130 Posts Tagged With "weaves"
Be Persistent Until It Doesn't Help
08 Jul 2024
I reflect on a recent software upgrade experience and how it relates to overcoming frustration/stagnation in dog training.
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Colored Weave Poles, Background Colors, and Depth Perception
05 Jul 2024
I discuss how similar colors between weave poles and the background might not be as big a factor in dogs missing the weave entrance. But, purposely matching pole colors to wall colors seems unnecessarily challenging for our dogs.
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Mike Murphy UKI Midwest Cup Masters Series Jumping Course
16 Jun 2024
This was the course I wanted to run more than any other at the UKI Midwest Cup. Mike Murphy's Masters Series Jumping course from Saturday.
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Dana Pike Masters Training Sequence - Video
24 Feb 2024
I enjoyed running this Dana Pike training course and I think you will too! It has a little bit of everything and is a great way to work on your handling skills.
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Dana Pike Course - Jan 1 2024
05 Jan 2024
Fun and challenging course from Dana Pike. Here's my handling approach/notes.
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AKC Premier-ish Seminar Sequences
20 Aug 2023
I thought I'd share four challenging AKC Premier-ish sequences I've used at seminars in smaller spaces. They've got "all the things".
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(Re)Training Weaves with Guides and 2x2s
18 Jun 2023
In this blog post, I'll explain how to train a dog to weave using 2x2s combined with weave guides, whether they have previous experience or are new to weaving.
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AKC-like JWW/Premier Novice through Masters Practice Courses
12 Nov 2022
Three of each AKC-like Jumpers/Premier sequences for novice/advanced and excellent/masters teams from a recent seminar of mine.
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Fun AKC-like JWW Novice/Advanced Practice Courses
07 Nov 2022
Five fun and challenging AKC-like Jumpers sequences for novice/intermediate teams from a recent seminar.
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"Jumperified" Dana Pike Advanced/Masters Sequences
15 May 2022
I've removed the contact obstacles from the Dana Pike Advanced/Masters class courses, that I posted recently, for folks who have a slightly narrower space or who don't have contacts. These sequences will test your skills!
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Challenging Dana Pike Advanced/Masters Sequences
06 May 2022
Two challenging Dana Pike Advanced/Masters class courses that will test all your skills!
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Practice Sequences Based on Stefanie Semkat's 2022 Polish Open Large Agility
06 Feb 2022
Stefanie Semkat's 2022 Polish Open Large Agility course had some challenging handling sequences! I created a smaller layout, with the same spacing/alignment of her three middle jumps, and came up with three sequences so we could practice her challenges at home.
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Fun/Challenging Medium Sized Practice Courses
01 Jan 2022
Three fun and challenging sequences for working on weave entries/exits and lots of handling challenges! I had a great time practicing on this layout!
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Weave entries/exits from Courtney Keys' UKI Midwest Cup Masters Series Jumpers
01 Oct 2021
Handlers were really challenged by Courtney Keys' UKI Midwest Cup Masters Series Jumpers course. Specifically, the weave entry/exit was tough for a lot of teams. I created four smaller variations of her course to work on in your training.
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Weaving is Hard Work!
18 Sep 2021
I think we underestimate what dogs have to do physically to run through the weave poles. I've got some great photos that demonstrate all that is going on.
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Dana Pike Weave Entry/Exit, Straight Tunnel Challenges
03 Jul 2020
Dana Pike has been designing medium and small space at home practice sequences for her students. She let me share these great weave pole entry and exit challenges!
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Save Your Grass From Your Weaves
18 Jun 2020
A simple tip to keep your weaves from killing your grass.
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Around The Clock/Around The World Training
06 Jun 2020
"Around the clock" or "around the world" training is an approach for systematically training and proofing the dog (and handler's) ability…
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2019 Readers' Favorites
30 Dec 2019
Looking back at readers' favorite dog agility articles and courses for 2019.
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Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2018 Sep
22 Nov 2019
This is an expanded version of my Backyard Dogs article originally published in the September 2018 issue of Clean Run magazine.
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Weave Safety in One Photo
15 Nov 2019
Whitney Rupp of Chops Photography took this action shot of Snap! and I loved it because it showed three potential weave safety issues in one shot; can you spot them?
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Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2018 July
07 Mar 2019
This is an expanded version of my Backyard Dogs article originally published in the July 2018 issue of CleanRun . For this month's Backyard…
Backyard Dogs Practice Sequences - 2018 May
30 Dec 2018
This is an expanded version of my Backyard Dogs article originally published in the May 2018 issue of CleanRun . For this month's Backyard…
Pull Across Jump and Push to Back Side - Video
02 Oct 2017
Here is the general obstacle setup: When you set it up you want the wrong side of 3 to be what the dog sees when coming over jump 2. Play…
Small Space Masters Handling Seminar Sequences
27 Apr 2017
Here are my small space masters handling "Steeplechase-ish" courses from my fun weekend of seminars with Talcott Moutain Agility Club in…
2017 Feb Wisconsin Agility Cup: Courses and Video
23 Feb 2017
This past weekend Flyer , Snap ! and I got up at "o-dark-thirty" in the morning to drive the two and a half hours to Canine Sports Zone…
WAO 2016 Relay Small Space Weave Entry/Exit Drills
21 May 2016
I really enjoyed watching some of the world's top teams tackling Portuguese judge Jorge Pires's World Agility Open Team Speedstakes Relay…
NDAL Feb 2016 Course With Handling Analysis
02 Feb 2016
As promised here's the competition 2016 February National Dog Agility League 50 x 50 "International-style" course I designed and, since…
Eleven Starters/Advanced/Masters Small Space Courses
18 Jan 2016
Here's the obstacle setup in English and Metric units: Here are some sequences that would be appropriate for Starters/Novice level teams and…
NDAL October 2015 Competition Course
05 Oct 2015
As promised here's the Steeplechase course I designed for the October 2015 National Dog Agility League . I ran it with Flyer to "debug…
Weave Entries and Back Sides
09 Jun 2015
I was inspired by the weaves to Holmberg Double on Rolf Franck's Course and came up with this challenging mini-course using only weaves…
Dana Pike International Skills Class Course/Video
22 May 2015
Here's Dana's full course: I setup the section from 3-9 to play with and video tape: Here are some notes on the rest of the full course…
Handler Focus/Holmberg Double Class Course
13 Mar 2015
I had two goals for the course I put together for my Open and Masters students: handler focus while moving past off course obstacles and…
Some Fun Challenges to Practice
21 Jan 2015
Here's a full size and small space version of last night's class course containing: Serpentines , Back Sides , Jump Wraps and…
Open/Masters Course - They Didn't Kill Me...
29 Oct 2014
I love my students; they are always up for a challenge and they didn't try to kill me after running this course. This course isn't that…
Fast Masters Discriminations
22 Oct 2014
I wanted another open and fast course for last night's class and I worked in some tunnel discriminations and weave pole entry challenges; it…
Serpentines, Threadles, and Back Sides
13 Aug 2014
In last night's course I put together Serpentines , Threadles , and optional Back Sides in this fast, flowing class course. The Advanced…
Course for a Discriminating Team! Video
10 Jul 2014
I really like this fast moving course from class last week - it obviously has tunnel/A Frame discriminations but it has more: Serpentines…
Converting Weaves to 24 inch Spacing
16 Jun 2014
In the past couple years all the agility venues we compete in have converted to 24 inch weave spacing and I had two sets of weaves with…
Oops I Did It Again... and Almost Felt Bad
30 Apr 2014
I guess I was subconsciously inspired by a challenging international practice course I liked when I came up with these courses for my…
My Dog is Stutter Stepping, Hesitating, or Weave Popping
07 Apr 2014
In seminars I sometimes come across handlers who say that about their dog or I observe it on course. I'm not talking about the occasional…
I Almost Felt Bad About This Course!
06 Feb 2014
I setup this course for my Intermediate and Masters students this week and almost felt bad about working all the moving past tunnels; almost…
OMG! A Back Side in AKC Standard!
01 Jul 2013
Surprisingly that was the reaction from more than a few competitors when faced with Linda Robertson's Masters Standard course at the recent…
Elsewhere in April
28 May 2013
Looks like April sped past and I didn't update you on AgilityNerd stuff elsewhere on the web; a lot of interesting links so let's get right…
Hanson - MC Standard - Video/Play-by-Play
21 May 2013
The course was designed by veteran USDAA judge Dave Hanson and judged by Seth Dunn. This course had a number of interesting challenges and…
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…
Big/Small AKC NAC Inspired Course & Sequences
22 Mar 2013
My class course this week was inspired by the 180 jump to weave entrance in last weekend's AKC NAC Hybrid round course and I came up…
Masters Challenge Courses w/Video
21 Feb 2013
The judge was Francisco Berjon from Mexico. I really felt for him traveling to Wisconsin in February! It was a smaller trial with about 3…
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…
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…
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…
Small Spaces: Weave Entries & Fun Handling
08 Dec 2011
Thought I'd pull out a fun sequence from my class course at For Your K-9 and turn it into a mini course for smaller spaces. These three…
Advanced Class: Be Aggressive! - 18-Nov-2011
18 Nov 2011
This course is all about running the course with conviction, keeping connected with your dog and cuing tight jump wraps using a Shoulder…
Advanced Class Course: Attentive Handling - 09-Nov-2011
10 Nov 2011
My Advanced class course at For Your K-9 incorporated an interesting challenge from a Silas Boogk handling seminar I attended at Ann…
"International" Threadle Sequence - With Video
12 Sep 2011
I received an email from an Italian agility enthusiast asking how I would handle a training exercise he had found. It was an interesting…
Dana Pike - Awesome International Sequence - With Video
22 Aug 2011
If you want to work on some international handling challenges Dana Pike designed this little beauty as part of her class course last…
Advanced Class: Would You Be Skunked? - 18-Aug-2011
19 Aug 2011
Typically at least one of my Advanced (i.e. Masters/Excellent level) students gets through my class course with only a bobble or two (it may…
Class Course: Wrap Your Head Around This
03 Aug 2011
My course from last night at For Your K-9 is on the more technical side featuring Serpentines , Threadles and a generous helping of…
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: Speedy Serpy Solution? - With Video
10 Jul 2011
My intention in this week's class course at For Your K9 was to open things up a little and get the teams moving with good challenges…
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: A Little Piece of Evil - 01-Jun-2011
04 Jun 2011
Thanks to a Linda Mecklenburg International Handling Seminar I attended last week, I was inspired to add a double Back Side handling…
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…
Steve & Meeker - Columbia Individual Open Jumpers
10 May 2011
The Americas and Caribbean Agility Championships were held in Bogota Columbia in March of this year. The courses were quite challenging. I…
International Flair - Dan Butcher AKC Courses
25 Apr 2011
There have been discussions on various agility email lists lately about AKC courses getting more difficult and/or including more…
Advanced Class: Smoother Than It Looks! - 06-Apr-2011
16 Apr 2011
Better late than never! Here's a couple challenging sequences containing a Pin Wheel , a Threadle , some Jump Wraps and some interesting…
Advanced Class: I Like This One - 30-Mar-2011
31 Mar 2011
Here's a challenging sequence containing a Pin Wheel , a Threadle , a bunch of Jump Wraps and some interesting handling options from my…
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: 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 Class: No Frills Course - 23-Feb-2011
24 Feb 2011
Here's a course setup with two variations on a sequence containing Jump Wraps , Pull Throughs , Threadles , a Pin Wheel , a Back Side…
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…
Dana Pike - Another Class Course w/Video
01 Jan 2011
In the diagram below there are two ending options, Dana had me run the second closing in the second run in the video. My "take away lesson…
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 - Fun to Run Course
07 Dec 2010
Run this course and let me know how it went for you. Meeker and I had a blast, thanks Dana!
Advanced Class: Just Ugly! - 17-Nov-2010
17 Nov 2010
Here's a challenging, dare I say ugly, sequence for working on Serpentines , Jump Wraps and a Threadles from this week's classes at…
Jumpers with Weaves, Serpentines, Wraps and a Threadle - 13-Oct-2010
14 Oct 2010
Here are a couple sequences for working on Serpentines , Jump Wraps a Threadles and general handling I threw together for my classes at…
Jump Wraps, Threadles and More - 6-Oct-2010
06 Oct 2010
Here are a couple interesting sequences for working on Jump Wraps , Threadles and general handling I threw together for my classes at…
More Weave Entrance/Exit Handling - 29-Sep-2010
30 Sep 2010
Here are a couple interesting sequences for working on weave entrance and exit courses I threw together for my classes at For Your Canine…
Advanced Class Courses - 22-Sep-2010
22 Sep 2010
Here are a couple interesting courses I threw together for my classes at the new For Your Canine facility. This course works tunnel/A…
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…
Wrapping the Last Weave Pole - With Video
30 Aug 2010
When the dog exits the weaves and the next obstacle is on the same side of the weaves as the entrance the dog needs to wrap around the final…
Advanced Class Mini Course
12 Aug 2010
Here's this week's class course from For Your Canine with a number of different handling possibilities; if there is a message to go with…
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…
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…
Class Course - 2-Dec-2009
06 Dec 2009
Here's a fun course I threw together for last week's class at For Your Canine , it works on and off side weave entrances , tunnel A Frame…
Class Course - 11-Nov-2009
12 Nov 2009
Here's a technical-ish class course I invented last night at For Your Canine that works Threadles , Jump Wraps and weave entries. Here…
Snippet: Rear Cross to On Side Weave Entrance
10 Nov 2009
The sequence above can be handled a couple ways with the dog on the handler's right or left going in to the weaves. When Meeker was on my…
Advanced Class Course - 2009-Sep-15
18 Sep 2009
So if you are looking for an ugly course this is one of them. As I've mentioned before I usually make up my courses from the equipment that…
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…
24 inch Weave Pole Spacing Survey Results
26 Aug 2009
Last week Susan Garrett started a survey a weave pole spacing for USDAA and the results are now in. 2658 people completed the survey and…
24 inch Weave Pole Spacing
23 Aug 2009
There has been a lot of discussion on the USDAA email list trying to convince the board to change to 24" weave pole spacing. I chimed in…
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…
Weave Poles
31 May 2009
I really feel like I'm living up to the Nerd in AgilityNerd now; not an article on the Weaves themselves, only the poles! Here are a few…
Snippet: Rear Cross Into Contact/Tunnel Discrimination
30 Mar 2009
There was a Fun Run at For Your Canine today and it uncovered another "snippet" that Meeker and I need to work on. Lisa B had set out…
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…
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…
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…
Six Practice Sequences With Video
16 Oct 2008
It has been ages since I've setup any courses in my backyard, so I decided to "riff" on this section of a Dana Pike course. I video…
How Would You Handle It? Dana Pike 20-Sep-2008
20 Sep 2008
This past week Dana Pike had a good Jumpers With Weaves style course that had a section for which we were all discussing the handling…
Team Small Dog Blog: Small Fast Kick Yer Ass
15 Mar 2008
I just discovered Laura Hartwick's blog: Team Small Dog and all I can say is wow! Unlike other dog agility blogs that are mostly about…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Sequence - Weave Entries
06 Mar 2008
Don't pay strict attention to the dimensions in the diagram, they are rough estimates from my memory. Here's how you should set it up. The…
How Would You Handle It? - Sequence 2
10 Jan 2008
This "How Would You Handle It" is a middle sequence of a longer course I ran at Anne Riba's Apex Agility this past summer. It is a pretty…
Weave Pole Entrance Challenges
02 Sep 2007
After writing up my definitions of On and Off Side Weave Entries I started to think about what might make a really difficult weave entry…
On Side/Off Side Weave Entries
23 Aug 2007
Sometimes you'll hear a weave pole entry described as "On Side" or "Off Side". These terms can be confusing because they raise the question…
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…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - May 1, 2007
20 May 2007
I just realized it has been over a year since I featured one of Dana Pike's class courses. I assure you that is only due to my lack of…
Practice Course - Obstacle Discriminations
07 May 2007
An open and fast sequence. Begins with a Serpentine to the Dog Walk. I tried handling from both sides; for me handling with the jumps on…
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…
Practice Standard Course Built Around A Jump Chute
30 Nov 2006
Now that I finally have all my contact equipment and Meeker is confident running over all of it at full height I decided to set up some…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Mar 2 2006
18 Mar 2006
We had guest instructor Anne Riba coaching us through the course. I've trained with Anne since Mr Peabody and I first started in agility…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Feb 16 2006
24 Feb 2006
The opening four obstacles are the tire into a non-traditional Serpentine, non-traditional in the sense that the third obstacle in the…
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…
Dana Pike, Mary Ellen Barry and Rachel Sanders Fall Maintenance Camp
09 Nov 2005
I attended the "Fall Maintenance Camp" Dana Pike held at her place in Wilmington, IL at the end of September. I missed this camp last…
Dana Pike Seminar Course 2 - May 31 2005
22 Aug 2005
I just found some time to write up my notes on Dana Pike's second advanced handling course from her handling seminar over Memorial Day…
John Senger - AKC Open Jumpers With Weaves
12 Aug 2005
I ran this course (unsuccessfully :^) at the Forest City Dog Training Club AKC Trial a couple weekends ago. I really liked it for three…
Dana Pike Seminar Course 1 - May 31 2005
05 Jul 2005
I finally made some time to write up my notes on Dana Pike's courses from her handling seminar over Memorial Day weekend . She had two…
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…
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…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Feb 17 2005
07 Mar 2005
There is a lot going on in this course. So much so that I'll just itemize some of the handling approaches and course challenges: This is…
Milo and the Ultimate Weave Pole Challenge
30 Jan 2005
Nancy Reyes, owner of the For Your Canine training facility in Schiller Park, IL, sponsored a Clean Run Ultimate Weave Pole Challenge…
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…
Dana Pike Advanced Class Course - Evil Weave Entry
30 Oct 2004
going through a sequence similar to the section I described on last week's course . This week's section of interest starts at the A Frame…
Find The Entrance
28 Oct 2004
This phrase usually refers to a dog locating the entrance of the Weave Poles . It is usually used in a directive to the handler as in "Let…
