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Intro Basic Program With Regular Event - 6 Jump Heights - FEO Allowed This Program is designed to help new competitors measure their progress in training and to acclimate to the fundamental elements in dog agility competition. Competitors with dogs that are at least fourteen (14) months of age and have not earned a title in the Championship, Performance or Veterans programs are eligible to enter to enter this class for titling. This class may be entered For Exhibition Only (FEO) provided the competitor is not entered in the same class in another program on the same day. Competitors must be entered FEO if they have achieved a title in that class in another program. Obstacle standards shall be the same as in the Starters class with exceptions noted in Chapter 10 of the regulations. Six (6) jump height classes are offered at 4", 8", 12" & 16" with the A-frame set at 112.5° (app. 5’0") and at 22" & 26" with the A-frame set at 104° (app. 5’6"). Performance standards for the Intro Program classes are the same as in the Starters level except as modified by special rules for each class detailed in Chapter 10. Qualifications earned are accumulated toward title certification in each class—Standard, Jumpers, Gamblers and Snooker—and overall for a versatility title. Mixed-Height Pairs Entry Allowed Dogs entered as partners in pairs relay at this event may be combined without regard to jump height, i.e. a mini dog may be entered as a partner with an open dog. Any pair consisting of at least one open dog must qualify in accordance with the QCT set forth by the judge of record for Open Pairs AND will be considered an open pair for placement purposes. Prizes & Awards Test - Tournament - Nonstandard Awards First through fourth place ribbons will be awarded for placement in each jump height in the Standard & Non-standard classes in the Championship and Performance Programs with Pairs being awarded to mini and open divisions. Maroon ribbons will be awarded to all qualifiers. First through third place ribbons will be awarded for placement in each jump height in the Standard & Jumpers Intro Program classes. Maroon ribbons will be awarded to all qualifiers. Special qualifying ribbons will be awarded in Round 1 of the Steeplechase and Performance Speed Jumping tournaments. In Round 2 first through fourth place ribbons will be awarded for placement in the Steeplechase and Performance Speed Jumping classes. In addition, prize money shall be computed based upon 20% of the total entry fees to be allocated in accordance with the payout table specified in the Steeplechase tournament rules. Payouts shall be made irregardless of the size of entry in any height class except that allocable amounts to finalist positions that are not filled for any reason or allocable prize amounts less than $3.00 shall not be paid.
Tentative Schedule Class Running Order Saturday Schedule Ring 1 - Tammi Stone Masters/P3/Vet Gamblers Starters/P1 Gamblers Masters//Vet Standard Advanced/P2 Gamblers Grand Prix / PGP Starters/P1 Standard Advanced/P2 Jumpers Advanced/P2 Standard Masters/P3/Vet Jumpers Steeplechase/PSJ Round 1 Starters/P1 Jumpers Intro Program Jumpers Intro Program Standard Ring 2 - Greg Beck Sunday Schedule Ring 1 - Tammi Stone Masters/P3/Vet Standard Advanced/P2 Standard Masters/P3 Pairs Starters/P1 Standard Masters/P3/Vet Snooker Advanced/P2 Pairs Starters/P1 Jumpers Starters/P1 Pairs Masters/P3/Vet Jumpers Steeplechase Round 2 Advanced/P2 Snooker Starters/P2 Snooker Advanced/P2 Jumpers Ring 2 - Greg Beck Check-in & Measuring Dog Measurements & Certification All dogs not jumping 26" in the Championship Program or 22" in the Performance Program must be measured unless they have a permanent USDAA or World Cynosport Dog Registration card or a temporary card with 3 signatures as required by the regulations, making the dog eligible for their jump height (prior to 3 years of age). When not enrolling electronically, please send a copy of one the following items to facilitate the check-in process: photocopy of permanent dog registration card, printout of the dog-information page from your USDAA ® competitor web account, or copy of your check-in letter from USDAA indicating your temporary card has been accepted by the USDAA office and your permanent registration card is in process. Set-Up & Check-in Times Competitors may set up and check-in between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Friday night. A judge will be available to measure dogs. Check-in and measuring are from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Judges' briefings begin at 7:30am. All times are tentative. Check final confirmation for updates as times and/or class schedule may change due to entry numbers. A separate check-in time may be established for competitors entered only in the Intro Program classes. Check final confirmation for updates. A Dog that Measures Up at Check-In - May Run FEO If a judge's measurement of a dog at check-in establishes that the dog is ineligible for the height class in which entered, the competitor may opt to run the dog in the lower jump height class "For Exhibition Only", and no awards or qualifying scores may be earned. The competitor may not change their entry from one program to another (e.g., from Championship to Performance). Measuring Dogs Entered In Intro Program Classes Dogs entered in the Intro Program classes that are under the age of 18 months SHALL NOT have measurements recorded should measuring be available at an event. ONLY an approved Advanced or Masters-level judge of record OR an Advanced or Masters-level judge hired for measuring purposes may measure an entered dog 18 months or older AND record that measurement on a temporary height card. A temporary height card sent to USDAA containing one or more of the required 3 measurement(s) prior to the age of 18 months will be returned so that the measurement process can be completed per regulations.
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