1. Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti
Start (48)
Finish (49)
(drag these into list above then delete the rest)
Weave Once (1)
Halt–Sit–Stand (2)
Halt-Sit-Down (3)
Halt–Sit–Down–Sit (4)
Halt–Sit-Walk Around (5)
Halt–Sit-Down-Walk Around (6)
Right Turn (7)
Right Turn (7)
Left Turn (8)
Left Turn (8)
About Turn Right (9)
About Turn Right (9)
About U Turn (10)
About U Turn (10)
270 Right (11)
270 Right (11)
270 Left (12)
270 Left (12)
360 Right (13)
360 Left (14)
Call Front – Forward Right (15)
Call Front – Forward Left (16)
Call Front – Finish Right (17)
Call Front – Finish Left (18)
Slow Pace (19)
Fast Pace (20)
Normal Pace (21)
Halt - Sidestep Right - Halt (22)
Halt – 90 Degree Pivot Right – Halt (23)
Halt – 90 Degree Pivot Left – Halt (24)
Spiral Right – Dog Outside (25)
Spiral Left – Dog Inside (26)
Halt – 1,2,3 Steps Forward (27)
Halt–Turn Right-1 Step-Halt (28)
Straight Figure 8 (29)
Offset Figure Eight (30)
Halt-Stand-Leave-Exam (31)
Return & Forward From Stand (32)
Halt-Leave Dog-Recall (33)
Turn & Call (Dog) Front (34)
Finish Right (35)
Forward Right (35A)
Finish Left (36)
Forward Left (36A)
Halt-180 Degree Pivot Right-Halt (37)
Halt-180 Degree Pivot Left-Halt (38)
Halt – From Sit - About Turn Right - Forward (39)
Halt – From Sit - About U Turn - Forward (40)
Call Front – 1,2,3 Steps Backward (41)
Send Over Jump (42)
Halt-Leave-Call (Dog) Front While Running (43)
Moving Down, Walk Around (44)
Halt – Fast Forward from Sit (45)
Moving Sidestep Right (46)
Left About Turn (47)
Halt – Stand – Down (59)
Halt – Stand – Sit (60)
Moving Stand Walk Around (61)
Backup 3 Steps (62)
Spread Jump (64)
Tunnel (65)
Weave Poles (66)
Turn In (V1)
Side by Side Left (V2)
Side by Side Right (V3)
Cross Behind (V4)
Cross in Front (V5)
Turn Away (V6)
Weave Through Legs (V7)
Spiral Left (V8)
Spiral Right (V9)
Halt – Side Step Left – Halt (V10)
Call Front – Finish Left (V11)
Call Front – Forward Left (V12)
Call Front – Forward Right (V13)
Call Front – Finish Right (V14)
Right About Turn (V15)
Finish Left (V16)
Forward Left (V17)
Finish Right (V18)
Forward Right (V19)
Offset Figure Eight (V20)
Halt – Turn Left – 1 Step – Halt (V21)
Spread Jump (V22)
Tunnel (V23)
Weave Poles (V24)
Start (V25)
Finish (V26)
Moving Side Step Left (V27) S S
CARO Course Design Location /Trial Number Date Course Size / Indoor / Outdoor F
Stand/Exam–Return/Forward F 1 1 2 2
AUT
ATR 3 3 4
Halt/Recall/Leave
Turn/Call Front 4 80 5
AUT
ATR 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9
RAT 70 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 60 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 50 21 21 22 22 40
fast
LAT 30
fast 20
slow 10 10 20 30 40 50 60
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NOVICE
ADVANCED
ADVANCED
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT
VERSATILITY
EXERCISES (V)
VERSATILITY
EXERCISES (V)
VERSATILITY
EXCELLENT
EXERCISES (VX)

2. Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti
WR1 – Drop on Recall
WR2 – Retrieve on Flat
WR3 – Barrel Racing
WR4 – Directed Jumping
WR5 – Designated Retrieve
CARO Rookie Working Class I Location /Trial Number Date Course Size / Indoor / Outdoor 80 H H D
10’ 5’
WR1
WR2
WR3 70
WR4
WR5
Designated Retrieve WN5 60 D H
Drop on Recall WN1 50 H 40 30
Barrel Racing WN3 H
5’ min
Directed Jumping WN4 20
Retrieve on Flat WN2 10 10 20 30 40 50 60
Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti

3. Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti
CARO Rookie Working Class II Location /Trial Number Date Course Size / Indoor / Outdoor
WR6 – Back Away
WR7 – Round the Clock
WR8 – Distance Signals
WR9 – Retrieve Over Jump
WR10 – Scent Discrimination 80
WR6
WR7
WR8
5’ past
jump H 70
WR9
WR10 D H 60
Back Away WN6
Retrieve Over Jump (WN9) 50 H 40 H
Around the Clock
WN7 30 D H
Scent Discrimination WN10 20
Distance Signals WN8 10 10 20 30 40 50 60
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4. Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti
WR1 – Drop on Recall
WR2 – Retrieve on Flat
WR3 – Barrel Racing
WR4 – Directed Jumping
WR5 – Designated Retrieve
CARO Elite Working Class I Location /Trial Number Date Course Size / Indoor / Outdoor 80 H
WR1
WR2 H D
10’ 5’
15’
WR3 70
WR4
WR5 60
Designated Retrieve WA5 D H 50
Drop on Recall WA1 40 H
10’ min 30
Retrieve on Flat WA2 20
Directed Jumping WA4 H 10 10 20 30 40 50 60
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Barrel Racing WA3

5. Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti
CARO Elite Working Class II Location /Trial Number Date Course Size / Indoor / Outdoor
WR6 – Back Away
WR7 – Round the Clock
WR8 – Distance Signals
WR9 – Retrieve Over Jump
WR10 – Scent Discrimination 80 D H
8’ past
jump H
WR6
WR7
WR8 70
WR9
WR10 60
Back Away WA6 H 50
Retrieve Over Jump (WA9) H 40
Around the Clock
WA7 30 D H 20
Scent Discrimination WA10
Distance Signals WA8 10 10 20 30 40 50 60
Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti

6. Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti
CARO Expert Working Class I Location /Trial Number Date Course Size / Indoor / Outdoor H H D
10’ 5’
15’ 80 70
Designated Retrieve WE5 60
Drop on Recall WE1 H
15’ min 50 D H 40
Retrieve on Flat WE2 30 H 20
Directed Jumping WE4 10
Barrel Racing WA3 10 20 30 40 50 60
Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti

7. Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti
CARO Expert Working Class II Location /Trial Number Date Course Size / Indoor / Outdoor
10’ past
jump H D H 5’ 80 70
Back Away WE6 60 H
Retrieve Over Jump (WE9) H 50 40
Around the Clock
WE7 D H
Scent Discrimination WE10 30 20
Distance Signals WA8 10 10 20 30 40 50 60
Designed by Sarah-Jane Petti

8. CARO Course Requirements
Notes:
CARO Novice Courses use signs including Start & Finish
Maximum 5 halt stations
CARO Advanced Courses use signs including Start & Finish
Advanced courses require minimum of:
8 Advanced exercises
Must include Send over jump (#42)
Maximum 5 stationary exercises
CARO Excellent Courses use signs including Start & Finish
Excellent courses require minimum of:
2 from #42 Send over jump, #64 Spread Jump (Broad) #65 Tunnel #66 Weave Poles
2 from #59 HALT – Stand – Down #60 HALT-Stand-Sit #61 Moving Stand, Walk around Dog, Forward #62 Back Up 3 Steps
Maximum 5 Stationary Exercises
CARO Versatility Courses use signs including Start & Finish
Versatility courses require minimum of:
4 changes of side
1 Obstacle from Tunnel (#65) or Weave Poles (#66)
Maximum 5 stationary exercises S F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
CARO Versatility Excellent Courses use signs including Start & Finish
Versatility courses require minimum of:
3 changes of side
3 Stations minimum selecte d from each of the Advanced and Excellent levels
1 Obstacle from Spread Jump( #V22), Tunnel (#V23) or Weave Poles (#V24) where dog must be on right
Maximum 5 stationary exercises 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

9. INSTRUCTIONS
This is an APDT Rally-O course diagram template. It is homegrown, but it works better than a pencil. It helps to have spent too much time with PowerPoint, but with practice it works great. Now if only “Clean Run Course Designer” will add Rally icons. Use page-up and page-down to find the template and examples on the following slides (you can also select a slide from the list on the far left). - Mark
To use this template:
This document should be a PowerPoint Template (‘.ppt’). When you click on it to open, it will open as a new file (called something like “Presentation1.ppt”, and you are ready to work! When you save it, it will prompt for a new name.
It might be handy to print this instruction page to refer to as you use this program the first time or two if needed.
Delete all the extra slides (all but the “Course Design Template”; use “Edit” … “Delete Slide” on the others). This will make the file smaller and easier to work with – you don’t need the instructions sheet on every course design you make!
Use the 10’ grid (70x90) on the Template slide to arrange the exercise icons. I try to allow about 10’ between exercises, and no less than about 8’. The exercises are scaled roughly to show the amount of space they actually take to perform.
There are the allowable number of each exercise icon for level 1 available to the right, plus the number & ‘S’ & ‘F’ signs (see the “Course Diagram Legend” slide for the meaning of each sign). Note that in this cut I didn’t graphically distinguish between some of the Left/Right signs (e.g.: Left Turn vs. Right Turn, Spirals) – you have to keep up with which ones you are using for now.
Drag icons onto the grid in the desired layout.
Rotate them to the desired orientation [note 1].
Link them together with connector lines [note 2].
Connecting to the figure-8 & spirals is a little tricky, and sometimes needs a bit of work & some extra lines to make the entries and exits work right.
Fine tune the icon positions to make the lines straight and work out flow [note 3].
Move numbers to where you want (if you have trouble moving the numbers with the cursor keys, and if the cursor is a vertical line, you are probably in “text edit” mode, not select – click toward the edge until you see a 4-way arrow when the sign is selected).
You might sometimes have to move items in front or behind each other. To change the order, right-click on one of the items, and do “Order” … “Bring to Front” or … “Send to Back”.
Now add an exercise list, if desired. In the textbox far right on the template page, there is a list with “Start” … “Finish”, then all of the numbered signs. Drag each desired numbered sign from the bottom to between the Start … Finish (they should auto-number as you put them there). To drag them:
First click anywhere in the text box, then move the cursor directly over the number on the far left of the box adjacent to the sign you want (e.g., hold it over the “22” for “360 Left”). The cursor should change to a 4 way arrow.
Left click the number (“22”), and the whole line ought to highlight.
While continuing to hold the left button down, drag the line up until it is at the right place between Start … Finish, and release.
Repeat until you have all the signs in the right order.
Now delete the “(remove this line)” and all of the remaining lines below the “Finish”, resize the box to the size of your list, and drag it to where you want it to be on the course.
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10. INSTRUCTIONS (continued)
Once done, rename the page, delete the grid (if desired), and delete the unused icons. This is now your course design page.
To make a scoresheet from the course design:
Group all the graphics in the course by drag-selecting them or doing ctrl-A and then de-selecting the grid, title and exercise list.
With everything selected, right-click on one of the icons, then select “grouping” … “group” from the resulting dialog.
Click on one of the icons, and the whole thing ought to select as a group. Do a “Copy” from the “Edit” menu.
Go to one of the scoresheet example pages, delete my course, then paste yours (“Paste” from the “Edit” menu). Resize the course to fit, change the legends on the page, and your done.
I usually print the scoresheets 2 or 4 to a page.
Notes:
The rotate button is on the “Draw” toolbar, under “Draw” … “Rotate or flip”. To get to it: Turn on the “Draw” toolbar by selecting “View” … “Toolbars” and making sure “Draw” is checked. I think this toolbar will appear at the bottom of PowerPoint. You can then select an icon, and from the Draw toolbar do “Draw” … “Rotate or Flip” … “Flip Left” or “Flip Right” (using these vs. “Free Rotate” is easier). You use these a lot, so I would strongly recommend that you “rip off” the “Rotate or Flip” menu onto the PowerPoint desktop by doing: Select “Draw” … “Rotate or Flip”, grab the thin gray or blue bar at the top of the menu (above “Free Rotate”) and drag it onto the PowerPoint desktop somewhere.
From the “Draw” toolbar, select “AutoShapes” … “Connectors”, and the straight line with no arrows. When you then move the mouse near an icon, a number of little dots light up on the icon – these are “connector” points, which, if you click on them, the line latches onto the icon at that point. You can then move the mouse to another icon, click on another dot, and the icons will be connected. Depending on the icon, if you move the mouse around a bit more, different dots will light up (generally, on the edges of boxes, ends of lines, etc). If you want to move the end of a connector, click on the line, and grab and drag the red or green dot on the end of the line. It is also handy to “rip off” this menu as described above.
On the first pass, the connector lines will be crooked. Don’t worry about this until everything is connected. To square up the diagram, and straighten the lines, select individual icons, then move them around until the adjoining lines are straight. You can move them with the mouse or with the arrow keys. I find it easier to use the arrow keys (alt-arrow to fine-tune the position).

11. Copyright
© 2002,2003 Mark Donnell. Permission is granted to individuals, clubs, or judges to use this document and these icons in order to design, print and distribute Rally-O courses. Other uses only by permission. May NOT be distributed in collections or for fees, nor may these icons or designs be incorporated into other products without permission. Modifications and improvements may be made to these icons or this document only if they are released to the public with this equivalent copyright AND if a copy is sent to for incorporation and re-distribution. improvements, suggestions, etc to I will attempt to keep the latest copy of this template at
Copyright Sarah-Jane Petti Additional symbols for CARO (all levels), CARO Working Level (all levels) are copyright 2018 Sarah-Jane Petti. Modification and simplification of the original symbols also completed by Sarah-Jane Petti. Permission is granted to individuals, clubs, or judges to use these icons in order to design, print and distribute Rally-O courses. Other uses only by permission. May NOT be distributed in collections or for fees, nor may these icons be incorporated into other products without permission. Modifications and improvements may be made to these icons only if they are released to the public with this equivalent copyright AND if a copy is sent to and for incorporation and re-distribution. improvements, suggestions, etc. regarding these icons to