BRITISH Clever-Dogs

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East Midlands Dog Agility Club in association with Melton Flyball Teams

Introduction

Clever-Dogs is a combination of Agility & Flyball.

Two dogs compete against each other on identical courses.

Each course consists of a maximum of 12 and a minimum of 10 agility obstacles plus 4 flyball jumps and a boomerang type flyball box.

One course is coloured Blue and the other Red.

Each course will be known as a “Lane.”

Levels

There are Four levels of competition.

STARTERS- For dogs that have never competed in Clever-Dogs before and/or are not trained in BFA Flyball or Agility (All Heights)

(Dogs may retrieve a silent toy if the handler wishes.)

OPEN- For all Dogs that have previously competed in Clever-Dogs or have competed in BFA Flyball and are agility Trained and run out of netting.

(Jumps: 24ins Agility, 12ins Flyball.)

MINI- For all Dogs (Measuring 16ins or under) that have previously competed in Clever-Dogs or have competed in BFA Flyball and are Agility Trained.

(Jumps: 15ins Agility, 8ins Flyball.)

MULTI-MIX- For Any Breed but NOT a Border Collie/Working Sheepdog or any crosses of such.

(ONLY Border Collies/Working Sheepdogs and crosses of such (VETERANS)(that are no longer competing at any organisations Agility shows at their specified height) are allowed to enter this class.)

(All Jump Heights)

(NB. The organisers may introduce other levels i.e. Pairs (depending on demand)

Practice

Competitors will be allowed to practice at designated times, practice will not be allowed without prior permission.

Seeding

At each show,

Entrants will get training and practice runs then race off in a best of three or five runs (depending on time allowing) for a qualifying time

The Course will remain the same at all shows for the Qualifying rounds.

The top 16 (Open Dogs) and top 8 fastest Qualifiers in each catagory will be seeded, to Race off in the Finals at the August Finals Weekend.

Racing at the Finals will be best of 3 or 5 runs, straight Knockout Competition

NB. The organisers reserve the right to change the racing format at any given time