A few of the features: In the first of a two-part article, Jane Killion covers the fundamentals of training your dog to recognize your front cross cues, a group of trainers discusses ideas for training your dog not to "blind cross" you, Roxanne Hawn provides some input on how to decide whether to retrain agility skills, Debbie Sacerich explains a unique method of walking the course so that you can be more succesful with challenges, Mary Ellen Barry reviews the flatwork skills she thinks are critical to train a beginning dog, Rachel Flatley helps you think outside the box when it comes to choosing your warm-up routine and trial activities, Linda Mecklenburg shows how to apply her handling system in common sequences, Debbie Gross Saunders gives some guidelines for using treadmill walking to keep your dog in shape, Dr. Julie Roos explains how you can make diet decisions that can help maximize your dog's performance at trials, Cindy Brick shows you how to use silent running in training to improve your body language, a handout from the Windy City Agility Club on agility class etiquette, and much more! 84 pages.

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