Agility Training : The Fun Sport for All Dogs,9780876054024

Agility Training : The Fun Sport for All Dogs

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780876054024
ISBN10: 0876054025
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1992-02-11
Publisher(s): INGRAM PUB SERVICES
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Summary

Whether your dog is young or old, large or small, pedigreed or mixed breed, Agility is a sport you and your dog can enjoy together. Agility Training makes clear all aspects of this, the world's fastest growing and most versatile dog sport. Whatever your interest, whether purely casual or highly competitive, you will find the instructional methods and helpful hints meaningful for your goals. Agility Training tells readers how to get started in the sport, work on their own, attend classes, earn titles and organize a competition or practice event. Chapters describe training for all levels of Agility, from beginners through an advanced curriculum. A special feature provides detailed construction plans as well as a list of materials for all obstacles. A Howell Dog Book of Distinction

Author Biography

Jane Simmons-Moake is a veteran Agility competitor and a judge of Agility events. She and her husband, Gordon Simmons-Moake, are partners in the FlashPaws Agility Training Center in Houston and have been instrumental in organizing Agility events nationwide.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
About the Author xi
Preface xiii
About Agility---What It Is, Who Does It and Why
1(8)
Getting Started
9(8)
Obstacle Training
17(54)
Obedience Work
71(14)
Sequence Training
85(28)
Distance Control
113(12)
Training Class Ideas
125(32)
Agility Trial Classes and Competition
157(16)
Holding an Agility Event
173(14)
Just for the Fun of It-Create Your Own Activities and Obstacles
187(8)
Epilogue 195(2)
Appendix A: Obstacle Construction 197(38)
Gordon Simmons-Moake
Appendix B: Agility Resources 235

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