Switching Sides: Making the Transition from Obedience to Agility

By Kay Guetzloff

This book shows you how to teach your obedience-trained dog the added skills necessary to master agility techniques and later compete in agility trials. It is your one-stop guide to the organizations,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087719355X
• ISBN13: 9780877193555
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Explain the relation between the two types of trainig

This is great book for the people that want to make a conection between obedience and agility. It puts the obedience training to good use and shows the differences between the two types of training. It also contains great info on positioning during the exercises. Also gives diferent comands used for each exercise so you can choose the one that fits you better. Is a really good book and very easy to read. The chapter dedicated to building the equipment is great. I already use some of the instructions and the jumps came out perfect.

First book to apply obedience to agility

This book is a must for anyone training in obedience who is or wants to train for agility. Kay explains in a very clear and concise way the benefits and problems of running an obedience dog in agility. She shows you how to transfer you training in obedience to help in agility training. There are numerous diagrams and photos showing you how to train agility equipment and strategy. Agility terms and lingo are defined. This is a reference book to be refered back to for folks just starting agility, and for the more experinced person to pick up some pointers.