The black and red courses were from open agility, the black one was what was set up and I made up the red one. The blue and purple courses were from class.
Black course: Put in a front cross after the 180 (3-4). This was tricky with Gracie as she really wanted to do the A-frame, as usual. We got it figured out though, just a few extra rewards after jump 4 got her turning into me much quicker. Avoiding the A-frame after the weaves was much easier for her. Front cross after 9, then make sure to send the dog out a bit so that they have a straight path and enough speed up the A-frame. I did accidently send Gidget to the weaves doing this though, brought my arm up a little too far. 12-13-14 is just a serpentine with a few ways to handle it. I only tried one that day, kept my dog on my left and rear crossed the tunnel. It worked just fine for Gidget, but Gracie kept turning the wrong way after the tunnel. Found a fix for that at class the next day.
Red course: I mostly just wanted to practice the weaves and A-frame in the other direction, and throw a serpentine at the end just for fun. Nothing fancy here.
Blue course: Front cross jump wrap around 2, a post turn would work too if you don't mind rear crossing the tunnel, just depends on the team. I rear crossed 12, but a front cross after 10 or 11 could work, again depending on the team.
Purple course: This course is just like 5-15 of the black course. We spent extra time working on 8-11. The reason Gracie was turning the wrong way after the tunnel is that she didn't see my rear cross so she thought I'd still be on the other side. Gidget has the experience to turn where she hears me so that worked for her. This section can be done by running around the front of the tunnel and either rear crossing 11, or if the dog is slow enough, get a front cross in after the tunnel. The other three methods involve running the back side of the tunnel. There's the method I did with the black course, or instead of rear crossing the tunnel you can front cross after 9 which gives the dog a better chance of turning the right way after the tunnel. The method I liked with Gracie was to front cross after 8. Since she does "bottom," I was able to lead out a bit to get that cross in. That let her see me on the left side of the tunnel before she went in the tunnel, so she turned left when she came out, yay!
Green course: With a slight lead out it was easy to block the wrong tunnel entrance and send the dog to the correct one. Front cross after 2 so you can pull the dog from the weaves to the correct tunnel entrance. Another front cross after 4. I tried rear crossing over 6, but it turned out a front cross after 5 gave a much tighter turn to the table. Block the wrong tunnel entrance again, then another front cross and treat 9 like the middle jump of a serpentine. Have to be careful not to cue that jump too early as the dog might take the tunnel again.
Orange course: Same start, but there are a few ways to handle 3-4. Front cross after 2 and post turn the left standard of 3. Post turn 2 and front cross jump wrap the right standard of 3. You can post turn the right standard of three and rear cross 4. You can even treat the jump and weave entrance like parts of a serpentine, keeping the dog on the left all the way through the end of the weaves. I tried the first two options. A push out of the weaves to 5. Dog on the right all the way through 9. I front crossed after 9 to get Gidget to the correct tunnel entrance. You don't need to cross though, if you can get your dog in the correct entrance without it. The line to 13 meant sending the dog out to 11 so you can run straight to 13 to show the dog the correct tunnel entrance. Hmm... a front cross after 11 might have worked too.
Up next... Gidget's exciting trial report!!! Happy agility!
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