Author: Bonny Quick
Format: Paperback
Length: 192 pages illustrated with 60 diagrams and 80 color photographs
Release Date: 2020
The Agility Bible is comprehensive guide that includes everything for agility lovers, from training your weaves to sophisticated jump exercises; from how to develop your mental game to building your relationship with your dog. This is not a basic book. You won't be reading stuff you've read 100 times before.
When a hundredth of a second can decide placings, the skills you teach your dog and your effectiveness as a handler, are crucial. Top international trainer and handler Bonny Quick reveals how to get the best from your dog, from foundation training through to the competition ring. Her success comes from treating every dog as an individual, and her unique insights make for effective and enjoyable learning.
Using a strategy of rewards and reinforcement, Bonny gives the lowdown on: agility-ready skills, jump and tunnel skills, weave skills, contact skills, handling, training, and competing With the help of photo sequences and diagrams, Bonny teaches individual skills, then tests and proofs them with tailor-made exercises. She then focuses on how to get ready for competition, preparing both you and your dog for the mental and physical challenges that lie ahead.
Whether you are a top-class handler, or a novice starting out in the sport, Agility Bible is the one book that you cannot do without.
About the Author
Bonny Quick grew up in Belgium and was dog mad from the outset, even though her parents stuck to cats! Undeterred, Bonny befriended neighborhood dogs and was working as a dog sitter by the time she left school. From Belgium, Bonny moved to Scotland, graduating in 2005 with a first class degree from Edinburgh University. While writing her dissertation, she got the chance to own her first dog, a black Labrador. Together they started going to fun agility classes. Fast forward to the present, and Bonny has competed in agility for more than 20 years, across a range of heights, and with a number of breeds and crossbreeds. She has competed at and achieved podium positions at many major national and international competitions, including Crufts, Olympia, EO, IFCS, WAO, and IMCA. Bonny has represented her country abroad nine times.
Chapter One: Is all about your dog's mind. How to get motivation and rein in exuberance. How to establish a reward system, and why reinforcement is about more than the treats and toys you hand out.
Chapter Two: Looks at your dog's body. Understand how your dog becomes an agility athlete, learn how to prevent injury, and what to do in a proper warm up.
Chapter Three: Takes you through all the skills that will create your ideal agility partner, from recalls to stands to settling and verbal discrimination. This section is perfect for puppies and young dogs, as well as dogs new to the agility game.
Chapter Four: This is where we start to look seriously at agility skills, and how to get your skills past good and into phenomenal.
Chapter Five: Before you get to the equipment, what can you do on the flat with a youngster? It's all in here.
Chapter Six: From pull through slices to rear cross wraps and germans, this is how you train each jump skill to world class level.
Chapter Seven: Make your weaves weavetastic! Teach amazing entries and get sensational independence with any dog, ready for championship competitions and beyond.
Chapter Eight: From stopped contacts to running contacts, how should you go about training them? Find out here, plus lots of FAQs all about contact criteria and how to fix it when it's gone wrong.
Chapter Nine: Be the best handler you could ever be for your dog. Learn how.
Chapter Ten: Get top tips on how to approach everything agility from training days to national and international competitions.
Chapter Eleven: What about who you are? Does your mindset get in the way? Ever feel held back? You won't after reading this chapter.
"Really enjoyed this! Lots of helpful tips. Really hope she writes some more."
"Just love it. A good read and each exercise is broken down and easy to follow."
"Exactly what I needed."
"This book is absolutely brilliant, lovely glossy photos as well as clear diagrams and text. It covers pretty much everything you could need to know-motivation, dog fitness, obstacles skills and handling, amongst many other things. Very highly recommended for any agility enthusiast! My agility dog ‘Hero’ and I both enjoyed it greatly."
"This book is exactly what the title says it is! A great read, this book is full of useful information and training tips, whether you are considering taking up agility with your dog or have already got started. Clearly set out it's easy to read and covers topics from basic dog training to explaining the more advanced skills needed to negotiate an agility course."
"Covers all the important aspects of agility for both dog and handler. It's my favourite dog agility book by far. Clear diagrams, easy to read, and gives the important detail of when and how to reward to get the best from the partnership. This book will guide you through training with clarity for all levels of ability. A 'must have' for anyone wanting to partake in the fastest growing sport in the country."
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