I was recently crusing AKC site, and found a listing of the proposed agility changes. Below is a summary of them. Remember these are proposed, and not put into place yet.
- Point multipliers shall no longer be used in calculating MACH Championship points for dogs placing first or second in their class (Rats!!!)
- Silver, Gold, Platinum and Century titles shall be awarded to any dog achieving 25, 50, 75, and 100 Q's from the Excellent B (STD<>
- Preferred Agility Championship (PACH) title shall be awarded to all dogs competing in the STD Excellent B Preferred and MWW Excellent B Preferred classes who have obtained 750 Preferred Championship points and 20 double Q's.
- A-frame shall be set to 5 foot 0 inches for the 4 and 8 inch jump heights.
- Spacing between weave poles must be 24" measured center to center with a +/- 1/2 tolerance.
- no double lining shall be allowed on open tunnels. A rib pitch of 4 inches is required.
- The table top must be light in color, no dark colors(s) are allowed.
- Tire height definations - the tire heights will drop 4" inches less then the normal jump height of the dog
- Novice - weave poles need to be completed in three(3) appempts or less, or a failure to perform fault will be called. Same applies to Open and you have to restart the poles at the start
- Position-less table - count/time starts once all four paws have touched the table (and the dog remains on the table top),neither a sit nor a down position is required.
- The 8" and 24" standard course times will change giving them more time
These are the ones I found most exciting, and may require more skills before entering the ring.
Your thoughts????????
2 comments:
Okay, Donna! I'll be the first to give my 2cents worth.
- Good on no multipliers for placements. Let the fast BCs and Shelties "Q" a few more times to get their MACHs. Guess you can stay in the 20" class with Inc!
- I'm okay with preferred dogs getting their PACH
- OK on A-frame for little dogs
- I like the 24" weaves
- don't know the reason for the open tunnel lining unless it's for the "little" dogs which I'm sure is the reason for the pitch.
-Table color makes "common" sense.
- Doing weaves in 3 tries - It's about time!
- OK with position-less table
- What's with the 24" dogs getting MORE time?
As for the tire being lower - I'm sure that's for safety, but hey - isn't it a training issue. Shouldn't we train our dogs to go through the hole? Anyone can purchase a hula hoop and practice!
Extra titles - Silver, gold etc. is that in Standard and JWW or individual classes?
I wondered too about the change in the tire - seems like the dogs might get lazy about that and also misjudge it even though it is lower.
I took the M's out and set up six weaves, one at 20 and one at 24. Interesting...Merlot just put her head down and went to work - no difference in either set. Magnum on the other hand worked the 20" and then after about three in the 24" decided that it was too easy and left. It was like he didn't have to work and bend as much and got bored. After the first two tried I guess he decided that it was the same thing only different and did his job.
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