Kay Guetzloff

Switching Sides: Making the Transition from Obedience to Agility

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows you how to teach your obedience-trained dog the added skills necessary to master agility techniques and later compete in agility trials. Through the use of precise instructions, black-and-white photos, and course and equipment designs, you will learn about the training techniques for each agility obstacle and how to put those skills together to run a successful course. You will learn how to -- -- Understand agility jargon -- Select commands -- Make or purchase your own training equipment -- Introduce your dog to new commands and exercises -- Teach your dog to correctly perform on the pause table, various jumps, tunnels, contacts, the A-frame, the dog walk, the seesaw, the crossover, and weave poles -- Avoid potential problems with contact obstacles -- Prepare for a stress-free agility trial -- Read a course layout, walk the course at a trial, remember the course, and run the course This informative training book is your one-stop guide to the organizations, terms, equipment, considerations, and precautions for participating in the fastest-growing dog sport in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Produktdetails

• Making the Transition from Obe
• Verlag: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 158mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780877193555
• ISBN-10: 087719355X
• Artikelnr.: 22182518

Autorenporträt

By Kay Guetzloff