In this Pet World Radio Segment we sit down with Bud Houston, Dog Agility expert, animal trainer, book author, pet expert and more. So much great information and wonderful insights …listen and learn from Bud, a true trailblazer in the Dog Agility world.
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From his website: Bud Houston
Bud Houston is one of America’s most popular agility teachers, stressing solid handing fundamentals and positive training techniques. He operates Bud Houston’s Country Dream in southeast Ohio.
Bud Houston is probably the most prolific writer in the sport of agility. He is the founding editor and publisher of the Clean Run Magazine. He is the author of 28 volumes of training manuals published in the pages of the Just For Fun Agility Notebook. He wrote the very popular series of Agility Training manuals published by Clean Run Productions (www.cleanrun.com). He co-authored with Stacey Peardot, Go The Distance a training manual aimed at teaching handlers to work at a distance from their dogs; and is the author of the Clean Run Book of Agility Games, second edition, a comprehensive guide to rules for agility games; and is co-author with Ruth Van Keuren the Junior Handlers’ Training Manual.
Bud is a USDAA Masters judge, and AKC Judge Emeritus (agility), and a JFF and TDAA judge; Bud is retired as a NADAC and DOCNA judge. Bud is working with CWAGS for the definition of the CWAGS agility program. His contributions to the agility community include founding the Clean Run Magazine, starting the largest Internet-based discussion group on Earth (Agiledogs). Today Bud is the agility editor for the Just For Fun Agility Notebook, a popular agility training publication.
Bud is the current President of the Teacup Dogs Agility Association (TDAA). The purpose of the Teacup Dogs Agility Association is to provide a competitive venue for dogs of small stature without regard to breed or pedigree; and to encourage course challenges that are comparable to the course challenges which face large dog handlers in other popular venues.
For more info on Bud Houston visit his website: Bud Houston
