Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Handling Turns, Barrels, Tunnels, and Weave Entries

 Pearls:

  • When handling a turn out of a tunnel followed immediately by a weave entry, bring Jackie in toward you a little more before you tell her to weave. Turn your body more to indicate to Jackie that she needs to turn and come toward you, then face your frontal plane forward in the same direction of the weave poles.
  • Keep space between the handler and the weave poles so Jackie enters correctly and stays in the weaves to completion.
  • "Round round round!" says to the dog: collect your stride for a tight turn back towards me.
  • "Loop loop loop!" says to the dog: collect your stride for a tight turn away from me.


Jackie playing turns, tunnels, and weaves: