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PRACTICALLY TRAINING:
Turn Cues-
Lack of
Motion
© MaTT allisOn PHOTOGraPHy

By Sandy Rogers

Everyone who does agility has perfected
the lack-of-motion turn cue to some
degree. Many refusals, and even some offcourses, can be the result of us giving the
dog an unintentional lack-of-motion cue.
Here's a classic scenario: we are driving
toward our destination on course, we see
the dog lined up and focused in the correct
direction, and then we make the mistake of
easing up on our running speed. The dog
notices the change in motion (good dog
for picking up the cue!) and checks in with
us, causing a turn toward us. Whoops. The
moral of this story is that if we know how
to do it wrong, then we can figure out how
to do it correctly. Every handler needs to
examine their lack-of-motion cue so they
can give the cue intentionally and become
consistent with it.
Lack of motion is the hardest cue to
stay true to in my opinion. Not only is
it easy to be sloppy, particularly with
obstacle-focused dogs (tunnel suckers
especially), but it is also difficult to be
100% consistent with the cue when
you are handling and training gambles.

Let's Make a Deal
Let's say you decide that when you
slow up or stop moving, you will
require your dog to do the same. You
have decided that you are going to

be consistent and make this a rule
your dog may not ignore. If you make
this deal with your dog, then you are
pledging to your dog that you won't
* Decrease your speed or stop and
expect him to maintain or increase
speed and drive forward.
* Expect him to drive to an obstacle
(including the tunnel) unless you are
driving to it as well.
This can be a tall order for many
handlers. How many times in training
do you let your dog drive away from
you when you are not moving as you
restart the sequence with a tunnel?
To be consistent you must stay aware.
It will become easier and easier to
find a way to take at least a few steps
toward the obstacle until you have
commitment from the dog to take the
obstacle, but you have to stay focused
on that goal.

Embracing the Concept
If you want the dog to take an
obstacle without you having to travel
all the way to the obstacle so you
can cut a corner to get to another
handling destination, you may think
the best bet is to stop and verbally
send the dog on his own. Depending

on your timing, you may be showing
the dog that this is a time for him to
disregard your lack-of-motion cue.
I used to feel if I told the dog to "Go
on" without me, my motion no longer
mattered. This is the big question, isn't
it? Should a verbal cue outweigh a
physical cue?
As I struggled with the answer, I
decided I would experiment with
having my cake and eating it too. I
began with running slower in some
situations so that I would still be
moving with my dog, but did not go
any farther forward than the spot I
would have originally chosen to send
the dog from. I found that if I planned
my speed from one strategic point
to the other, I would not have to stop
suddenly or even decelerate where
I would have preferred not to. The
idea is not to practice having the dog
ignore any lack-of-motion cues. I have
learned in most situations that by
changing my speed I can keep moving
when I want my dog to keep moving,
and that is my goal.
I suggest that you learn to gauge your
speed (oftentimes a few obstacles
ahead) so you end up where you want
to be (no farther) without having to
slow down, or worse, slam on the

Every handler needs to examine their lack-of-motion cue so they can give the cue intentionally
and become consistent with it.
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