Obedience Fun Matches

Cost is $5/run-through. To reserve your place, click the Signup button, below, fill in the form, and submit it at least two days before the scheduled date.

Matches require a lot of people power. Without volunteers, we can't hold efficient matches. Judges get two free run-throughs per 1.5-hour shift. Stewards get one free run-through per 1.5-hour shift worked. Workers also get priority scheduling.

To sign up to help, fill in the "Volunteer" box on the form below. Let us know what range of time you can work and/or do your runs, if you have a ring preference (Novice/Open or Utility) and a job preference (Judge or Steward). We also need to know if you prefer to work before or after running your dog(s).

Please check the information for a given match before showing up without pre-entering. Day of match entries are usually accepted, but if the pre-entry is excessively large, we may not accpt entries on the day of the match.

Currently Scheduled Dates:

Date	Day	Start Time	Last Runs	Notes
12/6/2011	Tuesday	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	I am offering a Beginner Novice Workshop on Tuesday Dec 6, 2011. Please sign up here If you can sign up for the matches, you can sign up for the workshop. You may instead send an email with your name, your dog's name/breed, and whether you'd like a working spot or an auditor spot. There is a limit of 12 working spots. Unlimited auditors. The workshop will start at 7:00 PM. The ending time will depend in part on how many participants, but no later than 9 PM. Cost is $20 for a working spot, $15 for auditors, payable at the door. We will discuss, demonstrate, and practice all 5 of the exercises from the Beginner Novice class.
12/7/2011	Wednesday	10:00 AM	2:30 PM	Obedience Match Sign up for this match. Workers may sign up immediately. If you cannot work, please wait to sign up until December 2.
12/7/2011	Wednesday	4:00 PM	8:30 PM	Obedience Match Sign up for this match. Workers may sign up immediately. If you cannot work, please wait to sign up until December 2.
12/8/2011	Thursday	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	I am offering an Introduction to Retrieving Workshop on Thursday Dec 8, 2011. Please sign up here If you can sign up for the matches, you can sign up for the workshop. You may instead send an email with your name, your dog's name/breed, and whether you'd like a working spot or an auditor spot. There is a limit of 12 working spots. Unlimited auditors. The workshop will start at 7:00 PM. The ending time will depend in part on how many participants, but no later than 9 PM. Cost is $20 for a working spot, $15 for auditors, payable at the door. I will explain how I teach the retrieve, starting as early in the process as needed by attendees, and progressing through as many steps as attendees' dogs are ready for. You need to bring something for your dog to retrieve, ideally a dumbbell.
12/13/2011	Tuesday	6:45 PM	9:00 PM	We will have a Rally and Beginner Novice match, with the course walk through for the Rally match @ 6:45 PM. Beginner Novice will start as soon as the Rally course is cleared and the BN course set up. Sign up for this match. Everyone may sign up immediately for this match.
12/15/2011	Thursday	7:00 PM	8:30 PM	I am offering an Introduction to "Around the Clock Scent Discrimination" on Thursday Dec 15, 2011. Please sign up here (if you can sign up for the matches, you can sign up for the workshop). You may instead send an email with your name, your dog's name/breed, and whether you'd like a working spot or an auditor spot. There is a limit of 8 working spots. Unlimited auditors. The workshop will start at 7:00 PM. The ending time will depend in part on how many participants, but no later than 8:30 PM. Cost is $20 for a working spot, $15 for auditors, payable at the door. I will explain how I introduce Scent Discrimination, starting as early in the process as needed by attendees, and progressing through as many steps as attendees' dogs are ready for. You need to supply a set of scent articles, a can of Easy Cheese (or similar product), and a dog who is at a minimum familiar with taking & holding a metal article briefly.


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Note: Be sure to check back here the week of the match to verify that it hasn't been canceled.

Note: We have plenty of indoor crating space and the building is heated/air conditioned.