Here is a diagram of today's course. Until you arrive at a trial, you don't know what the course will be. Each course presents different challenges for the handler and the dog. You get about 15 minutes before the start of your class to walk to course, memorize it and plan a strategy that will be the best way to direct your dog. The opening sequence for this course is jump, tire jump, jump. At this point, the dog is pointed towards a tunnel which most dogs want to do. You need to direct him right to the A-frame. Do you run on the right side or the left side of the jumps? What's the best way to get your dog to the A-frame? After the A-frame, to keep the dog from heading towards the corner tunnel (#9), you needed to be emphatic to get him to the tunnel under the dog-walk, then getting to the table was easy.

The sequence after the table was fabric tunnel to dog walk to pipe tunnel to weave poles, which was straightforward. The triple spread jump came at a time when the dog's momentum was slowed by the poles and was at an angle, so that was a worry. This was followed by a turn to the straight line jumping sequence that once again put the dog in front of that attractive tunnel. Uh-oh. Another worry was that while the best place for you to be while the dog was jumping was to his right, you needed to get to his left at the see-saw to be most efficient in the final jumping sequence. After the see-saw was a difficult double spread (once again at a time where there was little momentum), then two more jumps and across the finish line.