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Contacts: Bridging the Gap Between Training &
Competition DVD
Clean Run Productions LLC
Author: Rachel Sanders
Format: DVD,
NTSC format
Running Time: Unknown
Release Date: 2008
Did you teach your dog a fast, accurate, and independent two-on/two-off
contact behavior only to find it now failing you in the competition ring? The
more we compete and the longer it has been since our initial training, the more
our dogs' competition contact performance seems to deviate from their training
performance. Perhaps your dog's contact performance is slowing down. Or maybe
she is no longer driving to the end of the contacts without you next to her.
Perhaps your dog is no longer waiting for your release command and releases on
her own. Or you may find yourself repeating your contact command or decelerating
at the end of the contact to facilitate a stop. Worse yet, your dog may be
missing contacts altogether.
Finally there's a clear-cut method for bridging this gap between training and
competition so that you can achieve your ideal contact performance in the ring.
This DVD will show you why your two-on/two-off performances are deteriorating
and will provide a comprehensive training plan for "release work" on the
contacts that will allow you to recreate your competition behavior in the
training environment so you can fix your areas of weakness. The end result is a
contact behavior in competition that is the same as the behavior your dog gives
you in training.
About the Author
For the past 25 years, Rachel Sanders has been involved in a variety of
dog training activities including competitive obedience, general pet training,
hearing dog training, and agility training. In more recent years, her focus is
solely on agility or agility related training. Rachel currently competes with
her two Border Collies, Fable & Stuie, and her Jack Russell Terrier, Better.
Rachel has put ADCH and MACH titles on multiple dogs. She and her dogs have
reached the finals of the USDAA and AKC agility championships on multiple
occasions, and have earned four national championships. Most recently Rachel and
Fable earned a spot on the 2008 IFCS World Team.