66 Posts Tagged With "270"
Moving Towards Mastery: 14 Layouts to Challenge Your Handling
16 Feb 2016
As I mentioned in my previous article: "Move Obstacles to Challenge Your Handling" , you can take any sequence and move the jumps (along…
Moving Towards Mastery: Move Obstacles to Challenge Your Handling
28 Jan 2016
In this second in a series of articles I'll show you another way to improve the quality of your training; even in a small space with a few…
Back Side Entry to 270/Training Opportunity - Video
19 Sep 2014
I set up this fun sequence with a Back Side approach to a 270 and found some training issues Flyer and I needed to work on. Here's the…
Back Side Entry to 270/Training Opportunity - Video
19 Sep 2014
I set up this fun sequence with a Back Side approach to a 270 and found some training issues Flyer and I needed to work on. Here's the…
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…
Top Spin
05 Apr 2013
This is a handling move I found myself doing as part of a Dana Pike course and didn't know it had a name until she told me it was called a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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: 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: 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…
Skill Based & DIY Double Box, Star Box and Box Training Sequences
16 May 2011
Over the weekend I added a great new feature for creating training sequences to Agility Courses.com . You could always choose the skills…
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…
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: 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…
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…
Dana Pike - Super Serpentine Course
25 Nov 2010
In the opening there are at least three ways to handle the 3-4-5-6 Serpentine : What to do 17-18-19-20? There was some "gnashing of teeth…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
Skills for Pin Wheels
18 Jan 2010
In a recent class course I had students working on three jump Pin Wheels and 270s by using just two of the jumps in the Pin Wheel. That got…
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…
Susan Garrett $5 Certainty Challenges
07 Jan 2010
Two weeks ago Susan Garrett posted a $5 Certainty Challenge , where she challenges handlers to get to the crux of their dog's stress…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Stuart Mah Seminar - Jul 2008
08 Aug 2008
I attended my first Stuart Mah seminar last month at Meyer's Kennel in Belvidere, IL. Stuart is certainly a very successful handler and…
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 - 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…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Aug 31 and Sep 7 2006
29 Aug 2006
This week's sequences focus on choosing crosses and There are two Intermediate team sequences. The first opens with a jump-tunnel-jump…
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 - July 6 and 13 2006
05 Jul 2006
There are two Intermediate team sequences. The first opens with a couple jumps to a Serpentine (it is almost two back to back Serpentines…
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…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - June 8 and 15 2006
05 Jun 2006
Intermediate teams work a sequence opening with a 270 . Then a little jumping sequence to the table. A tricky Pull Through into a 18…
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…
Post Turn/Shoulder Pull/Pivot Turn
27 Jan 2006
The Post Turn, Shoulder Pull, or Pivot Turn is one of the basic agility handling maneuvers. The Post Turn is used to turn a dog with the dog…
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…
The Jump Box in Course Design
14 Dec 2005
The Jump Box is a very versatile course element for practice and competition courses. One reason is that its jumps can be used for a…
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 - 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…
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, Jen Pinder and Rhonda Carter "Spring Maintenance Camp"
04 Jun 2005
I attended the "Spring Maintenance Camp" Dana Pike held at her place in Wilmington, IL this past Memorial Day Weekend. Like last year…
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…
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…
Front Cross
03 Apr 2005
The Front Cross is a handling maneuver that, like all crosses, is used to allow the handler to change from one side of the dog to the other…
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…
270 Degree Jump Sequence
13 Feb 2005
The 270 degree jump sequence is a commonly seen advanced Agility course element. The name comes from the number of degrees in the outside…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course
08 Dec 2004
Last week Dana Pike had us run a course that was renumbered and the obstacles slightly tweaked from the previous week's course . Dana is…