Dana Pike Course - Jan 1 2024
05 Jan 2024
Run this course! K9s In Motion, LLC - Dana Pike - designed a really fun and challenging course for us this past Wed night. I walked it with Snap! and Spark (still not running :( ) and we broke it up in sections so I could catch up with them. I should have taped it. Lots of handling options!
Here’s the link to Dana’s Post
Here’s my handling approach/notes:
Lead out to landing of 1 and as soon as you get the collected turn to the tunnel leave! Even walking I was able to go past the bottom end of the DW and get both boys turned to #3 tunnel.
Then it is a flick/RC/tandem turn or threadle wrap at a distance. That sets the line perfectly over 5 and to the back side of 6.
I then treated 7 as a threadle slice.
The tunnel/AF discrimination caught a lot teams - good practice.
9-11 could be handled from either side/end of the weaves(!).
I pushed to back of 9 (as shown) and BC’d to put my dogs on my right.
Sent to weaves and then picked them up at the end of the weaves with a blind cross. That put my dog on my left to send to the back side of 11.
Watch the DW approach some dog came flying out of the tunnel.
I handled 15-18 with dog on left.
I cued 17 as a threadle wrap; though a threadle slice worked nicely too. Some folks crossed either side of 16 to put dog on right over 17 (with the dog path as shown).
If you have dog on left after 17 you could layer teeter all the way to 19.
Have fun, we did!
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