| Introduction | + |
| Lesson 1 |
A Note About This Course |
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| Lesson 2 |
Training Concepts |
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| Lesson 3 |
Building Up Behavior |
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| Lesson 4 |
Efficient Training Podcast |
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| Acceleration and Deceleration | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Handling Exercise Diagrams |
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| Lesson 3 |
Fundamentals Exercise 1 - Stationary Deceleration |
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| Lesson 4 |
Fundamentals Exercise 2 - Adding Dog Motion |
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| Lesson 5 |
Fundamentals Exercise 3 - Adding Handler Motion |
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| Lesson 6 |
Fundamentals Exercise 4 - Adding a Jump Before the Turn |
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| Lesson 7 |
Fundamentals Exercise 5 - Adding an Off Course Trap Jump After the Turn |
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| Lesson 8 |
Fundamentals Exercise 6 - Alternating Acceleration and Deceleration |
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| Lesson 9 |
Advanced Exercises 7-9 |
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| Lesson 10 |
Advanced Exercises 10-12 |
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| Lesson 11 |
Using Food Rewards on Acceleration/Deceleration Exercises |
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| Lesson 12 |
Decel From a Distance/From Behind |
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| Tunnels and Chutes | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Handling Exercise Diagrams |
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| Lesson 3 |
Exercise 1 - Short Tunnel, Acceleration and Deceleration |
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| Lesson 4 |
Exercise 2 - Short Tunnel, Adding a Jump Before |
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| Lesson 5 |
Exercise 3 - Short Tunnel, Adding a Jump After |
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| Lesson 6 |
Exercise 4 - Lengthen the Tunnel |
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| Lesson 7 |
Exercise 5 - Acceleration and Deceleration with a Chute |
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| Lesson 8 |
Exercises 6-8 - Advanced Acceleration/Deceleration |
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| Lesson 9 |
Exercises 9-10 - Advanced Deceleration from FCI AWC |
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| Front Crosses | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Front Cross Introcution |
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| Lesson 2 |
Footwork |
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| Lesson 3 |
Position and Timing |
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| Lesson 4 |
Using Deceleration Before Your Front Cross |
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| Lesson 5 |
Where Do I Draw The Front Cross Line? |
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| Lesson 6 |
Using Your Front Cross to Cover Distance |
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| Lesson 7 |
5 Minute Front Cross Summary |
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| Lesson 8 |
Handling Exercise Diagrams |
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| Lesson 9 |
Exercises 1-4 - Teaching the Fundamentals |
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| Lesson 10 |
Exercise 5 - Advanced Front Cross |
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| Lesson 11 |
Exercises 6-7 - Combining with Acceleration and Deceleration |
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| Rear Crosses | - |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Rear Cross or Front Cross? |
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| Lesson 3 |
Driving the Diagonal |
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| Lesson 4 |
Where to Put the Rear Cross |
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| Lesson 5 |
Rear Crosses: Slight Turns vs. Sharp Turns |
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| Lesson 6 |
The Pull and Flick |
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| Lesson 7 |
Handling Exercise Diagrams |
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| Lesson 8 |
Exercise 1 - Simple 3 Jump Rear Cross |
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| Lesson 9 |
Exercise 2 - Alternate 3 Jump Rear Cross and 3 Jump Acceleration |
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| Lesson 10 |
Exercise 3 - Proof Against the "Pull and Flick" |
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| Lesson 11 |
Exercises 4-5: Using a Rear Cross instead of a Front Cross |
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| Rear Cross Case Studies | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Simple Turn Followed Immediately by a Rear Cross |
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| Lesson 3 |
Slice Rear Cross Combined with Deceleration |
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| Lesson 4 |
Rear Cross after Aframe; Rear Cross on Slice |
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| Lesson 5 |
Simple Turn Followed by Rear Cross; Rear Cross on Slice |
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| Lesson 6 |
3 Examples of Handler Paths |
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| Lesson 7 |
Difficult Slice Rear Cross; Rear Cross on the Flat |
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| Lesson 8 |
Extreme Deceleration During a Rear Cross |
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| Lesson 9 |
Rear Cross in the Box |
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| Lesson 10 |
"Half" Rear Cross Maneuver |
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| Lesson 11 |
How to Rear Cross on Angled Approaches |
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this is the other side. You are right in your comments on the last video – she is a young dog, and we haven’t done RC for a while. We did 2, and she did well. Then took a break and did the tunnel, then tried again. You can see this caused a little confusion. I tried hard to make sure I set the line for her, I am leaving in the misses so you can let me know. For the last one I put a barrier in front of the tunnel to help her. https://youtu.be/x9CNFgrEK7c
https://link.getonform.com/view?id=XI001pWxuzIAfVZ0iTNU
After our summer break for vacations and injuries – we are back. First rear cross exercise
https://youtu.be/h6Te5_iNIBI
https://link.getonform.com/view?id=r8zQp6MoEzeErAPNgHTr
Love this exercise for rear cross – but wish it would show the position of dog and handler before starting. My dog is so much faster that I am that I’m unsure of where we should start so I give the right signal.
Assuming the dog is starting to lift off for the jump BEFORE the jump where the rear cross will happen, you generally want to be next to him at the wing–this means the dog is driving ahead of you. If you’re too far ahead, your path will be more L-shaped and the rear will create a tighter turn. Too far back, and the dog turns less well on the rear. However, over many different situations, you want to be able to get a good rear from many different handler positions where you are ahead, behind, and far lateral to the ideal spot.
Again, the ideal handler position at dog’s take off for the jump BEFORE the jump at which they rear is close to the wing.
Thank you. That makes sense!
Rear Cross materials: So well put together. I look forward to the lessons with exercises and feel fairly ready to begin that series. Will spend a fair amount of time reading and studying the first or first two….without either dog. Can hardly wait.
Thank you! So glad you like the structure! Let us know how it goes.
Would this be a good exercise to begin introducing directionals (specificallty, “left” and “right”)
I think directionals are a good support to add to rear cross, especially for cases where there might be some rear cross vs wrap confusion. However, I think the majority of the cue is physical (the pressure) rather than verbal.
I think you could add directionals after they have been taught to support what you’re doing, but I don’t think I would use the rear cross to teach directionals.
Here is some additional training material on directionals:
https://baddogagilityacademy.com/course/handling-foundations-from-shape-up-agility/module-2/left-and-right-introduction/
https://baddogagilityacademy.com/puppy-directionals-sarah-baker/
https://baddogagilityacademy.com/puppy-directionals-part-two-sarah-baker/