7 8 3B 3A T Side! Jump! Side! Side! Side! Close! Side! 2 1 Side! Close! Close! 9 Begin using your "Side" cue as your dog lands from #2. Use your "Jump" cue to indicate #3A once he passes the plane of the off-course jumps. Repeat the sequence, this time going to #3B, the backside of the jump. 10 3 5 Weave! Tunnel! Close! Close! Close! Fido! Close! 3 4 2 2 1 1 Release your dog from the contact and immediately use your "Close" cue. Keep repeating the cue until your dog is past the wrong end of the tunnel and you can send him into the correct end. Repeat the drill, but this time start moving forward before the dog reaches you (adding a bit more difficulty). When your dog is able to move confidently with you away from the tunnel, ask him to stay with you for longer by circling in front of the tunnel before moving away from it as shown in Figure 6. Remember to continue repeating your cue as you circle. You can also do this drill across the face of a jump, the weaves, or the table as you can see in Figure 7. Begin using the skill in longer sequences as illustrated in Figures 8-10. 64 Call your dog's name as he enters the tunnel to tell him there's a slight turn at the exit. Begin giving your "Close" cue as he exits. Use your weave cue as your dog passes the plane of the off-course jumps. Taking "Left" and "Right" to the Next Level I mainly use these directional cues when I am not in a position to physically cue a rear cross, a turn, or a turn into a tunnel. We discussed training "Left" and "Right" verbals in my July article. Once your dog reliably responds to these cues, you can begin building the behaviors to fluency by training your dog to be comfortable while you stand behind him and give him a "Left" or "Right" cue. This is just another version of the game we practiced while sitting in a chair in the July article. Ask for a "Right" and reward the dog with a thrown reinforcer Clean Run | October 17