Rally Obedience -- or Rally O! -- has the owner reading signs along a route, and giving the dog commands according to the signs. It is timed, so this is how you learn who won. The dog is off leash, and is on the handler's left side unless a command indicates otherwise.

So for example:
- first sign is "START" .
- "sit" - handler has the dog sit, then get up and proceed
- "fast" - handler and dog run to the next sign
- ">" - turn right

Those are the basic, easy things. It gets into some very fancy moves. I don't recall the symbol, but the handler stops, the dog proceed to cross in front, go around behind, and sit at the left side.

One o many Rally O! sites:
http://rally.canissapiens.com/

Lacey and I tried the basic intro course, but it wasn't for us.

Last one is an English Setter, I believe.