Backyard Dogs By Mary Ellen Barry This month’s exercises include two U-shaped tunnels and have many opportunities for discrimination practice. You’ll also get to work on some serpentines, threadles, and back sides of jumps. 1 8 8 1 3 7 2 3 5 7 2 4 6 4 5 3 1 2 9 6 5 4 1 7 8 2 3 6 Figure 1: Keep your dog on your right throughout this sequence. Figure 2: Start with your dog on your right. Do a front cross between #3 and #4. Pull from #5 to #6. Finish with your dog on your right. Figure 3: Start with your dog on your left. Do a front cross from #2 to #3, turning your dog to his right over #2. Turn your dog to his left at #4, using an outside arm and a shoulder rotation to bring him into the gap. Pull from #4 to #5 with your dog on your right. Do a rear cross at the #6 tunnel and finish with your dog on your left. Figure 4: Start with your dog on your right and pull from #2 to #3. Do a serpentine from #4 to #6 and finish with your dog on your left. 1 9 4 2 3 5 7 8 6 is month’s exercises include two U-shaped tunnels and have many opportunities for discrimination practice. You’ll also get to work on some serpentines, threadles, and back sides of jumps. 8 4 Clean Run | August 12