AKC Mixed Breed Participation Survey
22 Feb 2007
The AKC is conducting a survey to try to gauge interest in allowing neutered and spayed mixed breeds to compete in Companion Events…
Agility Matting For Indoor Training
21 Feb 2007
I've taken the plunge and put rubber matting down in My house has hardwood floors throughout and the sun room has a tile floor. The…
Flyball Training - First Class
12 Feb 2007
I don't really have a set course plan for training Flyball ; where I cover specific things in each class. I go at the speed of the dogs…
Clean Run Search, Licensing, Advertising, and Tweaks
07 Feb 2007
I've been doing some housekeeping on the site after completing my "mini-series" on Threadles . So here are the web site updates:
Copyright and Licensing
06 Feb 2007
Occasionally I get an email from a reader asking to reprint one of my articles in their club newsletter or for Clean Run Course Designer…
Single Sided Threadle Handling
30 Jan 2007
I learned this technique from Rachel Sanders at Dana Pike's "2006 Fall Maintenance Camp" . It was remarkable that the vast majority of…
Dog Allergies and Itchy Meek
26 Jan 2007
At our first visit to the dermatologist she wanted to rule out skin mites, so we put Meeker on Revolution (a topical insecticide also used…
AKC Agility Handler Clothing Clarification
24 Jan 2007
The AKC has posted its policy for clothing worn in the agility ring on its website : Advertising is not allowed in the AKC agility ring…
Suzanne Clothier's "The Clothier Natural Jumping Method"
18 Jan 2007
As far as I know Suzanne Clothier's book The Clothier Natural Jumping Method (Copyright 1989) was the first book written for dog…
Traditional Threadle Handling
12 Jan 2007
There are three "traditional" methods for handling Threadles . Two of which have the handler perform crosses and the third uses only…