AGILITY RUN THRUS

The final session of Agility Run Thrus at AOC this winter will take place on Saturday March 28 from 9 am until 2 pm at the latest. Event coordinators are Joan Curcio and Wendy Carey.

Members and non-members are welcome to participate if your dog is eligible (see below). Feel free to use and clean one of the AOC crates or bring your own to use in the meeting room. Please cover your crate so that the space is comfortable for dogs waiting to run as well as those in crates. 

We will be offering an AKC FAST style course with challenges at the Novice level and Excellent/Masters level. If you have never played AKC FAST, come and learn the rules and strategies. If you are experienced, come and help your friends learn. There will be one round of practice runs on the course followed by a second round of “mock trial” runs for which scores and times will be tallied and a winner declared at each jump height. (Just for fun!) The A-frame and teeter will be used in the course. The run order will be TALL to small.

SCHEDULE

8:30 am:          Event set-up and course building (designated volunteers)

9:00 am:          Open to attendees for crating and payment at the honor system pay station in the training room.

~9:15am:         Course walk will be open.

~9:30 am:        Briefing. First TALL dog on the line 3 minutes after the briefing.

There will be an opportunity to rewalk the course before the mock trial round.

Registration is open now at the following link:

Registration closes at 8 am on Sunday March 22, or when the cap of 32 dogs is reached, whichever comes first.  The run order and worker schedule will be distributed as soon as possible after registration closes.

NOTE: Please provide your full name on the registration form and sign the liability and Covid19 waivers.

Can my dog participate? To participate in ARTs, your dog must be at least 15 months old and have been taught to perform every agility obstacle safely. They do not need to be competing. Training aids (toys with food in them, tugs, start line mats, targets, helpers in the ring, contact training equipment, etc.) are encouraged, but please deliver food in a toy or container, not on the floor or equipment. 

If you are a member and want to run a 12-15 month dog OR if you don’t know whether your dog has enough experience to participate, please contact Joan at mjoancurcio@gmail.com to discuss your individual situation. Inexperienced, unsound and aggressive dogs and bitches in season should not attend and may be excused from the event by the coordinators without refund.

Honor system payment. The fee for the entire event is $5/dog for members and conditional members and $12/dog for non-members. Please bring the exact change, a check made out to AOC, or an instructor’s coupon to put into the self-service payment envelope provided in the meeting room. 

Volunteer for points. We can’t do this without volunteers! Members/conditional members who want to work for volunteer point(s) should indicate so on the registration form or contact Wendy Carey (wendy.carey@earthlink.net) if you are not bringing a dog. If there is a specific job you would like to do, or not do, let Wendy know. Job assignments are first-come, first-served, and points are based on the time spent volunteering. 

Late registration policy: After registration closes, a waiting list will be kept. If you want to be added to the waiting list, you must e-mail Wendy with your name and your dog's name, breed and jump height BEFORE NOON ON MARCH 27. There is no guarantee you will get in to run-thrus after registration closes. If it’s possible to add you to the Run Order, you will be notified by 8 PM on MARCH 27TH. 

PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND IF YOU DON'T FEEL WELL! Text Wendy Carey (518-461-7331) as soon as you can so that we can make run order and worker schedule adjustments. 

The ARTs committee: Joan Curcio, Chris Beck, Wendy Carey, Sharon Hansbury, Cathy Keenan, Vanessa Manzi, Vicky Plotsky and Holly Trexler, Michelle Key