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3 September 18 | Clean Run 25 42 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 1995-2018 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 Okey, Dokey Kouki, Flying Monkey AD, IND, AX, OAJ, CGC, a.k.a. Kouki, a 5-year-old Pekingese owned by Jacklyn Murphy of New Jersey. Photo by Barry Rosen. THE MAGAZINE FOR DOG AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS SEPTEMBER 18 VOLUME 24 NUMBER 09 Cover ® PHOTOS © SHARI GLICKMAN, JO SERMON, MIA GRANT 13 Practically Training: Back-to-Back and Turn Cue Combinations Combining the turn cues you have learned is the next step in perfecting your physical turn cues and communication with your dog. Learn how to be in position for the next cue, not just the initial cue. By Sandy Rogers 21 Power Paws Drills: Summer Tune-Up This setup has serpentines, threa- dles, and wraps in abundance. There are some interesting drills with decision making required to choose the best line for your dog. By Nancy Gyes 33 How Not to Lose Your 2-On/2-Off Contacts, Part 3 This month you’ll move on to level three proofing for your dog’s 2-on/2-off contacts and learn two new drills. By Sandy Rogers 44 Scary Sounds: What’s the Best Help for Your Dog? There are a number of different products and methods on the market that claim to shield your dog from noise or mitigate or even “cure” his reaction to it. How effective are they? By Eileen Anderson Features 5 Editorializing: The Dog’s Choice My philosophy for training dogs is that I want the dog to tell me what he wants to do. The dog is the only one who knows what feels good both men- tally and physically. I never want to force my dogs to do something a certain way. By Amanda Nelson 11 Super Sets The ability to recognize and operate in, around, and through all the different sorts of boxes is an important skill for every agility team. These exer- cise sets can be tweaked to suit dogs of any level with minimal course building. Think outside the box! By Dudley Shumate 18 My Favorite Jumping Exercise Only have a few minutes available for training? This setup features only three jumps and allows you to sharpen a variety of handling techniques. By Mary Champagne 49 25% Solution for Fine Tuning Teamwork This month’s drills, which fit in a 60ft. x 40ft. area, are based on a traditional jump square. The drills focus on managing a safe teeter approach as well as practicing weaves and teeters heading into a barrier. By John Reid Columns 4 Themes Like a Good Idea By David Bozak 6 Tip of the Month By Sandy Rogers 30 Backyard Dogs By Steve Schwarz Plan for Action How many dogs is too many dogs for you? Just as you plan your training, competition schedule, downtime, con- ditioning, etc., take some time to plan when you will get a new addition to your household number without the temptation of an adorable puppy staring at you. By Mia Grant Training Freedom: Here I Go Again! Weave pole training continues with the youngsters working on three sets of two poles spaced apart, the A-frame continues to be raised, one- jump work expands to two-jump work, left/right/go discriminations are combined with a verbal collection cue, and more. By Jo Sermon Ultimate Dog Vehicle Setups: Honda Odyssey Check out some of the most popular “dog vehicles” and how you can modify them to best fit your dog sport needs. This month we look at the Honda Odyssey, a popular choice of soccer moms and dog sport com- petitors alike. By Brenna Fender 7 Need help renumbering the Backyard Dog sequences? © BRUCE MCCLELLAND/BAMFOTO
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Clean Run (ISSN 1089-8506) is published monthly by Clean Run Productions, LLC. Principal o� ce: 17 Industrial Dr., South Hadley, MA 01075. Periodicals postage paid at South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075-9902 and additional o� ces. © Copyright 1995-2018 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
Okey, Dokey Kouki, Flying Monkey AD, IND, AX, OAJ, CGC, a.k.a. Kouki, a 5-year-old Pekingese owned by Jacklyn Murphy of New Jersey.Photo by Barry Rosen.
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13 Practically Training: Back-to-Back and Turn Cue CombinationsCombining the turn cues you have learned is the next step in perfecting your physical turn cues and communication with your dog. Learn how to be in position for the next cue, not just the initial cue. By Sandy Rogers
21 Power Paws Drills: Summer Tune-UpThis setup has serpentines, threa-dles, and wraps in abundance. There are some interesting drills with decision making required to choose the best line for your dog. By Nancy Gyes
33 How Not to Lose Your 2-On/2-Off Contacts, Part 3This month you’ll move on to level three proo� ng for your dog’s 2-on/2-o� contacts and learn two new drills. By Sandy Rogers
44 Scary Sounds: What’s the Best Help for Your Dog? There are a number of di� erent products and methods on the market that claim to shield your dog from noise or mitigate or even “cure” his reaction to it. How e� ective are they? By Eileen Anderson
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5 Editorializing: The Dog’s Choice My philosophy for training dogs is that I want the dog to tell me what he wants to do. The dog is the only one who knows what feels good both men-tally and physically. I never want to force my dogs to do something a certain way. By Amanda Nelson
11 Super SetsThe ability to recognize and operate in, around, and through all the different sorts of boxes is an important skill for every agility team. These exer-cise sets can be tweaked to suit dogs of any level with minimal course building. Think outside the box! By Dudley Shumate
18 My Favorite Jumping ExerciseOnly have a few minutes available for training? This setup features only three jumps and allows you to sharpen a variety of handling techniques. By Mary Champagne
49 25% Solution for Fine Tuning Teamwork This month’s drills, which fit in a 60ft. x 40ft. area, are based on a traditional jump square. The drills focus on managing a safe teeter approach as well as practicing weaves and teeters heading into a barrier. By John Reid
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4 Themes Like a Good Idea By David Bozak
6 Tip of the Month By Sandy Rogers
30 Backyard Dogs By Steve Schwarz
Plan for ActionHow many dogs is too many dogs for you? Just as you plan your training, competition schedule, downtime, con-ditioning, etc., take some time to plan when you will get a new addition to your household number without the temptation of an adorable puppy staring at you. By Mia Grant
Training Freedom: Here I Go Again!Weave pole training continues with the youngsters working on three sets of two poles spaced apart, the A-frame continues to be raised, one-jump work expands to two-jump work, left/right/go discriminations are combined with a verbal collection cue, and more. By Jo Sermon
Ultimate Dog Vehicle Setups: Honda OdysseyCheck out some of the most popular “dog vehicles” and how you can modify them to best fit your dog sport needs. This month we look at the Honda Odyssey, a popular choice of soccer moms and dog sport com-petitors alike. By Brenna Fender
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