Build the foundation

Use target and bucket work to make the intended path clear before adding the challenge of a nearby tunnel.

Turn past temptation

Practice turns toward and away from you, starting with space to succeed and working closer to the tunnel entrance.

Test your connection

Put your cues to work in handling sequences, with video demonstrations, homework, and course documents to guide practice.

Help your dog choose the correct path

You see the next turn. Your dog sees a tunnel. Tunnel Suckers helps agility teams work through that familiar challenge with clear communication and practical training progressions. Start with cues, training goals, reward timing, shadow handling, and target work. Build turns toward and away from you using buckets and targets, then practice turning off a tunnel line. Begin at a distance that helps your dog succeed and bring the exercise closer to the tunnel as understanding grows. Across 9 chapters and 42 lessons, explore turn-cue tests, tunnel-turn-tunnel work, and sequences. Video demonstrations, homework, and supporting documents give you exercises to revisit with your own dog. For agility handlers whose dogs find tunnels hard to resist and who want a clearer plan for training the intended path.

Meet your instructor: Lisa Schmit

Lisa Schmit, PhD, CCFT, CPMP, is the founder of In The Zone Training. She helps handlers build confident, connected canine athletes through clear communication and practical agility training. In Tunnel Suckers, Lisa breaks challenging handling into exercises you can work through with your own dog. Her approach emphasizes strong foundations, thoughtful rewards, and making the intended path clear. Train Smart. Run Connected. Stay In The Zone.

Curriculum

9 Chapters · 42 Lessons

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      Welcome

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      My Info

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      Please Introduce Yourself

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      General Info

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      Homework/Videos

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      Cues

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      Training Goals

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      Reward Moments of Brilliance

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      Reward Reward

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      Shadow-Handling

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      First Lesson

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      Target Lure Reward

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      Bucket Work

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      Difference between bucket and toy

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      Here to Bucket

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      Switch to Bucket

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      Dont Spill Beer

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      Directionals Cone Bucket

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      Draw Path to Target

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      Homework

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      Turn Off Tunnel

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      Homework

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      Wicket

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      Wicket Regular

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      Homework

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      Document

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      Test Turn Cues

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      Homework

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      Zipha

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      Homework

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      Document

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      Tunnel Turn Tunnel

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      Document

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      Older Videos

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      Homework

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      Big Loop

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      P

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      Turn

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      OUT

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      Document

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      Homework

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      Thank You

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