43 Posts Tagged With "HandlerLine"
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…
Dog Agility Coaching: Front Cross Execution and Convergence
11 Mar 2014
Here's my latest video coaching session with Susan and Moon where we concentrate on front cross execution and discuss converging on the…
Dog Agility Coaching: Identifying Timely Front Crosses
12 Oct 2013
When we first saw Susan and Moon she was looking to increase her intensity while running courses with Moon and we found she was…
Coaching: Intensity and Front Crosses
16 Sep 2013
Susan contacted me with a desire to increase her intensity while running courses with her dog Moon and have me identify any handling issues…
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…
Handling With Intensity
06 Jun 2012
For today's Dog Agility Blog Action Day on the subject of "Attitude" I've written about the attitude I strive for when handling on course…
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: 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…
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: 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…
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…
Mental Aspects of Front and Rear Crosses
26 Jul 2009
After discussions on the challenges of timing crosses with some students I wanted to pass along some thoughts about Front and Rear…
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…
Snippet: Contact With Cross to Weaves
02 Mar 2009
This snippet is about challenges due to sharp turns from contacts to 90 degree weave entries. Dana Pike's class course this week…
USDAA Steeplechase - Six Sequences
01 Nov 2008
I was taking a look at the USDAA Cynosport Games courses and decided to come up with sequences based the Steeplechase Semi-Finals course…
Serpentine Handling Techniques
15 Feb 2008
The Serpentine is a common obstacle sequence and there are many ways to handle it. I'll present the most common approaches and I've…
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…
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…
Long Serpentine Course Opening
11 Jul 2006
I started writing this post back at the end of March and got distracted without finishing it (if I recall I was trying to fit it into my…
Running Dearlove Nested Class Course - June 8 and 15 2006
26 Jun 2006
I wanted to setup and run the Dearlove Nested Class Course for June 8 and 15 2006 with Milo . I also wanted to try videotaping the runs…
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…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Nov 17, 2005
27 Nov 2005
Dana also had multiple handling options for other areas of the course as well. Here's her course: The opening four obstacles are a jump into…
AgilityNerd's 1st Birthday!
09 Aug 2005
I launched this weblog one year ago today. So today is its first birthday. In this year I've posted 140 articles. I had hoped to post two…
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…
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…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - June 13 & 27 2005
10 Jun 2005
These sequences are inspired by courses I ran at the Memorial Day weekend Dana Pike, Jen Pinder, and Rhonda Carter Camp . They allow…
Clean Run Handling Issue
23 May 2005
As I've mentioned before , Here are some highlights: There are even more articles I haven't outlined. You've got to borrow or buy this…
Dana Pike Advanced Course Opening - Apr 22, 2005
22 Apr 2005
Below is the initial opening sequence. The first two jumps are oriented so that the handler can lead out and stand on the Handler Line…
Dearlove Nested Class Course - Apr 11 & 18 2005
07 Apr 2005
I'm basing these class courses on a drill I dreamed up a few weeks ago . The same equipment setup is used for all classes only the obstacle…
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…
Handling 270 Degree Jump Sequences
13 Mar 2005
The 270 Degree Jump Sequence is a commonly seen dog agility course element. Fortunately, handling the "270" is very similar to handling a…
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…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Mar 03 2005
10 Mar 2005
Here's another challenging Dana Pike Jumpers -style course. Dana always comes up with class courses where there are many valid solutions…
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…
V-Set Handling Alternatives
05 Dec 2004
As I was writing up my V-Set Definition I thought it might be worthwhile to discuss some alternatives to using the V-Set. The primary…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Right Cross At The Right Time
25 Nov 2004
Last week Dana Pike had us run a course that had some nice subtle aspects to it. I especially liked it because it highlighted some of the…
Running Dearlove Intermediate Course of 4 Oct 2004
23 Oct 2004
This post updates my original thoughts . This course had a couple good handling challenges and offered some good instruction/training…
Dearlove Intermediate Course - Front vs. Rear Crosses
04 Oct 2004
I designed this practice course so Dearlove 's intermediate handlers could work on trying some different handling options for a longer…
Running Dearlove Intermediate Course of 16 Aug 2004
20 Aug 2004
This post updates my original thoughts about this course: It turns out the students ran the course pretty much as I expected. So the only…