lean Run Productions LLC
Subtitle: A Workbook for Training Your Dog to Work Away
Authors: Bud Houston and Stacy Peardot with appendixes by Linda Mecklenburg
Format: Soft cover, wire-o
Length: 160 pages
Release Date: 1999
Go the Distance is a carefully crafted plan for teaching dogs and handlers to work comfortably at a distance in agility. It is organized into progressive lessons which build upon fundamental skills. This book is not just for the intrepid Gamblers handler; the authors make the point early on that distance work is a key element of success in virtually any agility game.
Although Go the Distance is useful for all agility competitors who want to work on distance skills, it includes sections designed to provide the agility instructor with a clearly written reference for teaching the basics of distance work in a class setting. The lesson plans are well organized and include attention to the administration of the training program as well as weekly homework assignments for students taking the course. And while the book is divided neatly into eight clear lesson plans, it contains a virtual overabundance of exercises which can be used and reused and expanded upon.
Go the Distance includes appendixes by Linda Mecklenburg that cover teaching your dog a Turn command (180-degree turn), teaching Left and Right directional commands, and more.
About the Authors
Bud Houston is a popular agility trainer and seminar leader. His published works include such gems as the Clean Run Book of Agility Games. Bud is the founder and former editor of Clean Run, and today is involved with the Just For Fun Agility organization. He lives in Ohio where he runs the Dogwood Agility Training Center, a training camp and center for weekly lessons in the sport.
Stacy Peardot-Goudy's passion for dog training began at age 12 with a Siberian Husky, and later led to agility classes with her two Boxers. Since then she has become one of the premier agility trainers in the United States. Her accomplishments include competing successfully at the national level with multiple wins in USDAA, NADAC, and AKC and representing the U.S. in international competition as a member of the USDAA/IFCS World Team in 2002, 2004, and 2006. Stacy now owns and operates C Spot Win dog training in LaPorte, Colorado, and sponsors C Spot Win camps across the county. She has developed a devoted following of seminar attendees from the U.S., Australia, Canada, Bermuda, and Costa Rica.
lean Run Productions LLC
Subtitle: A Workbook for Training Your Dog to Work Away
Authors: Bud Houston and Stacy Peardot with appendixes by Linda Mecklenburg
Format: Soft cover, wire-o
Length: 160 pages
Release Date: 1999
Go the Distance is a carefully crafted plan for teaching dogs and handlers to work comfortably at a distance in agility. It is organized into progressive lessons which build upon fundamental skills. This book is not just for the intrepid Gamblers handler; the authors make the point early on that distance work is a key element of success in virtually any agility game.
Although Go the Distance is useful for all agility competitors who want to work on distance skills, it includes sections designed to provide the agility instructor with a clearly written reference for teaching the basics of distance work in a class setting. The lesson plans are well organized and include attention to the administration of the training program as well as weekly homework assignments for students taking the course. And while the book is divided neatly into eight clear lesson plans, it contains a virtual overabundance of exercises which can be used and reused and expanded upon.
Go the Distance includes appendixes by Linda Mecklenburg that cover teaching your dog a Turn command (180-degree turn), teaching Left and Right directional commands, and more.
About the Authors
Bud Houston is a popular agility trainer and seminar leader. His published works include such gems as the Clean Run Book of Agility Games. Bud is the founder and former editor of Clean Run, and today is involved with the Just For Fun Agility organization. He lives in Ohio where he runs the Dogwood Agility Training Center, a training camp and center for weekly lessons in the sport.
Stacy Peardot-Goudy's passion for dog training began at age 12 with a Siberian Husky, and later led to agility classes with her two Boxers. Since then she has become one of the premier agility trainers in the United States. Her accomplishments include competing successfully at the national level with multiple wins in USDAA, NADAC, and AKC and representing the U.S. in international competition as a member of the USDAA/IFCS World Team in 2002, 2004, and 2006. Stacy now owns and operates C Spot Win dog training in LaPorte, Colorado, and sponsors C Spot Win camps across the county. She has developed a devoted following of seminar attendees from the U.S., Australia, Canada, Bermuda, and Costa Rica.
