| Introduction | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction |
| Left & Right | - |
| Lesson 1 |
Left and Right Introduction |
| Lesson 2 |
Left/Right Tunnel |
| Verbal Down | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Verbal Down Introduction |
| Lesson 2 |
Adding Forward Motion |
| Lesson 3 |
Proofing with Equipment |
| Acceleration / Go Go Go | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Race to Reward |
| Lesson 2 |
Go Go Go - Straight Line in Extension |
| Verbal “Tunnel” Cue | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Verbal “Tunnel” Cue Introduction |
| Lesson 2 |
Proofing your Verbal “Tunnel” |
| Lesson 3 |
Tunnel Game |
| Lesson 4 |
Tunnel Sends - Opposite Motion |
| Lesson 5 |
Backside Tunnels |
| Send and Go | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Send and Go Introduction |
| Lesson 2 |
Send and Go - Tunnel |
| Lesson 3 |
Wing Sequences |
| Lesson 4 |
Send and Go - Advanced |
| Lesson 5 |
Adding Distraction |
| Post Turns | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Post Turns Introduction |
| Flappy Tappy (Bypass) | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Flappy Tappy (Bypass) Introduction |
| Tight Turns / Multiple Wraps | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Tight Turns / Multiple Wraps Introduction |
| Lesson 2 |
Building Distance |
| Lesson 3 |
Multiwraps on Wing - Lure Faded |
| Lesson 4 |
Multiple Wraps - Adding the bar |
| Jumping in Extension (HUP) | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Jumping in Extension (HUP) Introduction |
| Lesson 2 |
HUP in Sequence |
| Threadles | + |
| Lesson 1 |
The Great Threadle Debate |
| Lesson 2 |
Teaching the Threadle Behavior |
| Lesson 3 |
Tunnel Threadle Progression |
| Lesson 4 |
Tunnel Threadle from Speed |
| Lesson 5 |
Threadle Rear Cross |
| Lesson 6 |
Threadle Rear Cross with Speed and Motion |
| Lesson 7 |
Additional Threadle Sequences |
| Lesson 8 |
Threadle Rear – One Jump |
| Lesson 9 |
Two Jump Figure 8 – Threadle Rear Cross |
| Lesson 10 |
Traditional Threadles |
| Lesson 11 |
Threadle Combinations |
| Sequencing | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Beginning Sequencing with Wings |
| Lesson 2 |
Beginning Sequencing with Jumps |
| Backside Jump | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Backside Jump Introduction |
| Lesson 2 |
Commitment to the Bar |
| Lesson 3 |
Backside – Proofing Motion |
| Lesson 4 |
Backside Blind |
| Front Cross | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Front Cross Introduction |
| Lesson 2 |
Front Cross Cues |
| Lesson 3 |
Lead Outs |
| Serpentine | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Serpentine Foundation – Landing Side Multiples |
| Lesson 2 |
Serpentine Commitment - 270 |
| Lesson 3 |
Traditional Serpentines |
| Lesson 4 |
Serpentine Progression |
| Blind Cross | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Blind Cross Foundation |
| Jumping with Distractions | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Jumping with Distractions |
I have read Sarah’s response on Donna’s confusion about which is left and right and i am still not clear! IT seems to me that you are sending the dog to the dog’s left with the right command. When i use left and right with my dogs, it is left and right based on their left or right shoulder.
Can you give me a time stamp? I just rewatched the video and believe the dog is always turning correctly. As you say, to their right or their left.
When standing alongside the dog later in the video the handler continues to use the opposite arm to cue each direction – this makes sense because it maintains consistency however the movement becomes very awkward. Is it best to just keep doing this throughout their career? Perhaps its only awkward when the dog is on the same side of the handler that they need to turn to. What are your thoughts here?
I think of this as a “combination” of two cues–the direction plus the tunnel. Eventually, at a very high level, the dog will do it without any arms or even body motion or position requirement, understanding to turn left or right on the verbal alone, and when the tunnel comes into view, taking it on the “tunnel” verbal cue. So in theory, this is a transition step that you won’t spend much time on. In reality, we almost always help our dogs with position and motion (as shown in this video) so we never develop the verbal skill to send the dog away from us to a tunnel as we head in some other direction. So if you want a highly verbal dog, this is a transition step. If your dog won’t require that kind of skill, then this is an exercise that won’t matter much, except it can reinforce the dog turning correctly on the cues “right” or “left” with the tunnel functioning as the immediate reward.
I use right and left verbal cues when going over jumps but this cue seems to be “wrong”; left tunnel is really the right side when facing the tunnel and visa versa. I’m confused.
Left and right are from the dog’s perspective. So it is the right tunnel for the handler. But since the dog has he back to the tunnel it is a left turn into the tunnel. Does that make sense?