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If you do not train the dog to understand 270s you will have to go in as far
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as your dog needs you to just to pick up jump #2 every time and you will not have the luxury of cutting the corner when you want to.

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A Rear Cross

A Front Cross on the Takeoﬀ Side of Jump #2 This move is often not considered by novice handlers; they are not used to handling “outside the box.” When the front cross is done closer to the first stanchion of the second jump of the 270 (#3) as seen in Figure 5, the dog will take the jump at a severe angle (a.k.a. slicing). This would be correct when the on-course obstacle lies in that particular path. I recommend also practicing turning the dog over the bar at whatever angle you choose to. Do this by keeping the dog on your original side a tad longer as you travel across the takeoﬀ side of the jump, as shown in Figure 6. Rotate into the front cross at will, putting the dog across the bar anywhere you want, creating any angle you want. A Front Cross on the Landing Side of Jump #2 This one really requires the dog to understand the path from the first to the second jump of the 270 (#3) as shown in Figure 7. If he does, you can cue the first jump with no worry that your dog will skip the second jump. This allows you the freedom to get into the correct position for your front cross, execute it, and be oﬀ! Do not come across the front of the jump any farther than you have to be to set up the line to the next obstacle on course. When I need a tight turn around the first stanchion I pretend that my jump is only 2' wide so that I can turn the dog very close to the stanchion. If you have to backtrack a bit to pick up the next obstacle when you finish the front cross, then you have overshot the place on the bar to do the cross.

A Front Cross on the Takeoff Side of the Second Jump of the 270 To begin, stand in the middle and send the dog to the tunnel to make it easy to get into position for the next obstacle, jump #2. Where you rotate on the bar of any jump determines the angle at which the dog takes the jump.

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Another Front Cross on the Takeoff Side of the Second Jump of the 270 The handler is keeping the dog on the left longer and is traveling across the front of the second jump of the 270. The handler rotates into the front cross when the dog reaches the point that creates the correct angle to the next obstacle.

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A Front Cross on the Landing Side of the Second Jump of the 270 This drill requires the dog to "read" the 270 so the handler does not have to escort the dog to the back of jump #3, the second jump in the 270. Start with the dog on the right and do a front cross at jump #1 into the sequence. This is a good way to avoid doing a bunch of boring lead-outs.

You will want to perfect a rear cross into the 270 as well. After the rear cross on jump #1, seen in Figure 8, you need to pull to jump #2. Use another obstacle or two to set yourself up to do a rear cross at jump #1. When you get good at that, go for the double rear cross, adding a second rear cross at the second jump of the 270
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