9 6 10 My position just forward of Scoop on the dogwalk tells him that the course goes straight. My release and send cues would be Break, Weave or just Weave. 7 I am using serpentine-type turning cues to cue the tunnel. My feet are facing the tunnel and I use arm changes to get Scoop to turn to the right. Here Scoop reaches the two-on/ two-off with me behind him and I release from behind while running hard. My release cue is Go weave. 8 Scoop waiting for information on the next obstacle. June 14 | Clean Run Side Changes and Handler Position at the End of Contacts I always try to establish the line the dog is supposed to take after the contact just prior to him reaching his two-on/two-off position or running through the contact zone in the case of my youngster Pie who has a running A-frame. If I am sending my dog straight forward at the end of the contact, I also move forward with the dog on the release so my motion supports the movement forward. See Figures 6 and 7. I have found that handlers who are always in the same position right next to their dog at the end of the contact are rarely giving as much information about the dog's line to the next obstacle. It also can be difficult to bring the dog to the handler's side for something like a technical push-through or backside move. Being next to your dog often cues handler focus at the end of the contact so the dog As I release Scoop with the cue Break, he turns in my direction and I front cross and cue the tunnel. may not drive straight forward on release. On the other hand, sometimes you want to be right on top of your dog to set the next line. In Figure 8 I am stopped next to Scoop. Without any body language cue I give Scoop the release of Right, tunnel. If I was to say Break he would turn toward me before I could quickly cue the Right, tunnel and I would either lose time or get a refusal on his clean exit from the dogwalk to the tunnel. If you don't have independent Right and Left turn cues that you can use at the end of a contact, you can physically cue the turn to the tunnel in a variety of ways. See Figure 9. Sometimes the course turns back on itself after a contact obstacle. In that case I want my dog to be able to send to the end of the contact while I stop behind him as shown in Figure 10. 19