Balancing Cues in Agility*

Success in dog agility depends on your ability to effectively communicate with your dog. Your ability to communicate with your dog and guide him through a course depends on your understanding of how to balance the six basic agility cues—motion, shoulders, location, arm/hand signals, verbal cues, and eyes—described in Linda Mecklenburg’s highly acclaimed book Developing Handling Skills.
Format: DVD, 8 discs, NTSC (US) format

This seminar focuses on practical application of the concepts presented in chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 (and bits of other chapters and appendices, too) of Linda's book, Developing Handling Skills, and endeavors to tie it all together into "real" agility. During the seminar Linda reviews many of the theoretical concepts presented in the book while helping the students learn to "balance" their cues, with an emphasis on the appropriate use of motion. Many people who have read the book tell us that this seminar gave them many "light bulb moments" where they actually began to understand the concepts from the book. During the video, appropriate references to pages and figures in the book (Developing Handling Skills) are provided. In addition, you will find copies of the diagrams that appear in the video in a PDF file on Disc 1 (Please insert Disc 1 into your computer to access the file.)

Learn to improve your execution and timing of cue combinations!