BONUS Short Sequence Plus Challenge (November 2024) – Bad Dog Agility Academy

BONUS Short Sequence Plus Challenge (November 2024)

Nov 2024
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Short Sequence Exercises

Exercises 1-2

Exercises 1-2

Note: This exercise was recorded several years ago when we were not as careful about number of tunnel bags as we are now. Please consider 5 or more bags when setting up this sequence for yourself!

These exercises are based on a Linda Robertson AKC Premier Standard course. One of the features of Premier is that judges can use a bi-directional obstacle. This means that the handler is free to take the obstacle (in this case a jump) in either direction. This adds an element of strategy to the run.

Exercise 1: Take the Front of #2

Exercise 2: Take the Back of #2 with Front Cross

Exercise 3: Take the Back of #2 with Rear Cross

Choice Side by Side

Challenge

Challenge

Challenge

Demonstration and Analysis

Extra Challenge

I few folks have requested even more challenging sequences, so here’s an extra challenge!

Extra Challenge

Extra Challenge

Demonstration and Analysis

Alternate Handling

Choice Side by Side

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  • kkuhlen says:
    February 6, 2025 at 11:44 am

    Just getting around to these with Darwin due to bad weather with snow (9.5″!) that took forever to melt. Pretty rusty I’m afraid. https://youtu.be/Q9Qki0FfnKE
    I also did some with the puppy (Mason) at an 8 inch bar. https://youtu.be/u7BP7es4FTs

  • Michelle says:
    January 27, 2025 at 9:22 pm

    Here’s Jake’s attempt

    https://youtu.be/LGEW892K61I?si=_Zw2C6HR8FSJeJn_

    Here’s Indy’s attempt.

    https://youtu.be/z-TLSqE6w74?si=lOsRtxXblA409-ba

  • Barb VE says:
    December 13, 2024 at 6:54 pm

    Hi Sarah,

    Enzo is on injured reserve, so I ran these courses with Casper. That is not ideal, since his understanding of backside cues is not as strong as Enzo’s. Additionally, 2024 has been a very hard year for me health-wise. Things are starting to look up but I am not able to use much acceleration and deceleration in my handling (which will be immediately obvious when you look at the video).

    https://youtu.be/YyH86OnkzOc

    I ran the 3 regular sequence runs you demoed:
    Front side #2
    Backside #2 w/RC
    Backside #2 w/FC
    And then I did mine: Backside #2 w/FF

    While I called it a “forced front” what I would have done with Enzo would have just been a threadle “in” (threadle slice). Casper is not as sophisticated and needed more help than a verbal and shoulder drop. Also, I was surprised to note, he looked at me as he was over the bar in order to see where to go next. As I said, he is quite inexperienced and should, with time, be better able to read my cues – also, I will be able to leave much sooner and set the line to #3 before he lifts.

    Challenge 1: As I reviewed my runs, I realize I only went through #8 and I put it on the wrong side of the jump (like the second challenge). Oh well.
    The first run I used tandem turns.
    The second run I used a FC between 3 and 4.

    I didn’t have time to work on Challenge 2.

    Thanks,
    Barb

  • Barb VE says:
    December 11, 2024 at 7:08 am

    Here is my version of the CRCD…
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    For a free viewer, go to http://www.coursedesigner.com/viewer
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    End Course Designer

  • Barb VE says:
    December 10, 2024 at 6:54 pm

    So interesting! I will set this up in my barn and try it out. My first thought, on viewing the backside #2 sequence, was to send to the #1 tunnel and do a forced front on #2. (Run to the takeoff side of #2 — the backside and bring the dog in to me and then send over the jump). That gives me the same dog path but with handling that might get me further down stream. I will make time to do this next week (I hope!!).

    • Sarah Fernandezlopez says:
      December 11, 2024 at 6:36 am

      I’ll be interested to see your video! I would not do a FFC at #2 because that maneuver usually encourages more of a slice effort on #2, in other words, it would be a better option for if you were going direction from backside 2 to #4.

  • Magy says:
    November 30, 2024 at 8:54 am

    Thank you for this Bonus SS. I think Exercise 2 worked best for us with good commitment to the backside jump.

    The challenge sequence had no issues besides using the wrong verbal.

    On the Extra Challenge exercise, I had to work on timing jumps7-8 and maintaining eye contact since Mimi almost read it like a blind cross.
    The alternate handling option was really tricky on timing the blind cross pass the off course jump.

    Thank you for any feedback. https://youtu.be/kKfZUwRnzPg?feature=shared

  • brandy479 says:
    November 29, 2024 at 2:22 pm

    https://youtu.be/YjW5Z1vCAOM?si=3Hvz5dqB1iEgXoi6

    This is Delta’s very first small space submission! I spent most of the training practice trying to figure out how to stay ahead of him, so that’s going to be interesting. We have just started working on backsides so I had to handle those more than I would have liked. I am super happy with his rear cross and I think his deceleration is improving (we have been working on the accel/decel module that you and i had emailed about). No challenge exercises for him right now as I’m trying to keep things somewhat simple for his little brain 😅

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