Fun AKC-like JWW Novice/Advanced Practice Courses
07 Nov 2022
I last weekend I presented some seminars at Agility Cues For Your in Louisville, KY. I’ve been going there to teach seminars for years and love the facility, the people, and the wonderful upbeat attitude I find there.
One of the sessions was for Novice/Intermediate teams who are interested in competing in AKC and CPE.
So I created five jumpers with optional weaves AKC-like courses that would let us work on perfecting Front Crosses Learning the Front Cross - VideoFront Cross, Rear Crosses Learning the Rear CrossRear Cross, and Blind Crosses on Pin Wheels and Serpentines Serpentine Handling TechniquesSerpentine Sequence.
The tunnels and weaves stay in the same location with small changes in location/rotation of the other jumps. I generally kept the spacing on the closer side, since jumps can often be at the minimum AKC spacing. As usual, adjust the spacing to increase/decrease the challenges and always consider your dog’s safety.
These sequences aren’t in any particular order; though I’ve tried to give them a title with my thoughts on their difficulty. I think I tested most of them out with young Spark to make sure they were do-able with a young dog with basic skills. Ultimately, some were too easy so I didn’t use them or modified them based on how the students ran prior sequences.
I hope you enjoy setting them up and running them!
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