Rally Event
Sunday, September 12, 2010: 8:30 AM, registration: 8:00 AM.
Location: Soccer fields at River Park in Buena Vista. See Directions.
Handlers only walk through course: 8:30 a.m. Handler/Dog demonstrations will follow walk through. Entrants run course immediately. Thereafter, coaching available upon request.
The Canine Classic rally event will be a fun-run on a novice course. No experience is necessary and all dogs and their handlers may participate!
The event is hosted by the Bark Valley Dog Club.
Registration begins at 8:00 am for obedience, rally and agility events. Entry fee for obedience, rally or agility is $5 per event or $10 for two or more events. A portion of this donation will be given to the Ark Valley Humane Society.
Rally is a fairly new dog sport that allows the handler and dog to move at their own pace through an obstacle course with 10-20 stations depending on the level. At each station, a sign tells the handler what exercise the dog must perform ( i.e. sit, down, walk around cones, down and stay before continuing course, run etc). In Novice Rally, the dog is kept on a leash and unlimited verbal encouragement by the handler is allowed. Rally was developed as a bridge between the Canine Good Citizen's Test and obedience. For more information on Rally, see www.akc.org
and click on Events, then Rally.
Tentative schedule for obedience, agility and rally events
8:00-11:00 - registration table open
8:30-9:15 - pre-novice obedience
9:00-9:30 - agility fun run
9:15-10:00 - novice obedience
10:00-10:30 - agility fun run
10:30-11:15 - novice rally
11:00-11:30 - agility fun run