Pearls:
- A front cross is when you cross in front of your dog and switch your current cueing side/arm to the other. (A front cross is when the handler switches sides in front of their dog while facing their dog.)
- A blind cross is when you cross in front of your dog and switch your current cueing side/arm to the other, but the dog is changing the side behind the handler's back. (A blind cross is when the handler changes the handling side in front of the dog and the dog changes the side behind the handler's back.)
- Keep running! When I stay in motion, so does Jackie. Avoid stopping to wait for her; instead smoothly keep directing her line of travel and KEEP RUNNING!
- Cue directional turns earlier, including when cueing with your body. Turn your body earlier to let Jackie know she is approaching a turn.
- When cueing weave entries, make sure you're pointing at the entry pole.
- When Jackie comes out of a tunnel, you need to already be running ahead of her. RUN RUN RUN!
- You know Jackie will be running when she comes out of the tunnel, so RUN ahead of her!
- As soon as you start running, Jackie increases her speed.
Jackie playing blind crosses and directional cues, and Carrie learning to RUN ALREADY:
