Tunnel Threadle Rear – U –Tunnel

sjans@gci.net says:

I appreciate your detailed, thoughtful answer 🙂
So, the scenario I have come across is, the left tunnel entrance is directly in front of the dog as they exit the dogwalk . The tunnel is curving away as in your example video with dog on right and handler moving toward the left after tunnel.
I have asked instructors and seminar presenters with how to handle this situation and always get a different answer so I wanted to get your opinion :).
As you said, it is a gray area.
Unfortunately, my dog ( very fast, drivey BC ) is very literal and I often get a spin in front of the tunnel in these gray area threadles as if she is not sure where she should go ,but, not always.
I think it is because I haven’t been consistent with my verbal que because I have had alot of conflicting advice .
I saw somewhere on BDA where Jen Crank was giving advice to someone who had sent in a video and Jens definition of a tunnel threadle is if the dog changes leads ( turns away from you) to do the tunnel. In that case ,my gray area would still be a threadle .
That made it pretty black and white and I was trying to confirm it in Shape Up lessons but it was not covered.
So, I guess the gray areas could be considered threadles even though not threadle rears.
Maybe that’s why Justine uses an open shoulder for tunnel threadles in some excersises ,and then an opposite arm to que her tunnel threadle rears in the lessons, even though it was not explained 🤔
I guess the most important thing is to train those gray areas and be consistent with my ques and always do it the same way.
I like what you said about it being a threadle even if the dog is one inch off the tunnel entrance.
I never even thought of that !
Would you check with Jen and see if if what I remember her saying is correct?
I can’t remember where I saw her comment since I was looking up something else.
Thanks for your help. This has cost my dog many runs !