Backyard Dogs By Mary Ellen Barry This month’s exercises include a “T” pattern, which presents opportunities for lead-out pivots, threadles, and even serpentines. Figure 1: Start with the dog on your left. Do a lateral send at jump #1 and then do a front cross between #2 and #3 or a rear cross at #3. Do a front cross between #3 and #4 and do a rear cross at #8. Figure 2: Do a lead-out pivot from #1 to #2. Keep your dog on your right from #2 to #5 and then do a rear cross at jump #6. Do a front cross from #7 to #8. Figure 3: Do a serpentine from #1 to #3. Bring your dog around #3 on your right (he is turning left) and do a front cross on the flat at #4. If you rotate too early, you may send your dog to the back side of #4; so delay your rotation until your dog has sight of the correct side of the #4 jump. Send to #5 and do a front cross between #6 and #7 or a rear cross at #7. Do a front cross between #7 and #8 or a rear cross on the flat before #9. Figure 4: Start with the dog on your right. Do a front cross from #2 to #3 and from #3 to #4. Threadle from #5 to #6. With the T pattern, your dog may go to the backside of #6 unless you use an outside arm and shoulder rotation into your dog, prior to commitment to #5. Turn your dog to his left over #7 with a front cross and finish with the dog on your left. 1 1 9 8 3 5 1 4 2 5 2 3 6 8 4 7 6 7 9 2 1 4 2 7 6 5 1 7 6 3 9 2 8 9 5 8 10 3 10 4 3 4 is month’s exercises include a “T” pattern, which presents opportunities for lead-out pivots, threadles, and serpentines. 8 Clean Run | October 12