196 Posts Tagged With "FrontCross"
Four Short Masters Skills Sequences
05 Nov 2025
Here are four short Masters level skills training sequences for a narrow training space from a recent workshop I gave at Talcott Mountain…
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Four (Now Five) Novice Skills Training Courses
02 Nov 2025
Here are four (updated to five) novice/starters level skills training sequences for a narrow training space from a recent workshop I gave at…
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Four Masters Training Sequences - Sept 2025
25 Sep 2025
Here are four sequences working on Masters level skills using the same equipment setup. Each sequence contains multiple skills and challenges for both handler and dog.
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Short Skills Training Sequences - Sept 2025
15 Sep 2025
Seven short skills training sequences for the same equipment setup designed to work on fundamental and advanced handling techniques. Each sequence contains multiple skills and challenges for both handler and dog.
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Workshop Skills Training Sequences
09 Jun 2025
Here are six short sequences working on basic to advanced skills at AKC-ish obstacle spacings from a recent workshop.
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Masters/Premier Workshop Sequences
26 Oct 2023
Here are two masters/premier sequences that I've used at a recent evening workshop. They had some good challenges!
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Novice Optional Weave Workshop Sequences
25 Oct 2023
Here are two novice sequences that can be used with and without weaves that I've used at a recent evening workshop.
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AKC Premier-ish Seminar Sequences
20 Aug 2023
I thought I'd share four challenging AKC Premier-ish sequences I've used at seminars in smaller spaces. They've got "all the things".
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Stacie Cwik Inspired Small Space Sequences
07 Jun 2023
I loved running Spark and Snap! on Stacie Cwik's class course last week and the opening/closing made for a perfect small space practice setup. So I mashed the opening and closing together into one sequence and came up with three additional (and challenging!) training sequences.
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Dana Pike/Steve Skills Sequences
25 Nov 2022
I loved running Spark on Dana Pike's skills sequence at this week's class and she kindly let me share it. I've added two more sequences to give you three jump-only skills sequences for a long narrow space that let you work on jump wraps, 270s, back side slice/wrap, and a threadle.
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AKC-like JWW/Premier Novice through Masters Practice Courses
12 Nov 2022
Three of each AKC-like Jumpers/Premier sequences for novice/advanced and excellent/masters teams from a recent seminar of mine.
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Fun AKC-like JWW Novice/Advanced Practice Courses
07 Nov 2022
Five fun and challenging AKC-like Jumpers sequences for novice/intermediate teams from a recent seminar.
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Fun/Challenging Medium Sized Practice Courses
01 Jan 2022
Three fun and challenging sequences for working on weave entries/exits and lots of handling challenges! I had a great time practicing on this layout!
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Backyard Mastery - All the Crosses
28 Feb 2021
My August 2020 Clean Run magazine Backyard Mastery article with sequences that fit in your backyard or garden. This month shows using all the crosses on the same sequence to increase the challenges of any sequence.
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Dan Butcher PSCA Premier Std - Cool Bidirectional/BackSide
27 Jan 2020
Dan Butcher's Pyrenean Shepherd Club of America Sep 21 2019 Premier Standard course with video of Flyer and I trying it out. A fun and flowing Premier course with a great bidirectional jump to back side challenge!
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2019 Readers' Favorites
30 Dec 2019
Looking back at readers' favorite dog agility articles and courses for 2019.
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Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2018 May
30 Dec 2018
This is an expanded version of my Backyard Dogs article originally published in the May 2018 issue of CleanRun . For this month's Backyard…
Small Space Masters Handling Seminar Sequences
27 Apr 2017
Here are my small space masters handling "Steeplechase-ish" courses from my fun weekend of seminars with Talcott Moutain Agility Club in…
Small Space Front/Rear Cross Seminar Sequences
10 Apr 2017
I'm back from teaching a fun weekend of seminars with Talcott Moutain Agility Club in Manchester, CT and thought I'd share the smaller…
2017 Feb Wisconsin Agility Cup: Courses and Video
23 Feb 2017
This past weekend Flyer , Snap ! and I got up at "o-dark-thirty" in the morning to drive the two and a half hours to Canine Sports Zone…
Flyer and Steve in the 2016 AKC NAC Finals - Video
22 Mar 2016
All the courses and the official AKC results are posted AKC NAC Results site . I liked the courses I saw, I heard some folks say they weren…
NDAL Feb 2016 Course With Handling Analysis
02 Feb 2016
As promised here's the competition 2016 February National Dog Agility League 50 x 50 "International-style" course I designed and, since…
NDAL October 2015 Competition Course
05 Oct 2015
As promised here's the Steeplechase course I designed for the October 2015 National Dog Agility League . I ran it with Flyer to "debug…
Handling a Two Jump 360 - Video
28 Aug 2015
Updated 2015-Aug-28 with more handling options/video . I don't recall seeing this course element on a physical course myself; but a handler…
Handling the Quad Back Side - Patrick Bucher Course/Video
31 May 2015
Swiss judge Patrick Bucher posted an interesting course that caught a lot of people's attention because it contained four consecutive…
Dana Pike International Skills Class Course/Video
22 May 2015
Here's Dana's full course: I setup the section from 3-9 to play with and video tape: Here are some notes on the rest of the full course…
Some Fun Challenges to Practice
21 Jan 2015
Here's a full size and small space version of last night's class course containing: Serpentines , Back Sides , Jump Wraps and…
Open/Masters Course - They Didn't Kill Me...
29 Oct 2014
I love my students; they are always up for a challenge and they didn't try to kill me after running this course. This course isn't that…
Fast Masters Discriminations
22 Oct 2014
I wanted another open and fast course for last night's class and I worked in some tunnel discriminations and weave pole entry challenges; it…
Big, Fast, Fun Masters Course
15 Oct 2014
Until I arrived to set up a course last night I forgotten that I would have access to the whole training space for my course. With all the…
Please Warm Up Before Entering the Ring!
03 Sep 2014
All teams do specific things before they enter the ring. Potty the handler, potty the dog, get their treats/toy, go through the Seeing…
Frank Holik Masters Challenges Jumpers - Video
02 Jun 2014
Frank was kind enough to let me share his course - thanks Frank! The course was set fairly close to the diagram. If you look at the video…
Dog Agility Coaching: Front Cross Execution and Convergence
11 Mar 2014
Here's my latest video coaching session with Susan and Moon where we concentrate on front cross execution and discuss converging on the…
I Almost Felt Bad About This Course!
06 Feb 2014
I setup this course for my Intermediate and Masters students this week and almost felt bad about working all the moving past tunnels; almost…
Don't Judge a Run by the Score!
17 Jan 2014
Here's the video: One of the best parts was missing the second jump after the A Frame. I was too close to the A Frame with my Front Cross…
Shoulder Pull to Blind Cross - Video
25 Dec 2013
Here's another "specialty" dog agility handling combination that I found interesting and wanted to share with you. As usual Dana Pike had…
Dog Agility Coaching: Identifying Timely Front Crosses
12 Oct 2013
When we first saw Susan and Moon she was looking to increase her intensity while running courses with Moon and we found she was…
Coaching: Handling a Fast Dog and Dropped Bars
09 Aug 2013
When my AgilityNerd Facebook page went over 5,000 likes I offered remote coaching to two randomly chosen handlers and their dogs; here are…
OMG! A Back Side in AKC Standard!
01 Jul 2013
Surprisingly that was the reaction from more than a few competitors when faced with Linda Robertson's Masters Standard course at the recent…
My Half Biathlon Challenge
01 May 2013
My class course this week was inspired by the opening of 2013 IFCS CCOA Biathon Jumpers course I chalk talked earlier this week and I…
Challenging Big & Small Courses
26 Apr 2013
My class course this week was inspired by the two jump, A Frame, tunnel discrimination in one of Eduard Bonet's European Open qualifier…
WAO Team USA Practice Inspired Course - Video
29 Mar 2013
This week's class course was inspired by the interesting A Frame jump sequence in WAO USA Team Practice Course #4 . I only have a 60' x 6…
What's International? International Two Jump Drills
06 Mar 2013
You don't need a lot of equipment to train yourself and your dog to master the "International" handling challenges that are coming to USDAA…
Full & Small Space Sequences
03 Feb 2013
Here's my class course from this week at FYK9 from which I also created a small space sequence. This sequence contains a bunch of handling…
Seventy Two Backyard Courses!
05 Dec 2012
For today's Dog Agility Bloggers' event on the subject of Backyard Training I put together seventy two training sequences that should…
Challenging Full Size Course
03 Dec 2012
I came up with this interesting course with a couple challenging sections for class this past week. There are Threadles , Back Sides…
Full Size and Small Space Sequences
20 Oct 2012
I came up with a fun and challenging course for class this past week and broke out a couple small space sequences from it. You can work on…
Full Size and Small Space Courses Based on Cynosport Courses
12 Oct 2012
My students always kid me about the courses I design when I come back from a seminar or an important trial . This week I created a course…
Fun Small Space Courses With Handling Options - Annotated Video
08 Jul 2012
I extracted this smaller sequence from my class course last night at For Your K-9 . This sequence contains a 270 , Jump Wraps , a…
Can You Handle It? Novice & Intermediate Courses
10 Jun 2012
I gave my first Novice and Intermediate level Can You Handle It? Seminar this past Friday night at Agility at the Farm . It was…
Small Spaces: Run Both Sides
24 Feb 2012
I've created an exercise from my class course at For Your K9 for working on a bunch of skills: 270s , Threadles , and Jump Wraps . Of…
Jump Wrap Handling Tips
31 Jan 2012
Here are some tips about jump wraps for my Mini Seminar: It's a Wrap! - Fast & Tight Jump Wraps . There are five main methods for…
Advanced Class Course: Attentive Handling - 09-Nov-2011
10 Nov 2011
My Advanced class course at For Your K-9 incorporated an interesting challenge from a Silas Boogk handling seminar I attended at Ann…
Turning Dogs out of a Curved Tunnel - Diane Carson's NC Regional Relay Course - With Video
04 Oct 2011
Diane Carson's Team Relay course at the 2011 USDAA North Central Regionals had a challenge that many teams couldn't solve. It was all due…
"International" Threadle Sequence - With Video
12 Sep 2011
I received an email from an Italian agility enthusiast asking how I would handle a training exercise he had found. It was an interesting…
Two Becky Dean USDAA Courses - A Tale of Two Ketschkers
24 Aug 2011
I liked all of her courses on the weekend but I wanted to focus on her Masters Pairs course on Saturday and a really nice Masters Jumpers…
Dana Pike - Awesome International Sequence - With Video
22 Aug 2011
If you want to work on some international handling challenges Dana Pike designed this little beauty as part of her class course last…
Advanced Class: Would You Be Skunked? - 18-Aug-2011
19 Aug 2011
Typically at least one of my Advanced (i.e. Masters/Excellent level) students gets through my class course with only a bobble or two (it may…
Class Course: Wrap Your Head Around This
03 Aug 2011
My course from last night at For Your K-9 is on the more technical side featuring Serpentines , Threadles and a generous helping of…
Advanced Class Course: Easy Peasy Fast and Breezy!
28 Jul 2011
This course was a fun one and kept the dog and handler moving. It let teams work on On and Off Side Weave Entries , Jump Wraps , and…
Advanced Class Course: Where Did This Come From?
25 Jul 2011
Sometimes my students will ask me things like this when they come to class. I tell them I have about 15-30 minutes and whatever equipment is…
Advanced Class: Speedy Serpy Solution? - With Video
10 Jul 2011
My intention in this week's class course at For Your K9 was to open things up a little and get the teams moving with good challenges…
Advanced Class: Run This Course, Really! - 15-Jun-2011
21 Jun 2011
The week I set up the Northeastern regional IHC jumpers course in my backyard I decided to base my class course on the middle of the IHC…
Advanced Class: Run This Course, Really! - 15-Jun-2011
21 Jun 2011
The week I set up the Northeastern regional IHC jumpers course in my backyard I decided to base my class course on the middle of the IHC…
Exercises from USDAA SE Regionals Grand Prix - Video
10 Jun 2011
The USDAA Southeastern Regionals were streamed live on CynosportTV (free!) last weekend. I was interested in a couple of the courses and…
Advanced Class: A Little Piece of Evil - 01-Jun-2011
04 Jun 2011
Thanks to a Linda Mecklenburg International Handling Seminar I attended last week, I was inspired to add a double Back Side handling…
Advanced Class: Balancing Cues and Choosing Sides - 25-May-2011
25 May 2011
Here's the course from my classes last week at For Your Canine where you can work on 270s , Jump Wraps , and end on a Threadle or a…
International Flair - Dan Butcher AKC Courses
25 Apr 2011
There have been discussions on various agility email lists lately about AKC courses getting more difficult and/or including more…
Advanced Class: Smoother Than It Looks! - 06-Apr-2011
16 Apr 2011
Better late than never! Here's a couple challenging sequences containing a Pin Wheel , a Threadle , some Jump Wraps and some interesting…
Jump Wrap Handling - With Video
11 Apr 2011
The Jump Wrap is a very common handling maneuver where the goal is to have the dog collect as they approach the jump so that they can turn…
Advanced Class: I Like This One - 30-Mar-2011
31 Mar 2011
Here's a challenging sequence containing a Pin Wheel , a Threadle , a bunch of Jump Wraps and some interesting handling options from my…
Advanced Class: Analysis and Execution - 23-Mar-2011
24 Mar 2011
Here's a sequence containing 270s , Jump Wraps , Pull Throughs , and some interesting handling options from my Advanced classes this week…
Advanced Class: Meat and Potatoes - 09-Mar-2011
10 Mar 2011
Here's a course setup with two different sequences containing 270s , Jump Wraps , Serpentines , a Threadles , and general handling from…
ADCH Meeker and Qualified for Nationals
07 Mar 2011
Well Meeker and I finally did it and it wasn't pretty! We earned his USDAA Agility Dog Champion (ADCH) title at the Boone County Dog…
Advanced Class: No Frills Course - 23-Feb-2011
24 Feb 2011
Here's a course setup with two variations on a sequence containing Jump Wraps , Pull Throughs , Threadles , a Pin Wheel , a Back Side…
Advanced Class: Kinda Evil Courses - 09-Feb-2011
09 Feb 2011
Here's a course setup with two sequences containing 270 s, Jump Wraps , Pull Throughs , Threadles , Pin Wheel , and general handling…
Dana Pike - Awesome Course with Video
17 Jan 2011
I've said it before, but you have to set up this Dana Pike course. If you don't have room for the whole thing at least set up 5-10, that's…
Back Side/Back Side Jump
26 Dec 2010
Until recently, in the US Pushing a dog to the back side of a jump was rarely seen. But in the past couple years we are starting to see…
Advanced Class: More This and That - 22-Dec-2010
23 Dec 2010
Here's a course with 270 s, Jump Wraps , a Pin Wheel , and general handling from my classes this week at For Your Canine . Take a look…
Dana Pike - Class Course w/Video
22 Dec 2010
This week Dana Pike came up with yet another course I really liked. This sequence had a 270 with off course potential, Jump Wraps , a…
Advanced Class: This and That - 15-Dec-2010
17 Dec 2010
Here's a course with little of everything from this week's classes at For Your Canine . Here are some quick handling notes: Flipped the…
Advanced Class: - 22-Dec-2010
17 Dec 2010
Here's a course with little of everything from this week's classes at For Your Canine . Here are some quick handling notes: Flipped the…
Dana Pike - Fun to Run Course
07 Dec 2010
Run this course and let me know how it went for you. Meeker and I had a blast, thanks Dana!
Advanced Class: Just Ugly! - 17-Nov-2010
17 Nov 2010
Here's a challenging, dare I say ugly, sequence for working on Serpentines , Jump Wraps and a Threadles from this week's classes at…
Advanced Class: Pin Wheel, Wraps, Serpentine and a Threadle - 11-Nov-2010
15 Nov 2010
Here are a couple fun, fast, and challenging sequences for working on Pin Wheels , Serpentines , Jump Wraps and a Threadles from this…
Jumpers with Weaves, Serpentines, Wraps and a Threadle - 13-Oct-2010
14 Oct 2010
Here are a couple sequences for working on Serpentines , Jump Wraps a Threadles and general handling I threw together for my classes at…
Jump Wraps, Threadles and More - 6-Oct-2010
06 Oct 2010
Here are a couple interesting sequences for working on Jump Wraps , Threadles and general handling I threw together for my classes at…
More Weave Entrance/Exit Handling - 29-Sep-2010
30 Sep 2010
Here are a couple interesting sequences for working on weave entrance and exit courses I threw together for my classes at For Your Canine…
Advanced Class Courses - 22-Sep-2010
22 Sep 2010
Here are a couple interesting courses I threw together for my classes at the new For Your Canine facility. This course works tunnel/A…
Wrapping the Last Weave Pole - With Video
30 Aug 2010
When the dog exits the weaves and the next obstacle is on the same side of the weaves as the entrance the dog needs to wrap around the final…
Advanced Class Mini Course
12 Aug 2010
Here's this week's class course from For Your Canine with a number of different handling possibilities; if there is a message to go with…
Backyard Course Based on Masters Pairs Jumping Sequence - Annotated Video
03 Jun 2010
I enjoyed a recent Carol Voelkner USDAA Masters Pairs Course, it had a surprisingly tricky jumping sequence for the second dog, which I…
K-9 OTC AKC Trial - Meeker Gets His AXJ and his 1st QQ - Annotated Video
27 May 2010
This past weekend Meeker and I competed at the three day K-9 Obedience Training Club AKC AKC agility in Menomonee Falls, WI (love that…
Lisa Jarvis - Jumpers and Snooker Courses - With Video
03 May 2010
At the RACE Agility USDAA trial early last month, the judge was Lisa Jarvis from Texas and she had really challenging Jumpers and fun…
Mini Jumpers Course
23 Mar 2010
Here's a fun jumpers mini course that I set up for my students last week. It works handling at speed, Jump Wraps , a 270 , independent…
Think Pawsitive USDAA Trial - Almost MAD
02 Mar 2010
The executive summary was we were 3 for 4 and now Meeker only needs a Relay Q for his MAD. Here is the video of our Standard and Jumpers…
RACE Agility UKI Fun Match or UKI is A-OK
19 Feb 2010
This past weekend Meeker and I attended our first UK Agility International fun match and had a wonderful time. I recently blogged…
Five Sequences
17 Jan 2010
Sorry no video of Meeker and me running these so you'll have to settle for my handling comments. Sometimes I like to warm up with a fast…
180 and Offset 180 Sequences
31 Dec 2009
Standard 180 The 180 obstacle sequence is a very common element in agility courses. A "180" is when the dog takes two obstacles and the dog…
Birthdays, Trialing, and Titles
14 Nov 2009
Well today is Milo's and my birthday, we think Milo is 11 years old and I'm... err, err,... let's just call it old :^) To celebrate I took…
Class Course - 11-Nov-2009
12 Nov 2009
Here's a technical-ish class course I invented last night at For Your Canine that works Threadles , Jump Wraps and weave entries. Here…
Rand Park Dog Training Club AKC Novice Trial
17 Oct 2009
A big thanks to Liz for taking the video, she and her pup River ran very well all day, especially impressive for a youngster. So I'm…
Advanced Class Course + 2 Sequences/Video - 2009-Sep-23
24 Sep 2009
Here's another challenging course that I created out of the previous class' equipment layout. It has Jump Wraps , pull throughs, 180 s and…
Advanced Class Course - 2009-Sep-15
18 Sep 2009
So if you are looking for an ugly course this is one of them. As I've mentioned before I usually make up my courses from the equipment that…
Mental Aspects of Front and Rear Crosses
26 Jul 2009
After discussions on the challenges of timing crosses with some students I wanted to pass along some thoughts about Front and Rear…
Intermediate Class - 2009-Jun-24
25 Jun 2009
Here is last night's "spur of the moment" intermediate class course, it gives some "city and highway driving", 270 s, a Pin Wheel , and…
Putting a Cross In Only to Take it Back Out
01 May 2009
If you walk a course and end up putting a cross in at an obstacle only to take it back out again before the next obstacle you should take a…
RACE USDAA Trial
25 Apr 2009
Here's the video (It is only missing our final Adv Jumpers run): A big thanks to everyone who videotaped us! Here are the "highlights…
Snippet: Rear Cross Into Contact/Tunnel Discrimination
30 Mar 2009
There was a Fun Run at For Your Canine today and it uncovered another "snippet" that Meeker and I need to work on. Lisa B had set out…
Snippet: Contact With Cross to Weaves
02 Mar 2009
This snippet is about challenges due to sharp turns from contacts to 90 degree weave entries. Dana Pike's class course this week…
Post Run Note Taking
14 Feb 2009
At a recent trial I was talking with agility pal and local trainer Ashlee Trotter after her run and was intrigued by her after run note…
Great Lakes Belgian Tervuren AKC Trial - 02-Jan-2009
13 Feb 2009
Well Meeker and I went to his second AKC trial over a month ago, but I've been so busy with Googility that I haven't had time to write…
Six Practice Sequences With Video
16 Oct 2008
It has been ages since I've setup any courses in my backyard, so I decided to "riff" on this section of a Dana Pike course. I video…
FCI 2008 Championships Online!
26 Sep 2008
The FCI Championships in Finland are being taped by Eric Larson from AgilityVision and he is posting the videos on this website…
How Would You Handle It? Dana Pike 20-Sep-2008
20 Sep 2008
This past week Dana Pike had a good Jumpers With Weaves style course that had a section for which we were all discussing the handling…
Contact Sports Agility - Aug 9-10, 2008
08 Sep 2008
Saturday had some good and bad moments. Meeker was quite excited and I was able to get him to tug while in the warm up area. He was…
Cream City USDAA Trial - 15 & 16 Jun 2008
18 Jun 2008
This past weekend Meeker and I trialed in Wilmot WI at the Cream City USDAA trial. It was an outdoor trial with two rings. Our judge…
Cream City USDAA Trial - 15 & 16 Jun 2008
18 Jun 2008
This past weekend Meeker and I trialed in Wilmot WI at the Cream City USDAA trial. It was an outdoor trial with two rings. Our judge…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Sequence - Weave Entries
06 Mar 2008
Don't pay strict attention to the dimensions in the diagram, they are rough estimates from my memory. Here's how you should set it up. The…
Serpentine Handling Techniques
15 Feb 2008
The Serpentine is a common obstacle sequence and there are many ways to handle it. I'll present the most common approaches and I've…
Minuet - Two Jump Drill - Again
15 Jan 2008
Two weeks ago I posted two handling approaches for Bud Houston's two jump Minuet setup. After my post I got some good handling…
How Would You Handle It? - Sequence 2
10 Jan 2008
This "How Would You Handle It" is a middle sequence of a longer course I ran at Anne Riba's Apex Agility this past summer. It is a pretty…
How Would You Handle It? - Sequence 1
02 Nov 2007
In recent weeks I've run some practice courses with interesting subsequences in them and I thought I'd start blogging them as little…
CPE - For Your Canine - Meeker's First Trial
14 Jul 2007
I had originally planned to wait until the fall before entering Meeker in his first trial. But due to a fortunate turn of events I took…
Practice Course - Discriminations And More
29 Jun 2007
I'm still working Meeker on contacts and obstacle discriminations and after this earlier setup I came up with this setup and some…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - May 1, 2007
20 May 2007
I just realized it has been over a year since I featured one of Dana Pike's class courses. I assure you that is only due to my lack of…
Practice Course - Obstacle Discriminations
07 May 2007
An open and fast sequence. Begins with a Serpentine to the Dog Walk. I tried handling from both sides; for me handling with the jumps on…
Practice Course - Serpentines, Threadles, Weave Entries and Contacts
03 Apr 2007
For the first backyard course of the year I wanted to setup a course that I could run as a whole and that I could leave set up for a while…
Flyball Training - First Class
12 Feb 2007
I don't really have a set course plan for training Flyball ; where I cover specific things in each class. I go at the speed of the dogs…
Single Sided Threadle Handling
30 Jan 2007
I learned this technique from Rachel Sanders at Dana Pike's "2006 Fall Maintenance Camp" . It was remarkable that the vast majority of…
Traditional Threadle Handling
12 Jan 2007
There are three "traditional" methods for handling Threadles . Two of which have the handler perform crosses and the third uses only…
Practice Standard Course Built Around A Jump Chute
30 Nov 2006
Now that I finally have all my contact equipment and Meeker is confident running over all of it at full height I decided to set up some…
Fall Maintenance Camp: Barry, Carter, Moureaux, Pinder, and Sanders
10 Nov 2006
Wow! Phew! That's how I felt after attending a five day camp at Dana Pike's facility in Wilmington, IL. I was happy and exhausted by the…
Let's Make a Deal!
29 Sep 2006
I was fooling around with a tunnel and three jumps in the backyard with Meeker and came up with this obvious setup that I found was useful…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Sep 28 and Oct 5 2006
26 Sep 2006
This week's sequences have a little of everything in them: There are two Intermediate team sequences. The first opens with a three jump Pin…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Sep 14 and 21 2006
12 Sep 2006
This week's sequences focus on choosing crosses and There are two Intermediate team sequences. The first opens with a jump-tunnel-jump…
Learning the Rear Cross
17 Aug 2006
I walk you through learning the footwork for a rear cross and demonstrate with pictures and video clips.
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Aug 17 and 24 2006
15 Aug 2006
This week's sequences all contain 270s within Serpentines . You have Anne Riba to "thank" for planting this idea in my head. I've been…
Rear Cross
13 Aug 2006
The Rear Cross is a handling manuever that, like all crosses, is used to allow the handler to change from one side of the dog to the other…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - June 22 and 29 2006
20 Jun 2006
There are two Intermediate team sequences. The first opens with an awkward entry to a Pin Wheel into a an Over Come Jump Wrap . Then a…
Learning the Hand Target
17 Jun 2006
Teaching your dog to target your hand with their nose is a very valuable behavior that can be used to train other behaviors. It helps focus…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - May 25 & June 1 2006
22 May 2006
The Intermediate teams work a sequence opening with a Serpentine where the third obstacle is the tunnel. Then a long curving, jumping…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - May 4 & 11 2006
01 May 2006
The Intermediate teams work a sequence of two Pin Wheels (one in each direction) connected by a 270 degree turn in the presence of two…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Apr 20 & 27 2006
17 Apr 2006
A pretty straightforward course for warming up at the beginning of the season. The layout is a Chinese Boot Lace together with a Jump…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Feb 16 2006
24 Feb 2006
The opening four obstacles are the tire into a non-traditional Serpentine, non-traditional in the sense that the third obstacle in the…
Jump Box Drills
25 Dec 2005
In a belated response to a request on the AgileX email list a few weeks ago for Jump Box Sequences I've put together this post. I've…
Double Jump Box Drills
24 Dec 2005
I have to admit I had never given a name to the "Push Through" maneuver. To me it was a Jump Wrap followed by a Push over the next…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Nov 17, 2005
27 Nov 2005
Dana also had multiple handling options for other areas of the course as well. Here's her course: The opening four obstacles are a jump into…
Turning Dogs Out of Straight Tunnels
02 Nov 2005
A few weeks ago Dana Pike setup a course with a 15 foot straight tunnel followed by a 180 degree turn into the weaves. As handlers, we…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Oct 17 & Oct 24 2005
16 Oct 2005
This course works Beginners on running with their dogs on both sides, over a short "course"; with opportunities for two crosses…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Oct 3 & Oct 10 2005
02 Oct 2005
This course works Beginners on running with their dogs on both sides, 180 degree turns, and static crosses out of the tunnel. Intermediate…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Sep 18 & Sep 25 2005
18 Sep 2005
This course works Beginners on running with their dogs on both sides, 180 degree turns, and static crosses out of the tunnel. Intermediate…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Aug 29 & Sep 12 2005
26 Aug 2005
This course works Beginners on slightly more advanced courses than other lessons. One sequence works primarily landing side Rear Crosses…
Dana Pike Seminar Course 2 - May 31 2005
22 Aug 2005
I just found some time to write up my notes on Dana Pike's second advanced handling course from her handling seminar over Memorial Day…
John Senger - AKC Open Jumpers With Weaves
12 Aug 2005
I ran this course (unsuccessfully :^) at the Forest City Dog Training Club AKC Trial a couple weekends ago. I really liked it for three…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Aug 08 & Aug 15 2005
07 Aug 2005
This course works Beginners on Rear Crosses into the tunnel, a four jump PinWheel and introduces Front Crosses out of the tunnel and…
Forest City Dog Training Club AKC Trial - Jul 30-31, 2005
02 Aug 2005
I signed Milo up for both days of the I volunteered to help with course building and the FCDTC folks were all very nice and made me feel…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Jul 25 & Aug 1 2005
23 Jul 2005
This course works Beginners on Rear Crosses into the tunnel and after a jump (Rear Cross on the Flat). Intermediate teams work a 270 and…
Dana Pike Seminar Course 1 - May 31 2005
05 Jul 2005
I finally made some time to write up my notes on Dana Pike's courses from her handling seminar over Memorial Day weekend . She had two…
Layering Practice
25 Jun 2005
I got some outdoor ring rental in West Chicago, IL at Candy's Starstream 200 this past Saturday. I worked on some of the issues Milo and I…
Car-Dun-Al AKC Trial - Jun 18, 2005
19 Jun 2005
We only signed up for Saturday at Car-Dun-Al so we could try our first USDAA trial on Sunday . I didn't realize until the certificate…
Fundog Agility Group NADAC Trial - Jun 11-12, 2005
13 Jun 2005
I had signed up for six runs a day hoping it would to be cool weather the only way Milo would handle that many runs. Fundogs set up four…
Warming Up Your Dog
02 Jun 2005
Whenever Milo's biceps tendonitis flares up I am re-reminded about how important it is to warm him up before each run (at a trial and at…
Clean Run Handling Issue
23 May 2005
As I've mentioned before , Here are some highlights: There are even more articles I haven't outlined. You've got to borrow or buy this…
NOCI AKC Trial - May 7-8, 2005
10 May 2005
I took Milo to the Northwest Obedience Club, Inc AKC trial this past week end in Wauconda, IL. This was Milo's first outdoor trial in…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - May 10 & 17 2005
08 May 2005
This class course presents Rear Crosses to the beginners, works on Serpentines and continues 270 handling from last week for the…
DIGS NADAC Trial - Apr 23-24, 2005
26 Apr 2005
Dogs In Great Shape ( DIGS ) hosted a two day NADAC agility trial this past weekend in Homer Glen, IL. This was my first NADAC trial and…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Apr 25 & May 2 2005
23 Apr 2005
I designed this week's course to: introduce the table and continue work on jumps and the tunnel for beginners, 270 Jump Handling…
Dana Pike Advanced Course Opening - Apr 22, 2005
22 Apr 2005
Below is the initial opening sequence. The first two jumps are oriented so that the handler can lead out and stand on the Handler Line…
Learning the Front Cross - Video
04 Apr 2005
I walk you through learning the footwork for a front cross and demonstrate with pictures and video clips.
Handling 270 Degree Jump Sequences
13 Mar 2005
The 270 Degree Jump Sequence is a commonly seen dog agility course element. Fortunately, handling the "270" is very similar to handling a…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Mar 10, 2005
12 Mar 2005
Here's my analysis some of the challenges and different handling approaches to this course: The opening three obstacles appeared to be…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Mar 03 2005
10 Mar 2005
Here's another challenging Dana Pike Jumpers -style course. Dana always comes up with class courses where there are many valid solutions…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Feb 17 2005
07 Mar 2005
There is a lot going on in this course. So much so that I'll just itemize some of the handling approaches and course challenges: This is…
Front Cross Jump Wrap Drill
01 Mar 2005
These are some drills that I created based on part of a Dana Pike advanced class course. These drills target a number of more advanced…
V-Set Handling Alternatives
05 Dec 2004
As I was writing up my V-Set Definition I thought it might be worthwhile to discuss some alternatives to using the V-Set. The primary…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Right Cross At The Right Time
25 Nov 2004
Last week Dana Pike had us run a course that had some nice subtle aspects to it. I especially liked it because it highlighted some of the…
Using the Handler Line - Front/Rear/Blind Cross Line
03 Nov 2004
After reading my Handler Line- Front/Rear/Blind Cross Line definition a reader sent in a jump sequence asking "How would I apply the…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Evil Weave Entry
30 Oct 2004
going through a sequence similar to the section I described on last week's course . This week's section of interest starts at the A Frame…
Handler Line - Front/Rear/Blind Cross Line
28 Oct 2004
The Handler Line, Handling Line, Front Cross Line, Rear Cross Line, or Blind Cross Line is an important concept that all Agility handlers…
Running Dearlove Intermediate Course of 4 Oct 2004
23 Oct 2004
This post updates my original thoughts . This course had a couple good handling challenges and offered some good instruction/training…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course
12 Oct 2004
My first instinct was to handle the Pin Wheel by getting in the center and pulling the dog around the jumps on my right. I ran this course…
Dearlove Advanced Course - Front vs. Rear Crosses
04 Oct 2004
I designed this practice course so Dearlove 's advanced handlers could work on trying some different handling options. Here are my thoughts…
Dearlove Intermediate Course - Front vs. Rear Crosses
04 Oct 2004
I designed this practice course so Dearlove 's intermediate handlers could work on trying some different handling options for a longer…
Running Dearlove Intermediate Course of 20 Sep 2004
24 Sep 2004
This post updates my original thoughts about this course: Some of our intermediate handlers were a little daunted by the number of cones…
Dearlove Intermediate Class - Pin Wheels
20 Sep 2004
I designed this practice course so Dearlove 's intermediate handlers could work on basic Pin Wheel handling. There are a lot of numbers…
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…
Running Dearlove Agility Intermediate Course of 29 Aug 2004
17 Sep 2004
With the Jen Pinder Jumping Workshop , a Flyball Tournament, Labor Day weekend and Milo 's I trained two groups on the course, one only…
Dearlove Advanced Class - Choices, Choices, Choices
29 Aug 2004
I designed this practice course so Dearlove 's advanced handlers could work on trying some different handling options for this course. This…
Agility Practice Journal Entry
24 Aug 2004
This is a back dated post about Wednesday night class with Dana Pike . Like two weeks ago, the opening was just like a Jumpers course…
Running Dearlove Advanced Course of 16 Aug 2004
24 Aug 2004
This post updates my original thoughts about this course: Because the course was so similar to the intermediate course please see my…
Running Dearlove Intermediate Course of 16 Aug 2004
20 Aug 2004
This post updates my original thoughts about this course: It turns out the students ran the course pretty much as I expected. So the only…
Dearlove Intermediate Mini-Course - Front Cross Drills
13 Aug 2004
I designed this practice course so Dearlove 's intermediate handlers could work on their Front Crosses . I know from personal experience…
Half Cross
10 Aug 2004
A Half Cross is most often used to either get a dog's attention and/or to move the dog slightly horizontally towards the handler while the…
Reverse Flow Pivot/False Turn
10 Aug 2004
A Reverse Flow Pivot (RFP), also called a False Turn, is used to move the dog horizontally towards the handler while ending up with the dog…
Rear Crossing to Setup The Dog's Line
10 Aug 2004
This is a sequence from one of Dana Pike 's courses this past Wednesday night. There were two other interesting handling sequences; but I…
