9th USDAA International Dog Agility Sanctioned Trials!

9th USDAA International Dog Agility Sanctioned Trials has been fixed on 12th, 13th March 2011. Venue will be determine later. Below are the classes we are planning to offer;

Performance Titling
12 March, SAT
1. P1 Standard Agility,
2. P2 Standard Agility,
3. P1 Jumpers,
4. P2 Jumpers,
5. P3 Jumpers,
6. P1 Snooker,
7. P1 Gamblers &
8. P1 Pairs Relay

Tournament Classes
13 March, SUN
1. Performance Grand Prix,
2. Performance Speed Jumping, Round 1 & Round 2,
or
3. Versatility Pairs
- Standard Class,
- Gamblers Class,
- Snooker Class,
- Jumpers Class &
- Pairs Relay Class

Very interesting Performance Titling and Tournament Class for your enjoyment. Looking forward to an Exciting 2011.

2010 Cynosport World Games Qualifiers in Singapore

This Year 2010, we have a total of 9 qualifiers for the Master Dog Agility Steeplechase World Championships for the Cynosport World Games. Even though we didn't have any qualifier for our Grand Prix Dog Agility World Championships event, our results in Master Dog Agility Steeplechase is amazing.



U$10K Master Dog Agility Steeplechase

1. Jazzmine Ng & her Shetland Sheepdog PRINCE,

2. Lucas Bong & his Border Collie BAILEY,

3. Dexter Sim & his Border Collie BENJI,

4. Jazzmine Ng & her Shetland Sheepdog METEOR,

5. Elsa Soo & her Mini Schnauzer WHISKY,

6. Lucas Bong & his Border Collie JEANNIE,

7. Jenny Yong & her Samoyed SHIRO,

8. Elsa Soo & her Border Collie SIRIUS, &

9. Darren Tham & his Border Collie SPARKIE,



Well done to all this 9 qualifiers, all have a chance to compete in this year Cynosport World Games.

8 NEW TITLED Dogs in Singapore!!!

After last weekends 8th USDAA Sanctioned Trials, we have 8 NEW titled dogs added into our USDAAsg Hall of Fame, here are the titled dogs;

SSA - Starter Standard Agility Dog
- Elsa Soo & her Schnauzer WHISKY,

SR - Starter Relay Dog
- Elsa Soo & her Schnauzer WHISKY,
- Shanice Tan & her Shetland Sheepdog NOVA,
- Jazzmine Ng & her shetland Sheepdog PRINCE

SJ - Starter Jumpers Dog
- Jazzmine Ng & her Shetland Sheepdog PRINCE,

PJ1 - Performance Jumpers 1 Dog
- Elsa Soo & her Schnauzer WHISKY,

PJ2 - Performance Jumpers 2 Dog
- Jazzmine Ng & her Shetland Sheepdog PRINCE,

and also we wanted to congrats Jeanne Millier & her Standard Poodle for the following titles that they had earned in the United States;

PD1 - Performance Dog 1 (Versatile)
PS1 - Performance Standard 1
PK1 - Performance Snooker 1
PJ1 - Performance Jumpers 1

and also the Tournament Qualifiers for the weekends are;

Master Dog Agility Steeplechase Local Qualifiers
- Darren Tham & his Border Collie SPARKIE,
- Jazzmine Ng & her Shetland Sheepdog PRINCE &
- Jazzmine Ng & her Shetland Sheepdog METEOR.

With these new addition, it has bring our International TITLED Dogs to 27. Excellent Job to USDAAsg.

Rovering Reporter on our 8th USDAA Trials!

In our 8th USDAA Sanctioned Trials, we have x1 in 12", x6 in 16", x14 in 22" & x1 in 26" Class. The most competitive class were the 22" and 26" ....... x12 BCs, x4 Shelties, x2 Fox Terriers, x1 JRT, x1 Samoyed, x1 Schnauzer and x1 Whippet......a great variety of breeds in International Agility Competitions.

8th USDAA Sanctioned Trials last Weekends!

Last weekends, Our 8th USDAA International Dog Agility Sanctioned Trials was a blast! Two full days of action-packed activities. We wanted to thank the Judges, Mr Rowel De Guia from the Philippines and Mr Dexter Sim from our home country Singapore, for judging our events.

On Saturday dated 11 September 2010, we had our Championships Titling Events such as Starters Standard Agility, Advanced Standard Agility, Starters Jumpers, Advanced Jumpers and our games such as Starters Gamblers, Starters Pairs Relay & Starters Snookers Classes. And on Sunday dated 12 September 2010, we had our Performance Titling Events and our International Tournament. The Performance Titling Events are P1 Standard Agility, P2 Standard Agility, P1 Jumpers, P2 Jumpers and the Tournaments Classes are Grand Prix of Dog Agility World Championships qualifier and Master Dog Agility Steeplechase World Championships qualifier.

We had a total of 154 runs on Saturday and 58 runs on Sunday. Out of 212 runs, we have 29 that earned a qualification of the classes they enrolled in. What is worth commenting is that we have 2 qualification in Starters Gamblers, 3 qualification in Starters Snooker and 6 qualification in Starters Pairs Relay Classes. We are seeing more qualification in our game section. Traditionally we are strong in the Standard Agility & Jumpers section.

This was the first trials in Singapore that we didn't get wet, both days we were blessed with great weather, well it rain for just 1-2 minutes in both days. All thanks to our God whom we trust. We also wanted to thank all our volunteers, photographers, video-men, competitors and helpers in lending a hand or two to make last weekends trials truly a blast! We all had fun and we look forward to yet another Successful USDAA Sanctioned Trials in the near future.

Our next 9th USDAA Sanctioned Trials will be in March/April 2011. Keep watch on the upcoming event coming your way.

For the trials results please visit http://usdaa.pups.sg/ for details.

Last but not least, we wanted to thank all spectators who make their way there to support our competitors in action. I'm sure they have enjoyed watching the top dog teams in Singapore competing last weekends.

Congrats to all Winners, a well deserved wins for all.

Many Thanks

PUPS Hosting Group

8th USDAA Sanctioned Trials last Weekends!

PUPS the hosting group will like to thank our Judges for the 2 days, Mr. Rowel De Guia from the Philippines and Mr. Dexter Sim from Singapore. Thank you Judges for making our trials a success.

Not forgetting our Volunteers, Competitors and Helpers all lend a hand or 2 to make our trials a smooth and seamless one.

Last by not least, we want to thank god for giving us an excellent weather, a little rain and breeze to help us through these 2 days events.

Results and Photos of the trials will be available shortly.

Calling all Agility Enthusiast!

Calling all Agility Enthusiast , 8th USDAA Sanctioned Trials is this weekends, SAT & SUN @SengKang Riverside Park, 9am to 5pm..........if you have time do swing by and join us for a marvellous weekends!

Come and support the top Dog & Handler Team competiting in our 8th USDAA International Dog Agility Sanctioned Trials!

What is Dog Agility & Jumpers?

* Standard, Regular, or Agility: This is a numbered course consisting of (usually) at least one of each of the three primary contact obstacles (not including the crossover) plus jumps, tunnels, and weave poles of various flavors. A novice course might consist of as few as 15 obstacles; a higher-level course might have 22. The dog must negotiate the obstacles in the correct order within the standard course time (SCT).

* Jumpers or Jumping: This numbered course consists primarily of various types of jumps and, depending on the organization, also weave poles and tunnels. The dog must negotiate the obstacles in the correct order within the standard course time (SCT). The dogs achieve their fastest speed on these courses because there are no contact obstacles to slow them down.

What is Pairs Relay?

What is Pairs Relay?

Team, Pairs, or Relay: Two or three dog-and-handler teams each execute a portion of a Standard agility course, with the handlers exchanging a baton between sections.

What is Snooker?

Snooker: Loosely based on the billiard game of Snooker. The course has at least three red jumps, each numbered 1, and six other obstacles numbered 2 through 7. The dog accumulates points based on the obstacle's number. This also has two parts, an opening sequence and a closing sequence. In the opening sequence, the dog must complete a 1, then any obstacle numbered 2 to 7, a different 1 and any 2 to 7 obstacle (including the one already performed), and yet another different 1 and another 2-7 obstacle. For example, the dog could perform the red on the left for 1 point, the 7-point obstacle, the red in the middle for 1 point and then the 7-pointer again, then the red on the far side of the course and the 7-pointer one more time, for a total of 24 points in the opening. After successfully completing this, the dog must complete the obstacles 2-7, in order, for an additional possible 27 points. Failure to follow these rules exactly (such as knocking a bar or taking 2 reds in a row) results in the dog and handler being whistled off the course.

Strategy and entertainment value: The dogs might have to negotiate between other obstacles without taking them or make a difficult entry to the obstacle, often combined with a longer distance between the reds and the 7 so that it consumes more time to do the higher-point obstacle in the opening.