150 Posts Tagged With "steve"
Practice Sequences Inspired by the 2021 AKC NAC Finals
29 May 2021
I've created six practice sequences in three different sized obstacle layouts to let you practice the closing sequence and a lot of different handling skills. You can practice front/rear/blind crosses, jump wraps, serpentines, threadles, and back sides in these sequences!
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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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Backyard Mastery - Move It!
25 Oct 2020
My April 2020 Clean Run magazine Backyard Mastery article with sequences that fit in your backyard or garden. This month covers moving obstacles to increase the challenges of ANY SEQUENCE.
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Backyard Mastery - Changing Sides & Cutting Corners
22 Aug 2020
My December 2019 Clean Run magazine Backyard Mastery article with sequences that fit in your backyard or garden. This month covers changing the side of the jump and bypassing obstacles to increase the challenges of any sequence.
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Backyard Mastery - Turning the "Wrong" Way
28 Jun 2020
My October 2019 Clean Run magazine Backyard Mastery article starts my series on ways to challenge your team using any sequence that fits in your backyard or garden. This month covers changing the direction you turn your dog around a jump for front and back side approaches.
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Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2019 May
18 Apr 2020
My May 2019 Clean Run magazine Backyard Dogs courses for small spaces requires a wide range of handling skills! There are setups with and without weaves and also a slightly larger setup using 12 weave poles.
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Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2019 Mar
21 Mar 2020
My March 2019 Clean Run magazine Backyard Dogs courses for small spaces require a wide range of handling skill and have some of my most challenging sequences yet! Also includes a setup using 12 weave poles.
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Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2019 Jan
26 Feb 2020
This is an expanded version of my Backyard Dogs article originally published in the January 2019 issue of CleanRun. These sequences contain a full range of handling challenges including some interesting tunnel to weave and weave to tunnel entrances.
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Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2018 Nov
20 Dec 2019
This is an expanded version of my Backyard Dogs article originally published in the November 2018 issue of CleanRun
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Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2018 Sep
22 Nov 2019
This is an expanded version of my Backyard Dogs article originally published in the September 2018 issue of Clean Run magazine.
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Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2018 July
07 Mar 2019
This is an expanded version of my Backyard Dogs article originally published in the July 2018 issue of CleanRun . For this month's Backyard…
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…
Backyard Dogs 2019 Jan Course Setups
24 Dec 2018
There wasn't room in the Jan 2019 Clean Run for the 50 ft x 50 ft (15 m x 15 m) layout of my Backyard Dogs article using a full set of…
Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2018 March
19 Sep 2018
This is an expanded version of my Backyard Dogs article originally published in the March 2018 issue of CleanRun . For my first Backyard…
Pull Across Jump and Push to Back Side - Video
02 Oct 2017
Here is the general obstacle setup: When you set it up you want the wrong side of 3 to be what the dog sees when coming over jump 2. Play…
Six Advanced to Masters Challenge 40x40 Small Space Courses
11 Aug 2017
I was inspired by a course from judge Gabi Steppan and I took part of her layout, added a jump, and came up with six training sequences…
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…
Backyard Handling Mastery: 2 Jumps + Tunnel = 24 Challenges
11 Nov 2016
I wanted to create some sequences to demonstrate my "Backyard Handling Mastery" philosophy so I came up with these four obstacle layouts…
WAO 2016 Relay Small Space Weave Entry/Exit Drills
21 May 2016
I really enjoyed watching some of the world's top teams tackling Portuguese judge Jorge Pires's World Agility Open Team Speedstakes Relay…
NDAL 2016 March 50x50 Int'l Course Analysis/Video
06 Mar 2016
Here's the layout and sequence for my March 2016 National Dog Agility League 50 x 50 "International-style" course - this time I've…
Starters/Advanced/Masters Challenge Small Space Courses
21 Feb 2016
Here are eight practice courses based on the layout for my March 2016 National Dog Agility League 50 x 50 "International-style" course. I…
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…
Eleven Starters/Advanced/Masters Small Space Courses
18 Jan 2016
Here's the obstacle setup in English and Metric units: Here are some sequences that would be appropriate for Starters/Novice level teams and…
Christmas Tree Sequences
25 Dec 2015
I imagine I'm not the only one who would love to run a course (or two or three) on Christmas Day; so I came up with these Christmas tree…
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…
NDAL October 2015 Practice Courses
12 Sep 2015
Here's the obstacle setup: Here are some sequences that would be appropriate for Starters/Advanced level teams and can be broken into…
Weave Entries and Back Sides
09 Jun 2015
I was inspired by the weaves to Holmberg Double on Rolf Franck's Course and came up with this challenging mini-course using only weaves…
Dana Pike Inspired Small Space Sequences
26 May 2015
The fun and challenging Dana Pike international class course I shared recently was too big for some folks' training spaces. So I made…
Private Lessons Course/Sequence with Video
06 Apr 2015
When I give private lessons during a Seminar weekend I like to set up a course with elements that let me work common challenges…
Handler Focus/Holmberg Double Class Course
13 Mar 2015
I had two goals for the course I put together for my Open and Masters students: handler focus while moving past off course obstacles and…
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…
More Handling Fun!
24 Sep 2014
Last night's class had a number of skills packed into a single course; I put in: a 90 degree weave entry, a Pin Wheel , back side tunnel…
Masters/Advanced Handling Fun!
10 Sep 2014
Last night's course was a lot of fun for my Masters and Advanced students! I put together some Back Side jump and tunnel handling…
Serpentines, Threadles, and Back Sides
13 Aug 2014
In last night's course I put together Serpentines , Threadles , and optional Back Sides in this fast, flowing class course. The Advanced…
Medium Space Courses: Serps, Threadles, and Back Sides
15 Jul 2014
In last night's course I had Serpentines , Threadles , and Back Sides in quick succession and I created a "medium space" non-contact…
Course for a Discriminating Team! Video
10 Jul 2014
I really like this fast moving course from class last week - it obviously has tunnel/A Frame discriminations but it has more: Serpentines…
Small Space Courses for a Fun Fourth!
04 Jul 2014
For the Fourth of July I took a small section from one of my class course working on tunnel/A Frame discriminations and came up with three…
Triple Threat Game
18 Jun 2014
I learned the Triple Threat drill from Stuart Mah at a seminar last weekend and thought we'd play it in class. The Whatcom Agility Team…
Nested Masters/Master Challenge/Novice Fun Run Courses
28 May 2014
I dreamt up these nested courses for the Meeker's Pals Memorial Day Fun Run and they include all sorts of fun challenges. The equipment…
Oops I Did It Again... and Almost Felt Bad
30 Apr 2014
I guess I was subconsciously inspired by a challenging international practice course I liked when I came up with these courses for my…
Backyard Skills Courses! Video
25 Apr 2014
As my backyard changed from mud to sparse grass I got the itch to set up a backyard sequence and came up with two "regular" and two…
Westminster Agility Finals Inspired - Video & Analysis
18 Feb 2014
The Westminster dog agility finals round had an interesting challenge that I wanted to set up in my weekly class courses. The dogs came off…
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…
AgilityNerd & Bad Dog Agility: Happy Handling!
10 Sep 2013
I read the Bad Dog Agility blog and know Esteban and Sarah's handling is influenced by Greg Derrett and, while my handling style has…
Can You Handle It? Seminar Chalk Talk Video
27 Aug 2013
I recently gave a 1/2 day "Can You Handle It?" Seminar and enjoyed the challenges in the course so much I thought I'd share it and my…
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…
Big/Small AKC NAC Inspired Course & Sequences
22 Mar 2013
My class course this week was inspired by the 180 jump to weave entrance in last weekend's AKC NAC Hybrid round course and I came up…
All In One Courses - Big & Small Spaces
11 Feb 2013
Here's my "action packed" class course from last week at FYK9 from which I also created a small space sequence. These courses contain a…
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…
AgilityNerd Handling Seminar Courses
21 Nov 2012
I gave an Intermediate/Advanced level Can You Handle It? Seminar last month at For Your K-9 with a fun bunch of handlers and dogs. I…
Silas Boogk Inspired Sequences With Video
14 Nov 2012
Silas asked us not to share his courses or video online. So I put together sequences demonstrating some of his handling ideas and lumped…
Interesting Jumping/Weaves Sequence
29 Oct 2012
I came up with this sequence as the opening to my jumpers with weaves course at my Can You Handle It? seminar this past weekend. At first…
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 Space Octagon Handling Drills
19 May 2012
I enjoyed running Kurt Jensen's Octagon Jumpers course and I decided to create some more sequences based on a smaller version of the…
Mother's Day Course
15 May 2012
I was giving some private lessons at Agility at the Farm this past Sunday and came up with this course based on some changes to the…
Four Small Space International Exercises
15 Apr 2012
I've created four small space exercises based on the opening jump layout of my International Flair! Seminar Course from a couple weekends…
Back Side of Jump Handling Combinations - Video
27 Mar 2012
After giving my International Flair! Seminar I thought I'd put together a diagram showing the handling combinations possible for Pushing…
Challenging Full Course & Exercises
29 Feb 2012
Here are the two Masters level full size sequences from my class at For Your K-9 and I've created four small space exercises based on them…
Can You Handle It? 2011 Courses
29 Feb 2012
My next Can You Handle It? Seminar is coming up at For Your K-9 on Sunday March 18th and I thought I'd share a couple of my seminar…
Some Two Jump Drills - With Flyer Video
27 Feb 2012
Years ago when I posted my One Jump Drills article I got requests for Two Jump exercises. Well now that I'm starting to work on ground…
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…
Back Side Jump Wrap Exercise - Flyer Video!
19 Feb 2012
I've created an exercise from my class course at For Your K9 for working on Pushing to the Back Side of a jump and Wrapping the dog…
Small Space Jump Wrap Exercises
03 Feb 2012
I've extracted part of my It's a Wrap! mini seminar courses and come up with three sequences to fit in a 30ft by 50ft space. When you look…
Mini Courses for a Beautiful Winter Weekend
07 Jan 2012
Many parts of the US will have unusually warm winter weather this weekend, so I came up with some interesting smaller sequences taken from…
Advanced Class: Two Great Tastes... Small Space Too!
22 Dec 2011
This week I smashed the opening of the 2011 USDAA Cynosport Grand Prix Quarter Final course on to Dana Pike's fun class course from this…
Small Spaces: Weave Entries & Fun Handling
08 Dec 2011
Thought I'd pull out a fun sequence from my class course at For Your K-9 and turn it into a mini course for smaller spaces. These three…
Advanced Class: Be Aggressive! - 18-Nov-2011
18 Nov 2011
This course is all about running the course with conviction, keeping connected with your dog and cuing tight jump wraps using a Shoulder…
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…
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…
USDAA NE Regionals IHC Jumpers - Video
17 Jun 2011
The USDAA Northeastern Regionals were streamed live on CynosportTV (free!) last weekend. I watched some of it Sunday morning and after…
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…
Double Back Side Exercise
07 Jun 2011
As I mentioned in my course description from last week Meeker and I enjoyed Linda Mecklenburg's International Handling Seminar. Linda…
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…
Jump Wrap Example Exercises - With Video(s)
27 Apr 2011
At the end of my Jump Wrap Handling article I came up with a couple example exercises with a jump wrap in them. I asked how many ways can…
Advanced Course: International Evil - 20-Apr-2011
21 Apr 2011
I've been playing around with more International style courses lately and came up with this course primarily to work on Back Side to 18…
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…
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: Just a Dash of Evil - 16-Mar-2011
18 Mar 2011
Here's a course setup with two different sequences containing Jump Wraps , Pull Throughs , Threadles , a Pin Wheel , and general…
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…
Advanced/Intermediate Classes: A Mixed Bag - 03-Mar-2011
03 Mar 2011
Here's a course setup with two different sequences containing 270s , Jump Wraps , Pull Throughs , Threadles , a Pin Wheel , and general…
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: Not Evil Courses - 16-Feb-2011
21 Feb 2011
Here's a course setup with two sequences containing Jump Wraps , Pull Throughs , Threadles , a Pin Wheel , and general handling from my…
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…
Fun Course - Sorry That Page Doesn't Exist
15 Jan 2011
Here's a course where probably only web developers and other technology nerds into agility will see the joke. If you want to try running it…
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…
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…
Advanced Class: Serpentines and Threadles - 24-Nov-2010
05 Dec 2010
Here's a course for working on Serpentines , Jump Wraps and a Threadles from this week's classes at For Your Canine . A lot of…
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…
Double Box Sequence Generator
08 Nov 2010
The seven jump Double Box offers handlers and dogs longer training sequences than the Box Layout and adds the ability to train 18…
Star Box Sequence Generator
02 Nov 2010
The six jump Star Box offers handlers and dogs even more training opportunities than the venerable Box Layout . To help other agility…
Double Box Sequences
01 Nov 2010
The Double Box is a well known jump layout that allows for working on many handling skills. The nice thing about this layout is the skills…
Star Box Sequences
29 Oct 2010
While working on my Jump Box Generator for agilitycourses.com it occurred to me that a variation on the Jump Box layout would make it…
New Jump Box Sequence Generator
26 Oct 2010
One reason I created AgilityCourses was to have a place to experiment with software I've had in mind for generating practice courses and…
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…
Weave Entrance/Exit Sequences
15 Sep 2010
I wanted to work on weave entrances and exits this week at For Your Canine . So I grabbed four jumps and a set of weave poles and came up…
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…
Advanced Class Mini Course
10 Jun 2010
I came up with an interesting class course this week at For Your Canine containing On and Off Side Weave Entries , Jump Wraps , a 27…
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…
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…
Class Jumpers Course
25 Feb 2010
I put this Jumpers and Weaves mini-course together at For Your Canine only minutes before class started; it contains a Box linked to a…
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…
Four Backyard Sequences with Video - Clean Run Sourcebook
20 Dec 2009
Occasionally Anne Riba uses variations on courses from the Clean Run Course Sourcebook and they have been really interesting to handle…
Class Course - 2-Dec-2009
06 Dec 2009
Here's a fun course I threw together for last week's class at For Your Canine , it works on and off side weave entrances , tunnel A Frame…
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…
Four Backyard Sequences - Serpentines, Threadles and 180s
30 Oct 2009
A couple weeks ago Meeker and I were at to For Your Canine for a CPE trial and the Jumpers course had a section that I thought would…
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…
Backyard Practice Course/Video - Jumps and Weaves
13 Sep 2009
Earlier this week I threw together a Jumpers With Weaves backyard sized layout with five sequences to play with and thought some folks might…
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…
Intermediate Class - 2009-Jun-17
21 Jun 2009
It has been a while since I posted any of my class courses, I usually just dream up a sequence based on the equipment locations when I walk…
Five Practice Sequences
23 Nov 2008
I almost forgot about this practice course I setup and videotaped back on a warm, sunny day in early October. This course is a combination…
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…
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…
Weave Pole Entrance Challenges
02 Sep 2007
After writing up my definitions of On and Off Side Weave Entries I started to think about what might make a really difficult weave entry…
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…
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…
Rear Cross Drills - 4 Jumps and a Tunnel
07 Apr 2007
I threw together some Rear Cross exercises using only four jumps and a tunnel in response to a request to the AgileX Email List . I can…
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…
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…
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…
One Jump Drills
08 Mar 2006
I've been asked by fellow agility enthusiasts for handling drills that don't need a whole backyard of agility equipment. So I put together…
Jump Box Drill Generator
02 Jan 2006
I decided to write a web page for generating custom Jump Box drills to wrap up this subject. This article describes my approach. If you…
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…
Do It Yourself Box Jump Sequences
18 Dec 2005
There was a request on the AgileX email list a few weeks ago for Box Jump Sequences. I was thinking about posting some sequences and…
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…
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…
