Agility Association of Canada (AAC)

638 Wonderland Road South

London, Ontario N6K 1L8

Canada

(519) 473-3410

 

American Kennel Club (AKC)

5580 Centerview Drive

Suite 200

Raleigh, NC 27606-3390

(919) 233-9767

 

Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA)

6091 East State Highway 21

Bryan, Texas 77803-9652

(409) 778-1082

 

Canine Performance Events (CPE)

P.O. Box 805

South Lyon, MI 48178

 

Dogs On Course in North America (DOCNA)

c/o Jim and Mary Kay Mills
P.O. Box 83238
Phoenix, AZ 85071-3238

 

North American Dog Agility Council (NADAC)

11522 South Hwy 3
Cataldo, ID

(208) 689-3803

 

TEACUP Dog Agility Assoc

P. O. Box 69
Ostrander, OH 43061-0069
(740) 666-2018

 

United Kennel Club, Inc. (UKC)

100 E. Kilgore Rd

Kalamazoo, MI 49002-5584

(616) 343-9020

 

United States Dog Agility Association (USDAA)

P.O. Box 850995

Richardson, Texas 75085-0955

(972) 487-2200

 

Agility Ability – “Agility Central”:

•basic agility info

 

Cleanrun magazine:

•info on clubs, events, camps, exercises and agility paraphernalia

 

Clicker Training:  

•Karen Pryor’s (a clicker pioneer) site

 

Agility Nerds: 

•stretches for your dog

COMMUNICATION and RELATIONSHIP

• Bones Would Rain from the Sky, by Suzanne Clothier
• The Other End of the Leash, by Patricia McConnell

APPLICATION OF CLICKER

• Click for Joy, by Melissa Alexander, Sunshine Books
• Clicking with Your Dog, Step by-Step in Pictures, by Peggy Tillman
• Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs, by Karen Pryor

TRAINING THEORY

• Culture Clash, by Jean Donaldson,  James & Kenneth Pub.  1996
• Excel-erated Learning, by Pam J. Reid. James & Kenneth Pub. 1996
• Don’t Shoot the Dog, by Karen Pryor.  Bantam/Doubleday/Dell 1985 (THIS IS ALL THEORY)
• How Dogs Learn, by Mary E. Burch and Jon S. Bailey, Ph. D.

AGILITY

• Agility Right From The Start, by Eva Bertilsson & Emelie Johnson Vegh
• Enjoying Dog Agility, by Julie Daniels
• Competing in Agility, Entering Trials & What to Do When You Get There,by Cindy Buckholt
• Jumping From A to Z, by Chris Zink and Julie Daniels
• Learning about Dogs: Clicker Agility for fun and fitness, by Diana Bird
• Course Analysis for Agility Handlers, by Stuart Mah

For the SERIOUS COMPETITOR

• Agility Success, Training and Competing with Your Dog in the Winning Zone, by Angelica Steinker, M.Ed.
• Mental Toughness Training, Commanding the Ideal Performance State at Will, by Dr. James Loehr and Peter McLauglin, (audio tapes)
• In Pursuit of Excellence: How to win in sport and life through mental training, by Terry Orlick.

MIKEY & HOOT'S PICK

• Dudley the Terrier That Could, by Stephen Green-Armytage

 

Handling Decisions - Watching Others(download flow-chart >>>)

Snooker Tips

This month's tip focuses on Snooker. Below you will find a snooker card originally printed in "Strategies for 3-Reds Only Snooker" in the June 2004 issue of Clean Run magazine.

The snooker card is a two sided card. The front of the card shows you how many points you need in the closing depending on what you have successfully completed in the opening.  On the back of the card is the Closing Sequence -this side of the card shows how many points you earn just in the closing when you have completed that particular number.

For an indepth explanation of the snooker card see Clean Run Magazine article "Strategies for 3-Reds-Only Snooker" in the June 2004 issue. You may also be interested in the article titled "Snooker Impaired" which was published in the April 2000 issue of Clean Run Magazine.

Click here for a pdf version of the snooker card.

Click here for a pdf version of the article "Strategies for 3-Reds-Only Snooker"

Click here for a pdf version of the article "Snooker Impaired"

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Picture Vocabulary for Agility

The picture vocabulary contains terms that every agility student should be familiar with. You should train your dog to recognize these patterns on his/her own.

Click here for page 1 of picture vocabulary.

Click here for page 2 of picture vocabulary.

 

AGILITY EQUIPMENT:

Agility Equipment.com http://agility-equipment.com/

MAD agility equipment http://www.madagility.com/

 

NEAT DOG STORE:

Houndstooth Bakery and Boutique http://www.thehoundstooth.com/index.html

 

NEAT PLACES:

Glen Highland Farm http://www.glenhighlandfarm.com/

Sugarbush Farm http://www.sugarbushfarm.net/

White Mountain Agility http://whitemountainagility.tripod.com/id82.htm

 

AGILITY SITES that offer education:

Rising Star Agilityhttp://dogagility.biz/

WAG’D Agility http://www.wagdagility.com/

Stacey Peardot-Goudy http://www.cspotwin.com/