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The Agility Training Cycle
Do you plan your agility
training year or just leave it to chance and hope for the best. Steve Croxford, Manager
of the British Agility Team, explains to improve your performance in the ring by dividing
to divide the agility into distinct season. |
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How to
Remember a Course
American agility trainer Julia
Lane found that her students were getting very frustrated trying to remember a course,
and so she compiled a list of top tips for her class. She has agreed to share with
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Running an Aggressive Dog
Agility is a great outlet for dogs that have issues, but you should
always balance the benefit to your dog of that run in that place on that
day against the risk of putting your dog into a position where they feel
they need to bite. Of course things happen out of the blue but, if you
know your dog is at bite risk, you need to manage that risk closely.
Editor of The Voice, Jill Spurr has agreed to share her article. |
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A How to... Trainer's Guide to Preparing
Competitors for Shows
As
most of us know from our own experience, a handler's first show can be really
quite daunting. Wellingborough Dog Training Club has developed a scheme to help
their beginner handlers enter shows with confidence so they can have a positive
experience. When they feel a group is ready, they run a special class to prepare
them to enter the unique world of dog agility shows. Wellingborough trainer Joanna Loomes
explains how they do it. |
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Lucy
Tarpey & Diesel
Since Lucy Tarpey was age 12, her favourite thing to do with her Cocker Spaniel
Diesel has been agility. She began training, using broom handles and a
plastic hoop. Soon she was doing both Junior and Standard classes,
sometimes against more than 100 adults which was a bit overwhelming for
a youngster. She is now 17 years old and she has learned that sometimes
you need to fail to succeed. |
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Training in the Ring
Should
we allow it? Lee Windeatt plays Devil's advocate.
(10/08/06) |
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Your Secret
Coach
Discover the
secrets to winning agility as put forward by Olympia winner Chris Smith i her new
book. Reviewed by
Sally Jones.
(24/05/01) |
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