11 12 © MATT SACHS/AGILITY IMAGES 10 13 9 4 3 Training for Novice Courses Distance Skills The most important skill a dog needs in NADAC is accuracy at a distance. In the Chances class distance is the key to qualifying. The distance test in Regular also tests your dog’s distance skills. Distance is also key if you wish to attempt Bonus Boxes. I train distance skills using gates (refer to CR January 2006 for the first article in my gate training series). I use the gates as a visual to the dog to help show him the path I would like him to take. 8 5 2 7 14 6 1 Novice Regular r Distance test obstacles are #10 - #12. Handlers must stay behind the green dashed line, 4' to 6' away from the obstacles, for the duration of the test. 3 June 07 | Clean Run 35