Tunnel Shapes In Dog Agility Course Design
13 Aug 2026
My perspective on tunnel shapes in dog agility course design.
The Impact of Wings on Back Side Jump Wraps - Video
13 Oct 2014
I thought it would be interesting to see how our dogs set themselves up and jumped a Back Side with and without wings. So I setup a jump and…
Skills for Pin Wheels
18 Jan 2010
In a recent class course I had students working on three jump Pin Wheels and 270s by using just two of the jumps in the Pin Wheel. That got…
USDAA Course Design Guidelines Document
21 Mar 2008
The USDAA just posted its course design guidelines document on its website. The news post is here . The PDF of the guidelines is…
"Pick Up Sticks" Course Design
04 May 2007
Need a practice course and don't have any ideas? Here's a really easy method that I've used when I get stuck. Take some jump bars by their…
The Jump Box in Course Design
14 Dec 2005
The Jump Box is a very versatile course element for practice and competition courses. One reason is that its jumps can be used for a…
270 Degree Jump Sequence
13 Feb 2005
The 270 degree jump sequence is a commonly seen advanced Agility course element. The name comes from the number of degrees in the outside…
Pin Wheels
18 Sep 2004
The Pin Wheel is a commonly seen Agility course element. It is generally made up of 3-4 jumps arranged so the dog's path is roughly circular…