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The following courses are for July 2022 IDAL play.
Instructors, if you have some specific skills, scenarios, and/or obstacles you want to work when using the IDAL courses in class, please let me know. I will try my best to get them included. If anyone would like to request a specific game to play, let me know.
Folks are always welcome to try their hand at designing league courses!
This month we are playing our second game of the season. The game this month is What’s My Line. The design is based on a course run in TDAA in April 2022. The course designer is Melissa Wallace. I modified it for more appropriate distances. Please note that Initiates and Dabblers will run the same course as the more experienced handlers because they may plot a path appropriate for their skill level.
The objective of What’s My Line is to plot your own course through the obstacles making sure to take every obstacle once and only once. All obstacles are bidirectional.
Start/Finish Line: The Start/Finish line is also bidirectional. Handlers may set up their dog on either side of the line and may lead out. The dog must start by taking one of the three jumps along the start line (#s 2, 4, or 8). Time starts when the dog takes their first jump. Dogs do not need to finish by taking one of the jumps along the S/F line. If their path included all three jumps before finishing, the dog simply needs to cross the line to stop time. If after taking all obstacles on course, the dog takes one of the jumps along the S/F line a second time as they cross the finish line, they are not faulted.
Each obstacle is worth 1 point. The numbered cones are ONLY for the judge, scribe, and score table. As the dog runs the course, the judge will call out the number of each obstacle as it is completed.
If an obstacle is faulted, dropped bar or missed down contact, the judge will not call out a number. The team will not get the point and the obstacle is counted as attempted. If a dog commits to the A-Frame with 4 paws and bails before crossing the apex, the dog must complete the A-Frame before moving on. The judge will call fault, or something similar, to indicate that you need to retry the frame. If a dog misses the down contact, and the handler reattempts the frame, the team will lose a point for repeating an obstacle.
Scoring: Each obstacle completed correctly earns one point. Repeated obstacles decrease the score by one for each repeated obstacle, except for the finish line obstacles as noted above. The game is scored points, then time. Time is a tiebreaker. The max points for the courses are 10 for the 40×85 and 11 points for the 60×90 and 50×70.
New clubs and individuals are always welcome to join us and play these courses.
Download the scorekeeping worksheet below. Contact the League Secretary to help with the details at pagc.live@gmail.com.
40×85
50×70
60×90
Existing league franchises will be emailed their scorekeeping worksheets set up with their current rosters. If you would like multiple scoresheets, just let me know.
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Questions, comments, snide remarks, and feedback go to Melissa Wallace, IDAL Secretary, at pagc.live@gmail.com.
The National Dog Agility League has published Top Dog standings based on the accumulation of Lifetime Performance Points: LPPMaster
The details of LPP earned can be found here: LPPDetail
A single performance point is earned for playing/participating in an NDAL game.
Every NDAL course or game is a historical artifact. That means that it can be played at any time. And any new results that you post to that game will be aggregated with previous scores. A dog also earns LPP for each score (new or existing) to which his score is superior.
A club might fast-track its players to higher earned LPP by choosing games or courses that have already reported a number of performances.
If you have interested in jumping into League Play, you still have time to play on the second course of the summer league. The workbook can be downloaded here: September League
If you have interested in jumping into League Play, you can still play on the first course of the summer league; but under our league rules results submitted after August 31 cannot be counted towards league standing. The workbook can be downloaded here: August League
The score-keeping workbook for the out-of-league course can be downloaded here: Pick-up Game
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Questions comments & impassioned speeches to Bud Houston Houston.Bud@gmail.com. The web store is up and running. www.dogagility.org/newstore. You’ll find in the web store The Book of Agility Games, an invaluable reference to clubs engaged in league play.
Results have been submitted by K9 Manners & More (Broken Arrow OK) and Country Dream Agility (Waterford, OH).
All National Dog Agility League courses are open for play at any time, even by dogs that have previously competed. A dog’s placement will earn Lifetime Performance Points for all bested scores; and will increase the Lifetime Performance Points for all dogs with superior scores.
Download Current Standings
If you have interested in jumping into League Play, you can still play on the first course of the summer series. But, under our league rules results submitted after August 31 cannot be counted towards league standing. The workbook can be downloaded here: August League
The score-keeping workbook for the out-of-league course can be downloaded here: Pick-up Game
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Questions comments & impassioned speeches to Bud Houston Houston.Bud@gmail.com. The web store is up and running. www.dogagility.org/newstore. You’ll find in the web store The Book of Agility Games, an invaluable reference to clubs engaged in league play.
| May | June A | June B | July | Total | |
| TEAM CANADA | 537 | 0 | 299 | 357 | 1193 |
| K9 Powersports | 491 | 220 | 230 | 311 | 1032 |
| K9 Manners & More | 436 | 216 | 221 | 324 | 981 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | 450 | 134 | 104 | 207 | 761 |
| Country Dream Agility | 375 | 216 | 177 | 174 | 726 |
| In Contact Dog Training | 318 | 138 | 148 | 186 | 652 |
| PAWS-AK | 295 | 20 | 63 | 0 | 358 |
| * June A was a bonus course which did not count in league standings. | |||||
| * Awaiting July results from PAWS-AK |
Top Dog Spring LeagueEarned LPP |
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| TEAM CANADA | Kirstin | O’Neill | Radical Rabbit | Malinois | 238 |
| K9 Powersports | Geoff | Teare | Nike | Papillon | 234 |
| TEAM CANADA | Seanna | O’Neill | Excel | Shetland Sheepdog | 232 |
| K9 Powersports | Geoff | Teare | Clipper | Papillon | 226 |
| TEAM CANADA | Erin | McLaughlin | Vegas | Border Collie | 226 |
| TEAM CANADA | Kirstin | O’Neill | Crocodile Crunch | All Canadian | 217 |
| Country Dream Agility | Bud | Houston | Kory | Border Collie | 207 |
| K9 Powersports | Darryl | Pubillones | Rosie | Border Collie | 206 |
| Country Dream Agility | Marsha | Houston | Phoenix | Border Collie | 192 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Deb | Auer | Cheater | All American | 190 |
| K9 Manners & More | Jack | Withrow | Zipp | Border collie | 186 |
| TEAM CANADA | Teri | O’Neill | Tylt | Border Collie | 182 |
| K9 Manners & More | Jessica | Witt | Chase | Border collie | 173 |
| TEAM CANADA | Annika | Chell | Flare | Shetland Sheepdog | 172 |
| TEAM CANADA | Kirstin | O’Neill | Beckham | Parson Russell | 172 |
| TEAM CANADA | Stafford | Lesley | Rusty | Field Spaniel | 167 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Jorge | Galvan Rebolledo | Henry | Border Collie | 165 |
| TEAM CANADA | Tracey | Lind | Marvellicious | Staffordshire Terrier | 164 |
| K9 Manners & More | Becky | Reordan | Joe | Labrador retriever | 163 |
| TEAM CANADA | Seanna | O’Neill | Posh | Parson Russell | 156 |
| K9 Manners & More | Marilyn | Battey | Given | Mini Amer Shepherd | 152 |
| K9 Powersports | Char | Hacker | Twinkie | All American | 151 |
| K9 Manners & More | Judy | Chymiak | Meg | Australian Shepherd | 144 |
| K9 Manners & More | Frances | Scriminger | Flicka | Border collie | 143 |
| TEAM CANADA | Kirstin | O’Neill | Tenacious Turtle | Whippet | 139 |
| Country Dream Agility | Jennifer | Goudy | Koda | Border Collie | 134 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Sergio | Espejo | Joskua | All American | 126 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Judy | Williams | Arlen | Mixed Breed | 124 |
| K9 Manners & More | Frances | Scriminger | Hotch | Border collie | 123 |
| TEAM CANADA | Teri | O’Neill | Mopar | All Canadian | 123 |
| K9 Manners & More | Lyn | Johnson | Andy | Shetland Sheepdog | 118 |
| TEAM CANADA | Tracey | Lind | Paint | Kelpie | 116 |
| K9 Manners & More | Daphne | Grace | Hiei | Border collie | 112 |
| K9 Manners & More | Kim | Sykes | Joan | Border collie | 111 |
| K9 Manners & More | Cathey | Love | Hoke | Boxer | 111 |
| K9 Powersports | Sarah | Marshall | Fizz | Belgian Tervuren | 110 |
| K9 Powersports | JoAnn | O’Fallon | Sparky | Shetland Sheepdog | 106 |
| K9 Manners & More | Cathi | Morris | Marli | All American | 105 |
| K9 Powersports | Debbie | Murray | Connor | Irish Setter | 105 |
| K9 Powersports | Darryl | Pubillones | Dodge | Border Collie | 105 |
| Country Dream Agility | Melissa | Holmes | Prim | Border Collie | 102 |
| TEAM CANADA | Seanna | O’Neill | Chips | All Canadian | 102 |
| TEAM CANADA | Julia | Burgess | Epic | Shetland Sheepdog | 101 |
| K9 Manners & More | Frances | Scriminger | Wally | Border collie | 98 |
| TEAM CANADA | Dominick | Gravell | Cypher | Shetland Sheepdog | 98 |
| TEAM CANADA | Lori | Rossi | Fysti | Shetland Sheepdog | 97 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Antonio | Nolasco | Twister | Border Collie | 96 |
| TEAM CANADA | Robbi | Bitner | Harley | All Canadian | 94 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Oswaldo | Durán | Dafne | Labrador Retriever | 91 |
| K9 Powersports | Frank | Pubillones | Jazmine | Border Collie | 91 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Deb | Auer | Dizzy | English Cocker Spaniel | 90 |
| K9 Manners & More | Mary | Buck | Nike | Labrador retriever | 89 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Ericka | Garcia | Orca | ACD | 89 |
| K9 Manners & More | Claudia | Brierre | Lily | PW Corgi | 88 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Jorge | Galvan Rebolledo | Frisbee | ACD | 88 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Oswaldo | Durán | Vedder | Belgian Malinois | 86 |
| TEAM CANADA | Renee | Gibson | Zola | All Canadian | 85 |
| K9 Manners & More | Cookie | Kemp | Cherry | Cardigan Corgi | 84 |
| TEAM CANADA | Annie | Dugan | Mochi | All Canadian | 84 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Antonio | Nolasco | Gisselle | Border Collie | 82 |
| TEAM CANADA | Seanna | O’Neill | Havoc | Malinois | 81 |
| PAWS-AK | Melissa | Wallace | Uintah | Chihuahua | 80 |
| PAWS-AK | Patricia | Moodie | Kiita | All American | 79 |
| K9 Manners & More | Odom | Letitia | Betty | Mini Amer Shepherd | 78 |
| K9 Manners & More | Moira | Lawson | Quincy | Miniature Schnauzer | 77 |
| K9 Manners & More | Cookie | Kemp | Poppy | Corgi (Pembrook) | 74 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Jorge | Galvan Rebolledo | Moss | ACD | 73 |
| K9 Manners & More | Therese | Dawdy | Tally | All American (Spitz mix) | 72 |
| Country Dream Agility | Dennis | McHenry | Ranger | Border Collie | 72 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Jennifer | Lelys | Dakota | Mixed Breed | 72 |
| K9 Manners & More | Michael | Kemp | Lindy Lou | Cardigan Corgi | 70 |
| K9 Manners & More | Tonya | Sims | Ryleigh | Collie | 69 |
| PAWS-AK | Connie | Anthony | Tekla | Cattle Dog | 69 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Alma | Garcia | Hanna | Labrador Retriever | 68 |
| TEAM CANADA | Stafford | Lesley | Hickory | Weimaraner | 64 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Jennifer | Lelys | Winnie | Mixed Breed | 63 |
| PAWS-AK | Lisa | Vaughn | Chai | Border Collie | 62 |
| K9 Manners & More | Therese | Dawdy | AnnaBelle | All American (lab x) | 57 |
| TEAM CANADA | John | Chandler | Meme | Beagle | 56 |
| K9 Manners & More | Susan | Jones | Jay-Z | German Shepherd Dog | 54 |
| K9 Manners & More | Rebecca | Dinkins | Pancho | All American | 53 |
| K9 Manners & More | Tonya | Sims | Danica | Collie | 51 |
| K9 Manners & More | Gail | Brown | Jetta | Belgian Sheepdog | 51 |
| K9 Manners & More | Donna | Murray | Pete | Border collie | 49 |
| K9 Powersports | Dan | Schultz-Ela | Harry | Jack Russel Terrier | 48 |
| TEAM CANADA | Annika | Chell | Shiloh | All Canadian | 47 |
| K9 Powersports | Cathy | Barkley | Gunny | Scottish Terrier | 46 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Mary | Steele | Murphy | Jack Russell Terrier | 45 |
| PAWS-AK | April | Barnes | Ami | Australian Shepherd | 43 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Mary Ann | Pollitt | Sunny | Shetland Sheepdog | 42 |
| PAWS-AK | Michelle | Atkins | Willow | Visla | 42 |
| K9 Manners & More | Alicia | Uerling | Ginny | Labrador retriever | 41 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Nicki | Roberts | Lulu | All American | 40 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Linda | Hendy | Maya | GSD | 38 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Erin | Vincent | Geni | Miniature Schnauzer | 37 |
| PAWS-AK | Karen | Ricks | Cloud | Australian Shepherd | 37 |
| K9 Manners & More | Sharon | Clark | Gabby | Border collie | 36 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Jena | Olio | Boom | Shetland Sheepdog | 36 |
| K9 Powersports | Cody | Lange | Cosmo | Border Collie | 36 |
| K9 Manners & More | Ronda | Clawson | Favor | Portugese Water Dog | 35 |
| K9 Powersports | Sarah | Cox | Random | Border Collie | 34 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Sandra | Carbonell | Emily Hope | Miniature Pinscher | 33 |
| K9 Manners & More | Karen | Handzlik | Sydney | All American | 32 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Donna | Dymackova | Tasha | Am. Cocker Spaniel | 32 |
| TEAM CANADA | Robyn | Thomson | Dax | Golden Retreiver | 31 |
| K9 Manners & More | Gail | Brown | Brandy | Belgian Tervuren | 30 |
| K9 Manners & More | Michael | Kemp | Harry | Cardigan Corgi | 29 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Jena | Olio | Chilie | Border Collie | 28 |
| TEAM CANADA | Erin | McLaughlin | Ritz | Papillon | 26 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Arantxa | Romero | Frida | All Mexican | 24 |
| Country Dream Agility | Marsha | Houston | Cedar | All American | 23 |
| TEAM CANADA | Seanna | O’Neill | Squirrel | Berger Picard | 22 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Arantxa | Romero | Triston | Golden Retriever | 21 |
| K9 Manners & More | Odom | Letitia | Betty | Mini Amer Shepherd | 19 |
| K9 Powersports | Sarah | Marshall | Wylie | Belgian Tervuren | 19 |
| PAWS-AK | Kate | Wood | Sky | Scottish Terrier | 17 |
| PAWS-AK | Karen | Ricks | Kea | Australian Shepherd | 17 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Sergio | Espejo | Coco | French Poodle | 16 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Tomi | Frank | Viola | Pembroke Welsh Corgi | 14 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Cynthia | Binder | Mariner | Golden Retriever | 13 |
| K9 Manners & More | Tonya | Sims | Sabra | Toy Manchester Terrier | 12 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Pam | Groves | Zoom! | West Highland Terrier | 11 |
| PAWS-AK | Lisa | Vaughn | Cajun | Border Collie | 11 |
| K9 Manners & More | Rebecca | Dinkins | Raven | All American | 7 |
| In Contact Dog Training | Erin | Vincent | Izzy | Miniature Schnauzer | 7 |
| K9 Manners & More | Mikayla | South | Rowdy | Border collie | 6 |
| K9 Manners & More | Bob | Buck | Cobie | Border collie | 4 |
| K9 Powersports | Thomas | Radinsky | Chet | Mini American Shepherd | 3 |
| PAWS-AK | Lisa | Vaughn | Piper | Border Collie | 3 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Betty | White | Quincy | Havanese | 1 |
| ClickerPets Mexico | Antonio | Nolasco | Pilot | Border Collie | 1 |
| PAWS-AK | Dianne | Marshall | Fly | Border Collie | 1 |
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Questions comments & impassioned speeches to Bud Houston Houston.Bud@gmail.com. The web store is up and running. www.dogagility.org/newstore. You’ll find in the web store The Book of Agility Games, an invaluable reference to clubs engaged in league play.
This is a bit of a late posting. I’ve had a very busy start to the month of July. And it has put me behind. The course shown below was emailed with the scorekeeping workbook to all current NDAL clubs at the end of June. New players are always welcome!
July’s course is the final course of our inaugural league.
Download the scorekeeping worksheet.
Within the week the Secretary will send to all of our current member clubs the proposed League Rules for our Summer League. Everyone will have about a week to comment (and perhaps influence the consistency of the league).
On the Top Dog Facebook page Daryl Pubillones commented: “Can’t wait to see the course for July! ~ I do wish we could receive the results a little quicker, I guess I’m just anxious because it just so much fun!”
Mostly our reporting has been slow and late because some league players have been slow and late. We propose in the Summer League Rules a firm cutoff date and time for reporting results. All results submitted, will accrue Lifetime Performance Points (LPP) for everyone who runs the course. But late results will not be scored in the league competition.
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Questions comments & impassioned speeches to Bud Houston Houston.Bud@gmail.com. The web store is up and running. www.dogagility.org/newstore. You’ll find in the web store The Book of Agility Games, an invaluable reference to clubs engaged in league play.
April was a formative month for the National Dog Agility league. We ran two competitions with six clubs running one, or both. Following are the results of those events.
We are thrilled by the number of teams including YouTube recordings in event results. We’re hoping that this will be a normal practice as we grow the league.
Top Dog in the Box Game was: Radical Rabbit a Malinois handled by Kirstin O’Neill, playing for Team Canada
The High Scoring League Club was: Team Canada
Click to view: Box Game Results
A Course map and briefing for this game can be found here: http://wp.me/p2Pu8l-3i
While this game is closed for April league results, all National Dog Agility League Events are perpetually open for play. And a dog’s score will be recorded and aggregated with all existing scores. A dog may repeat play on games or courses previously run. It’s kind of like a list of scores on a video game. To play the game, download the scorekeeping workbook here:
http://www.dogagility.org/documents/Events/04081560×60.xls
Top Dog in Dare to Double was Tenacious Turtle a Whippet handled by Kirstin O’Neill, playing for Team Canada
The High Scoring League Club was: Team Canada
Click to view: Dare to Double Results
A Course map and briefing for this game can be found here: http://wp.me/p2Pu8l-3i
While this game is closed for April league results, all National Dog Agility League Events are perpetually open for play. And a dog’s score will be recorded and aggregated with all existing scores. A dog may repeat play on games or courses previously run. It’s kind of like a list of scores on a video game. To play the game, download the scorekeeping workbook here:
http://www.dogagility.org/documents/Events/04081560×60.xls
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Questions comments & impassioned speeches to Bud Houston Houston.Bud@gmail.com. The web store is up and running. www.dogagility.org/newstore. You’ll find in the web store The Book of Agility Games, an invaluable reference to clubs engaged in league play.
After several years of trying to get Top Dog Agility up and running as a purely grass roots endeavor I’ve given up … on that approach. I’ve known for a long time that “inexpensive” and “recreational” aren’t completely compelling in a world that is run on profit and ego.
Where we are going now is Top Secret! It will be a fun ride.
It looks like we are going to television. We’ll need teams around the country. It should be easier to get people excited if they know they’ll have a good chance of being on TV. So the next big step will be getting league teams up and running around the world. Like I said… it’s a big step!
Questions comments & impassioned speeches to Bud Houston Houston.Bud@gmail.com. The web store is up and running. www.dogagility.org/newstore. I have five volumes (over 100 pp each) of The Joker’s Notebook available on my web-store at an inexpensive price. These are lesson plans suitable for individual or group classes for teaching dog to work at a distance.
The courses below will be run at the sponsor club, B&D Creekside in Latrobe, PA on September 20, 2014. The Challenge Course for the month of September shall be the Standard Course shown below (last of three, below). The first two games will be used to qualify the five dogs that make up the B&D Challenge Team in the Standard Course.
Ideally these games and the Challenge Course should be run on a field measuring 86′ by 98′ or larger. However, a space as narrow as 80′ might be used.
Dare to Double
The objective of Dare to Double is to score as many points as possible in the allotted time.
Scoring:
Dare to Double is scored Points, then Time. Time starts when the dog crosses the start line. Big Dogs have 50 seconds, Little Dogs have 55 seconds to accumulate as many points as possible. The table stops time and is live at all times once the dog crosses the start line. The dog must get to the table before allotted course time expires. If the dog gets to the table after time expires then half of points are lost.
Obstacle point values:
Jumps – 1 point
Tire and Tunnels – 3 points
Dog Walk, Teeter and Weaves – 5 points
Obstacles can only be taken twice for points. Back to back performance is permitted.
The A Frame is the Doubling obstacle. During the run, a dog may double his current points by successfully performing the A Frame. If the A Frame is faulted, half the team’s existing points are lost. Points can be doubled at any time, and as many times as the handler wishes. The A Frame may not be performed back to back for doubling, points must be earned between performances of the A-frame. However, the dog is still eligible for losing half their points if taken back to back and faulted on the second performance.
Picking Cherries
The objective of “Cherry Picking” is to direct the dog to only complete the performance of the “cherries” which can be defined as hurdles & tire. Picking Cherries is scored Time, Plus Faults.
This is a dog’s choice game, so the “cherry” obstacles may be completed in the order and direction of the dog/handler’s choosing. If the dog completes any other obstacle other than a hurdle or the tire) a 20 second fault will be applied. “Cherries” may be repeated without fault if you think that is an effective strategy.
Standard Course
This is the League Challenge standard course. The scoring basis is Faults, Then Time.
Follow the numbers, keep the bars up, and hit the paint.
And have fun.
Anyone (club, group or individual) may set up any or all of the Challenge Courses. For results to be recorded for this event the courses must be run in the month of September, 2014, and results must be reported by midnight on September 30, 2014.
If you would like to play, these are important resources for you:
Top Dog Pup Registration Form (it’s free);
Scorekeeping Package for September 2014 Challenge Courses (Excel file);
Top Dog Rules and Regulations (Our simple system for scoring performance)
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Questions comments & impassioned speeches to Bud Houston Houston.Bud@gmail.com. Visit the web store at: www.dogagility.org/newstore. Please note that the web store carries The Book of Agility Games. This is an important reference for any club who plays the variety of games that we’ll play in Top Dog Agility Players.
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