These drills work on alternating push-behinds with pull-throughs. There are some opportunities to practice your blind crosses as well.

These fun challenges will keep you jumping. They require lots of technical skills at a fast pace.

Time to test your A-frame entries and exits. These exercises have you coming and going from all directions and situations.

The handling challenges of today's courses require your dog to be very responsive to your cues. These drills mix up the skills within the same sequence so your dog can't anticipate which side of the jump or tunnel entrance you will be asking for.

It's time to put away some of the smaller winter drills (the trees, the details) and start focusing on bigger sequences (the forest, the big picture) in preparation for some of the bigger trials.

Getting your dog to blossom in agility requires continually tweaking your skills, balancing your training, and making sure your dog gets enough rest as well as work. These drills go back to foundation skills such as 270s, 180s, wraps, pull-throughs, and straight-on approaches to balance the number of push-behinds that are being trained. It also focuses on skills as opposed to course work.

These will light some fireworks under you! Tricky turns and discriminations with no time to breathe. You’d better be fast on your feet.

In honor of the recent European Open, these exercises touch on some of the challenges presented.

You don't need a big space or a lot of equipment to develop elite agility skills. This setup works world-level weave pole entry and exits as well as wraps, push-behinds, and other high-level skills.

Witchy, wicked turns hidden in straight lines is the theme of these challenges. Using lateral distance comes in handy in several cases so you can get away from your dog to your next handling position.