Click n Play Agility

Author: Angelica Steinker

Agility is a playful game. Dogs don't care if you win or lose, they only care how you play the game. Not only does this book tell you how these click and play training techniques work, it tells you why. Let the author guide you through the science of how dogs learn, so you can better understand how to teach agility to your dog. Throughout, this book emphasizes having fun and bonding with your dog while using clicker training to bring agility behaviors to the highest level.

This book introduces the concept of the Click and Play Pyramid, which helps keep your clicker training on track. The Click and Play Pyramid is made up of five layers.

The bottom layer, which everything else builds on, is attention. The dog gives the handler attention and vice versa. Consistency-the next layer-is critical to the dog's learning process. Without consistency, the dog's learning is slowed or stopped.

Consistency leads to the next layer, which is attitude and motivation. Are both you and your dog having fun? Fun can be exciting, and excitement can lead to issues with self-control.

Self-control is the fourth layer. Both dog and handler's self-control are critical to an agility team's success.

The pinnacle of the pyramid is the concept of win/win training. Ideally, in all interactions both the handler and the dog win.

Use this book and the Click and Play Pyramid concepts to help you and your dog become the best agility team you can be!