PHOTOs © LesLey MaTTUcHIO The Solution for Fine Tuning Teamwork By John Reid With only about 25% of the area of a typical agility course, our inclement weather training space is under a 60 x 40 foot pavilion. To work on the basic agility equipment skills of jumping, weaving, and contact negotiation our pavilion course designs incorporate a teeter, six weave poles, and 4-foot jumps along with 10- and 15-foot tunnels. using the same obstacle setup in the short amount of time available to a typical agility class will test the handler's ability to remember the variations and remain focused on the sequence at hand. The proximity of the obstacles in our relatively small space also allows us a chance to challenge the handler's information delivery (timing) skills. An additional benefit of training in this compact environment is improving course comprehension and memorization skills. Running different sequences back to back Here are two more setups as well as a few specific handling options for you to try. Come up with your own answers to the various sequences; if it works for you, it counts! 10 1 20 30 2 4 The drills in Figures 1-3 test landing-side approaches to certain jumps. Following are several options that may solve a couple of the challenges found in Figure 1: Here are three options for obstacles #1 to #3: · Option #1: Dog on right out of tunnel #1 and send to rightwing backside of #2, keeping dog on right over #2, run on the dog's line, and rear cross into the #3 poles. 3 5 6 50 Backsides 10 50 9 7 3 11 9 40 40 3 2 30 8 5 30 6 4 7 4 9 6 3 8 7 20 10 20 10 10 1 10 18 20 30 8 10 1 2 5 2 1 Clean Run | June 18