africa CDX, RE, OA, NAJ, NF, CI, CS, CGC, U-CD, SPJ, SPG, SPK, a.k.a. Satara, a 12-year-old Rottweiler owned by Nicky Dronoff- Guthrie and Chuck Guthrie III (handled by Nicky) of Florida. Photo by Pix ‘n Pages THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS DECEMBER 17 VOLUME 23 NUMBER 12 Cover ® PHOTOS COURTESY OF JO SERMON, BOBBIE LYONS, MONICA BUSH 8 Practically Training: Understanding Serpentines, Part 1 The terminology used around serpentines can be confusing. A “serpentine” or “serp” is a specific configuration of three obstacles, but many of us also refer to a “serp” as a handling maneuver. Yes, you can serp a serp. By Sandy Rogers 12 Stuff You Missed in Foundation Class Our sport has never been more demanding. The missing link for many handlers lies in the unseen skills successful competitors already understand, but that are left out of foundation classes. By Sarah Stremming 35 Balance in Training: Test Your Skills To train behaviors comprehen- sively you must have balance your training. It’s time to take a hard look at what your dog really understands and make sure your training is in balance. Try these agility skills tests. By Stacy Winkler 55 Three Life Lessons I Learned from Training Dogs Not being hampered by pre- conceptions helps you see the good in a situation; and patience helps you shape the good that is already there into something bet- ter. This is true for dog training, people training, and our own per- sonal growth. By Eileen Anderson Features 5 Editorializing: As We Grow as Agility Handlers As we become more experienced in agility, we may start to forget what it’s like to be a first-time handler with our first dog. Many of these dogs start agility as adults and have problems relaxing at trials. Yet we hold them and their inexperi- enced handlers to the same standard of behavior as highly trained teams. Not only is this unfair, but it discourages the new people we need from entering the sport. By Donna Bean 20 Team Small Dog Agility Humility: Dress for the Stress It is a truth universally acknowledged that a dog agility competitor in possession of a good dog must be in want of an excellent capsule wardrobe that mixes and matches based on weather condi- tions and dog personality disorders. By Laura Hartwick 33 The Construction Zone: Adjustable PVC Teeter This simple adjustable teeter is for handlers intro- ducing their dog to the teeter for the first time or for dogs that need daily training to get over their teeter fear. You can adjust it to three different heights and it can be built in one weekend. By Charmaine Tong-Kaufman 43 Distance Handling in Action It’s time to take the distance skills you’ve been working on and apply then on course. This month we’ll look at distance handling possibili- ties on an Excellent/Master Jumpers with Weaves course. By Kristy Netzer 51 Power Paws Drills: Weave Discrimination This month’s setup was inspired by a course with two tunnels in close proximity to either end of the weave poles. By Nancy Gyes Columns 4 Themes Like a Good Idea By David Bozak 6 Tip of the Month By Deb Goodhart 7 For Your Information… By Brenna Fender 17 What’s My Line… By Ann Croft 31 Backyard Dogs By Dudley Shumate 58 My Favorite Jumping Exercise By Janet L. Gauntt 61 Courses for a Small World By Sue Barnett 63 The Judge’s Debriefing By Jeff Boyer My Turf Experience After running agility on rocks, stickers, and ultra-fine silt for a decade, the author decided to invest in used arti- ficial turf and install it herself with the help of a contractor. Here is the story of that experience. By Monica Bush Starting Off Right: Surface Training for Confident Puppies Young puppies should be exposed to many different surfaces to figure out how to shift their weight, place their feet, and activate their growing mus- cles. By Bobbie Lyons, CCFT, FP-MTI, Cert CF Training Freedom: Here I Go Again! Shady is quickly approaching his first birthday. We continue his training on foundation tricks and behaviors as well as sendaways and tight turns. He also gets a chance to work around other dogs when he attends his first foundation class. By Jo Sermon 24
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Clean Run (ISSN 1089-8506) is published monthly by Clean Run Productions, LLC. Principal offi ce: 17 Industrial Dr., South Hadley, MA 01075. Periodicals postage paid at South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075-9902 and additional offi ces. © Copyright 1995-2017 Bud Houston and Clean Run Productions, LLC. All world rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Clean Run, 17 Industrial Dr., South Hadley, MA 01075.
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Misty Lakes Out of Africa CDX, RE, OA, NAJ, NF, CI, CS, CGC, U-CD, SPJ, SPG, SPK, a.k.a. Satara, a 12-year-old Rottweiler owned by Nicky Dronoff -Guthrie and Chuck Guthrie III (handled by Nicky) of Florida.Photo by Pix ‘n Pages
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8 Practically Training: Understanding Serpentines, Part 1The terminology used around serpentines can be confusing. A “serpentine” or “serp” is a specifi c confi guration of three obstacles, but many of us also refer to a “serp” as a handling maneuver. Yes, you can serp a serp. By Sandy Rogers
12 Stuff You Missed in Foundation ClassOur sport has never been more demanding. The missing link for many handlers lies in the unseen skills successful competitors already understand, but that are left out of foundation classes. By Sarah Stremming
35 Balance in Training: Test Your SkillsTo train behaviors comprehen-sively you must have balance your training. It’s time to take a hard look at what your dog really understands and make sure your training is in balance. Try these agility skills tests. By Stacy Winkler
55 Three Life Lessons I Learned from Training DogsNot being hampered by pre-conceptions helps you see the good in a situation; and patience helps you shape the good that is already there into something bet-ter. This is true for dog training, people training, and our own per-sonal growth. By Eileen Anderson
Features
5 Editorializing: As We Grow as Agility Handlers As we become more experienced in agility, we may start to forget what it’s like to be a first-time handler with our first dog. Many of these dogs start agility as adults and have problems relaxing at trials. Yet we hold them and their inexperi-enced handlers to the same standard of behavior as highly trained teams. Not only is this unfair, but it discourages the new people we need from entering the sport. By Donna Bean
20 Team Small Dog Agility Humility: Dress for the StressIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a dog agility competitor in possession of a good dog must be in want of an excellent capsule wardrobe that mixes and matches based on weather condi-tions and dog personality disorders. By Laura Hartwick
33 The Construction Zone: Adjustable PVC Teeter This simple adjustable teeter is for handlers intro-ducing their dog to the teeter for the first time or for dogs that need daily training to get over their teeter fear. You can adjust it to three different heights and it can be built in one weekend. By Charmaine Tong-Kaufman
43 Distance Handling in Action It’s time to take the distance skills you’ve been working on and apply then on course. This month we’ll look at distance handling possibili-ties on an Excellent/Master Jumpers with Weaves course. By Kristy Netzer
51 Power Paws Drills: Weave Discrimination This month’s setup was inspired by a course with two tunnels in close proximity to either end of the weave poles. By Nancy Gyes
Columns
4 Themes Like a Good Idea By David Bozak
6 Tip of the Month By Deb Goodhart
7 For Your Information… By Brenna Fender
17 What’s My Line… By Ann Croft
31 Backyard Dogs By Dudley Shumate
58 My Favorite Jumping Exercise By Janet L. Gauntt
61 Courses for a Small World By Sue Barnett
63 The Judge’s Debriefing By Jeff Boyer
My Turf Experience After running agility on rocks, stickers, and ultra-fine silt for a decade, the author decided to invest in used arti-ficial turf and install it herself with the help of a contractor. Here is the story of that experience. By Monica Bush
Starting Off Right: Surface Training for Confident PuppiesYoung puppies should be exposed to many different surfaces to figure out how to shift their weight, place their feet, and activate their growing mus-cles. By Bobbie Lyons, CCFT, FP-MTI, Cert CF
Training Freedom: Here I Go Again!Shady is quickly approaching his first birthday. We continue his training on foundation tricks and behaviors as well as sendaways and tight turns. He also gets a chance to work around other dogs when he attends his first foundation class. By Jo Sermon
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