Now this is a good Snooker

The following course is Tammi Stone's, ran at Happy Dog Agility on March 7, 2010.



Here's why I like it:

1. Three OF Four. Handlers must pay attention to the details.
2. The #7 Combo must be taken as marked.
3. The #7 Combo is NOT easy to handle.

Sure, you could go for all sevens - some people did. Most were not successful.

As for flow, the ONLY option I liked to enter #2 nicely into the closing was the #7 combo. There are two reds on the map (bottom reds) that open to either nothing, or no points. If you started with Red #2 (bottom right), it opened to some small points. I try to only do fives, sizes and sevens in 3-Red snooker. I discounted that strategy.

Other than all sevens or starting with a low value obstacle, I saw only one flow course with points: 6-6-7.
It was flow enough for both dogs to win their jump heights.

USDAA Performance Titles

Here's an excellent blog entry about the title names for USDAA's Performance program.

http://agilepooch.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/wackronyms-time-for-usdaa-to-join-us/