Bud Houston is one of
fundamentals and
positive training techniques. He operates
central
Bud Houston is
the most prolific writer in the sport of agility. He is the author of 24 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.
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 the
Clean Run Book of Agility Games, a comprehensive guide
to rules for
agility
games; and with Ruth Van Keuren the Junior Handlers' Training Manual.
Bud is an AKC Judge Emeritus
(agility & retired from that venue), and an active USDAA, JFF,
and TDAA judge. 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, and is a
columnist and contributor to Front and Finish, Clean Run Magazine, and
Off-Lead
Magazine.
Bud is the founder of
Just For Fun Agility (JFF), a loosely knit affiliation of clubs and training
centers who do agility… just for fun. JFF is a sanctioning organization for
agility league play. An
agility league is a community based group that plays
agility games in a team format on a
prearranged schedule.
In 2001 Bud
spawned a new agility organization, 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.
Bud’s expert
commentary has been featured on the USDAA Nationals video tapes for several
years. These tapes are available through the USDAA (www.usdaa.com).
Bud Houston has added
to the agility lexicon such technical terms as the Flip, the BLT, the
Tandem
Turn, and Yeehaw!
Founding editor, the Clean Run magazine.
Author, the Clean Run Agility Workbooks (three volumes).
Author, the Just For Fun Agility Notebook (24 volumes).
Author The Clean Run Book of Agility Games, 2d ed.
Co-author (with Stacy Goudy-Peardot), Go the Distance.
Editor, Kurt Glaub’s Construction Plans for Agility Obstacles.
Editor, Ruth Van Keuren’s Junior Handler Instruction Manual.
Columnist, Front and Finish
Columnist, Off-Lead Magazine
Frequent contributor, Clean Run Magazine
USDAA Masters judge, retired, 1993-present
AKC judge emeritus, 1996-1999
NADAC judge, retired, 1995-1996
JFF (Just For Fun) judge, active, 1998-present
Training Director, 1989-1990, Contact
Zonies,
Training Director, 1991-1995, Good Dog Agility,
Training Director, 1996-Present,
Bud is available for seminar instruction on a number of
topics. The most popular is Handling
Fundamentals which can be adapted
for students at any level. This is a very active and hard
working seminar in
which you won't hear much lecture but will get a real workout and a lot of
fine
tuning under the watchful eye of one of the world's best handler movement
coaches.
The seminars Bud has taught are too numerous to mention. He
teaches approximately 20 agility
handling seminars a year throughout the
he led seminars across that continent.
Camp Dogwood is led by
Bud Houston, where we run 12 camps each year. These camps are
divided into several specialized topics, including: Beginners, Novice, Advanced
and Masters
handling camps; Instructors Certification camp; Speed camp; Games camp; and
Distance
camp.