AKC has passed new agility regulation, not all will go into effect right away but,
Effective September 1, 2010
A-frame only 5 feet for 4 & 8 inch dogs!
and, drum rolllllllllllllll....
Table: "The dog shall pause on the table for 5 cumulative seconds. The judge's count shall start once all 4 paws have touched the table (and the dog remains on the table top). Neither a sit or down position is required. "
This will save lots of time at trials and Josie will be soooo happy, although we will still train for an automatic down as in USDAA it is always a down on the table.
Dogwalk up contacts are no longer judged!!
This way judges will not be racing from one end of the dog walk to the other to watch both the up contact and the down contact – this has made Josie and to a lesser degree Suds to slow down and give the judges dirty looks for being so close, gotta love “chary of strangers” ;-)
Teeters must be calibrated prior to the start of every trial - clubs are responsible for having calibration materials.
This I love – hopefully it will make the teeter more consistent for the dogs.
Effective July 1, 2011· No more MACH point multipliers for 1st and 2nd placements
Bummer, Josie most always gets multipliers for MACH points, but oh well…..
Lots more, for all new regulations see Attachment B, page 9- 53
http://www.akc.org/pdfs/about/board_minutes/0510.pdf
~Melissa
"An off-course is just the right behavior for the wrong obstacle." Rick DeAmelio
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