Agility class

So many jumps, so little time.

We had three exercises.  First was tic, tac, toe.  There is an inside and outside box of jumps.  For the most part, the handler stays inside while the dog jumps the outside jumps.  We did this in both directions, sometimes starting or stopping with the inside jumps for flow.  This is great "out" practice.

Bright lights, crazy weave entry

The second exercise was a difficult weave entry and exit.  Starting at the jump pictured on the right side, go into the weaves.  I used the command "out" for this.  Coming out of the weaves, go into the right end of the tunnel, come out of the left, and come around to the jump on the left.  Great weave entry practice.

Dog's view at the start line

The last exercise was to practice discrimination--choosing between options.  Since most dogs are sucked into the tunnel, this started with the jump to the A-frame.

Then to the jump, onto the dog walk, then a kind of dance turn around to go into the end of the tunnel that is under the dog walk.  (The other end of the tunnel would be a flip.)  End with the jump.  This could have a lot of variations.

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