Dog Agility Exercises : Dog Agility Training: The Rear Cross
The next thing we’re going to do is teach
them a Rear Cross. The difference between
a Front and a Rear Cross is, instead of the
dog crossing in front of you, you want the
dog to cross behind you. So the dog’s going
to go behind you. You always have to connect
with them, which means you have to keep your
hand position going and always get eye contact
and call the dog’s name. So we’ll put it up
in a little series here. And, “go weave, go,
go, go, go, go, go”. And what I’m going to
do is cross behind them, “Jake, tunnel”. “Hurry,
hurry, hurry. Good boy”. Get a nice sit and
that’s a Rear Cross. I’ll show you one more
time. “Come on”. You want to get him going
through, one direction on your one side, “weave,
weave, weave”. Switch sides, get that hand
up. “Jake tunnel”. Send them through to your
table. “Sit”. You can also teach them down,
depending on where you’re competing with your
Agility, so practice both of them.
