Competition Rules Incredible Diving Dog Incredible Freestyle Flying Disc Incredible Fetch It! Registration 1. Registration times and locations may vary by event, and will be announced for each event at least two weeks prior. 2. The field is limited to 20 dogs for Diving Dog, 8 for Fetch It, and 15 for Freestyle Flying Disc. Sponsor reserves the right to expand the field at its discretion. 3. First come, first served for registration. 4. No more than 2 dogs per entrant/family are permitted, and only 1 dog per entrant/family may actually qualify for a respective competition. 5. You will be issued a numbered card or other notation upon entering the line this designates your place in line only and is not a confirmation of registration. 6. Dog handler or owner, and no one else, must receive numbered card and remain in line no substitutions or line holders. 7. No holding places in line for those not yet present. 8. You must be present in line when registration begins or your number is forfeited. 9. Should you need to leave the line temporarily for any reason, take your card with you and notify those immediately before and after you in line. 10. Please fill out necessary forms and waivers at registration. 11. All owners must be prepared to provide current vaccination certificates as may be required. Diving Dog - Qualifying Competition Rules 1. Promoters and Sponsor will provide best efforts to allow an open dock prior to the start for practice. 2. Practice for all entrants is random order: 1 jump per turn on the dock, then rotate back in line. 3. Every dog gets at least 1 practice jump (not mandatory). 4. Dock/stage closes five minutes before qualifying starts. 5. For the qualifying, each competitor gets 2 jumps consecutively, at no more than 60 seconds per jump. 6. Jump in the order of sign up. 7. Top 10 after this will receive a 3rd jump. 8. Best of 3 jumps determines place. 9. Distance is measured where the furthest body extremity is upon entering the water (usually the nose). 10. At least, the top 2 jumpers advance to finals, additional dogs may advance pending Sponsor/Promoter s discretion.
11. All dogs that qualify for the competition need to go directly to registration at the consumer tent to fill out necessary paperwork directly after qualifying. Freestyle Flying Disc Qualifying Competition Rules 1. All handlers as a group, without dogs, will be allotted warm up time to throw and toss flying discs on the field prior to qualifying. 2. Perform in the order of sign up. 3. Each competitor will be allotted two (2) minutes to perform a routine, plus two long distance bonus throws at the end of the routine. Time starts with the first throw. 4. Judging is based on: Handler Skills (50 points max), Dog Skills (50 points max) and Bonus Throws (2 points max). 5. Competitors should bring their clean, non-expletive music to the sound booth on a mobile device, CD, thumb drive, or other electronic means. 6. Minimally, the top 2 performers make it in, additional dogs may advance pending Sponsor/Promoter s discretion. 7. All dogs that qualify for the competition need to go directly to registration at the consumer tent to fill out necessary paperwork directly after qualifying. Fetch It! Qualifying Competition Rules 1. Promoters and Sponsor will provide best efforts to allow an open dock prior to the start for warm-up and dock acclimation. 2. Practice for all entrants is random order: 1 jump per turn on the dock, then rotate back in line. 3. If a practice session occurs, every dog gets at least 1 practice jump (not mandatory) 4. Dock/stage closes five minutes before qualifying starts. 5. For the qualifying, the first jump distance is 19, increasing by 1 increments. 6. Competitors may pass at 19 and 20, but must enter the competition at 21, and clear each distance thereafter, in order to qualify. 7. Each competitor gets 2 jump attempts consecutively at each distance during their turn. 8. Competitors should complete their first jump attempt within 90 seconds of entering the stage and proceed directly to their second jump if they don t complete the first. 9. Dogs must either grab the bumper or otherwise fully dislodge the bumper from its suspended position in order for it to be a successful completion of that respective distance. 10. If a competitor successfully completes a distance, they leave the stage & pool and return back in line to await the next distance. 11. If a competitor misses the bumper at a distance for two consecutive jumps, they are eliminated from the competition. 12. Minimally, the top 1 jumper makes it in, additional dogs may advance pending Sponsor/Promoter s discretion. 13. All dogs that qualify for the competition need to go directly to registration at the consumer tent to fill out necessary paperwork directly after qualifying.
Tournament Director after consulting with the Race Judge, PIDC personnel and reviewing any video from the television production. Race Procedure: 1. The PPPIDC course shall consist of a start box, three padded jumps or hurdles, wing signs extending from the ends of the hurdle pads, a finish pad, a lure, and a catch area. The course shall be approximately 140-150 feet in length depending on the host venue. 2. Exhibitors/handlers must have dogs ready to race at the start area 10 minutes prior to the first heat. Organizer shall provide branded collars to all exhibitors that they must wear. No color exchanges are permitted. 3. After each race, the handlers of those dogs shall proceed along the inside of the field signs to the finish line and receive their terriers from the catchers in the finish area and then return the same way back to the start area. 4. Carson International staff shall operate the start box, and coordinate with the lure operator directly on the specific start procedure. 5. The Race Judge, who shall be positioned inside the finish catch area by the finish pad, shall make best efforts to assign the catchers to specific dogs by order of finish. 6. Dogs must cross the finish line completely to place in a heat. The finish line is defined as the backside of the barrier. First to the hole is not necessarily first through the hole. 7. The Race Judge shall call out the winning dogs by collar color either 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd or just 1 st and 2 nd as the event requires. 8. The top 2 finishers from each preliminary heat shall proceed immediately back to the start area to compete in the Final Championship Heat. 9. Nestle Purina and Carson International reserve the right to review the placement order of the Race Judge, either by meeting consensus or through video replay where available. 10. In the event of a discrepancy in the final finish order, the PPPIDC Tournament Director shall have final authority in determining the finish order.
Jack Russell Terrier Hurdle Racing Competition Rules Host Club Responsibilities: 1. One or more Jack Russell Terrier (JRT) clubs will be contracted in each host PPPIDC market to help stage the JRT race at the PIDC. 2. The host club shall be made aware of, and shall abide by, the specific rules, course length and other intricacies of the PPPIDC race that may be different than other JRT races. 3. The host club shall provide the required number of JRT dogs to fill up the allotted entries. 4. Each host club shall provide a main organizer, who will be responsible for selecting the dogs, and placing them in a run order. 5. The host club also shall provide support personnel and equipment as follows for the race and practice: one (1) Race Judge, six (6) finish catchers, one (1) start organizer (if different from the main organizer noted above), one (1) lure, and one (1) lure operator. 6. The host club shall supply the names of all JRT dogs in the field to Carson International no later than 30 days prior to the practice date of the PPPIDC. 7. In exchange for the above services, the PPPIDC shall pay a stipend to the host club, in an amount to be determined by Nestle Purina and Carson International. Rules: 1. To be eligible for the PPPIDC Jack Russell Hurdle and/or Steeplechase events, dogs selected must be no higher than 15 inches at the highest point of the shoulder blade. 2. In PPPIDC races there is only one class: under-dogs and over-dogs all run together. All dogs over the 15 inch height limit are ineligible. 3. Terriers in heat will not be allowed to compete and should not be brought to the event. 4. All terriers must be muzzled upon entry into the start box. No exceptions for any dog in any heat, including practice. Plastic basket muzzles or close-ended cloth muzzles only. No figure eight or open ended muzzles will be allowed. 5. The Race Judge during the race may disqualify any terrier engaged in dangerous behavior, such as fighting or overly aggressive actions. 6. Both the Race Judge and the PPPIDC Tournament Director (or his/her designee) reserve the right to call for a re-run in instances of: equipment malfunctions lure, start box, jumps, finish pad, signs overly aggressive behavior resulting in interference a dog interfering with another dog s ability to finish lure operation - if it is judged that a lure is caught or in some way the movement or lack of movement of the lure delays or alters the forward motion of any terrier (i.e. almost caught or flies extremely outside the track) other as determined, such as television or still photographer interference 7. Should a competitor want to make a protest and ask for a re-run he/she must make the protest to the Race Judge before the next heat begins. In the event of a protest from the final race the competitor must inform the Race Judge within five minutes of the race completion or before the removal of the course begins, whichever is first. Ultimate decisions on reruns will be made by the PPPIDC
30-Weave Up-and-Back Competition Rules General Description Dogs compete head-to-head on a 30-weave pole course, with a turnaround component on one end. The competition format is single-elimination, in a tournament or ladder bracket, meaning the first dog to cross the finish line wins that heat and moves up the ladder towards the finals, and the other dog is eliminated. Prior to the final race, there will be a consolation round to determine 3 rd and 4 th place. Rules: Both dogs will enter the course at the same time and weave the first 30 poles. After the 30 poles, each dog will run through an agility tunnel, then return to the poles and weave all 30 again back toward the start. In the event of a missed pole, the dog must go back and re-enter the course at that point as directed by the judges. Any missed poles not completed shall result in a forfeiture of that race. Each dog will start 10 in front of the first weave pole. Shorter fields may lessen this distance. The start line will be shown to you by the organizers. The entire body of the dog is to remain behind this start line until the start is given. Handlers however, may position themselves anywhere prior to the start. A verbal start will be given by the public address announcer, as follows: 3-2-1-go. Dogs crossing the start line prior to go will be issued a false start and the entire race shall restart. Three (3) false starts by one dog will result in forfeiture of that race, with the other dog advancing. The turn-around tunnel shall be 25 away from the last weave pole. Shorter fields may lessen this distance. Handlers may run down either side of their weave pole course. Dogs may enter the weave pole course on either side. Dogs may enter the tunnel on either side. The finish line is the horizontal plane of the last pole (not the start line). Handlers may bring toys or treats onto the competition field. Friday Procedure: The Friday practice session will start with seeding races. Seed times will be used to determine the head-to-head match-ups for Saturday. Each competitor will run a course solo, once, for time. If they chose to, they may run the course a second time after all 8 competitors have run once. Missed poles must be re-run in accordance with the rules (above). The better of the two times, or just the one, will be the seeding time for a competitor. In the event a defending champion from the previous year is competing, that competitor will receive an automatic #1 seed. Seeds will then be paired for Saturday s competition as follows: 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5
Immediately after seeding races on Friday, competitors are then encouraged to run the courses again for practice in a head-to-head format. This is encouraged, but not required. Up to 2 additional runs are allowed for each competitor in this format. Saturday Procedure: The match-ups will be available from the organizers prior to the competition. The organizers will direct the competitors to enter the competition field. Competitors are to decide amongst themselves which course they will run. If they desire the same course, a coin toss will determine their placement, which will be called by the higher seed. The head-to-head races shall then proceed one after the other in accordance with the General Description and Rules above. After the final 2 competitors are determined, the remaining semi-finalists shall first race in a consolation heat for 3 rd place. The top 3 finishers shall proceed to the stage for an awards ceremony.
Large & Small Dog Agility Competition Rules Procedure: The Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge includes both a Small Dog Division and Large Dog Division, as outlined below. Friday of the event is a designated practice day, where each handler and dog run the agility course twice. The course will be set prior to this practice. In addition, a 10-minute course review period will occur before the practice. The run order will be established prior to the event by the sponsors and organizers, and will be available prior to practice. All Small Dogs shall practice the course one time, followed by all Large Dogs. A second run will then immediately occur in the same fashion Small first followed by Large. Saturday is the actual competition day, which will replicate the practice day. There is no practice run on Saturday. A course review shall occur again, followed by one run of Small Dogs then one run of Large Dogs. A second run in the same order will occur, with the better of the two times determining the winner. Jump Heights Small Dog Division Dogs 11" and under jump 8 Dogs greater than 11" up to 14" will jump 12 Dogs greater than 14 up to 18"will jump16 Large Dog Division Dogs greater than 18 up to 22" will jump 20 Dogs greater than 22 will jump 24 *All competitors must have certified height card on hand. Faults will be assessed as follows: Knocked Bars 5 faults Incorrect entry into weave poles 5 faults Incorrect entry into weave poles: 5 faults The dog shall be faulted for an incorrect entry to the weave poles each time the dog enters incorrectly. Missed weave pole 5 faults The dog shall be faulted for first offense only of a missed weave pole if the dog misses a pole after having entered the weave poles correctly. The dog shall be deemed as having missed a pole if the dog must make any backward motion in order to keep weaving. If
the dog were to miss more than one weave pole, only the first miss shall be faulted and the subsequent errors shall be faulted only by time wasted to correct the error. If a pole is missed, dog has to begin poles from beginning and complete all poles. If a dog were to never weave all of the poles correctly, then the dog shall be faulted for a failure to perform the weave poles for a fault of 20 faults (see below.) Run Out 5 faults A run-out shall be called if the dog passes the plane of an obstacle to be taken. Missed contact 10 faults The dog shall be faulted for any missed contacts on the downside of the dog walk and a- frame. The dog shall also be faulted for contacts on the upside and downside of the teeter-totter Off course 10 faults The dog shall be faulted for an off course if the dog places at least one foot onto, into, or through the plane of an obstacle which is not the next correct obstacle to be taken. Failure to perform an obstacle or an unsafe performance 20 faults The dog shall be faulted for failure to perform an obstacle if they skip an obstacle, or do not complete the entire obstacle. Fly- off on seesaw 20 faults Dog must touch contact zone with any part of one foot on the way up the plank and also on the down plank. Any part of one foot has to be in the contact zone when board touches the ground before dog exits with all four feet. * All equipment is to AKC standards, however, dogs will jump the tire at their exact jump height and not one height lower. * Tables or long jumps shall not be used in these competitions Judges Hand Signals One hand raised fingers spread 5 faults Two hands raised fingers spread 10 faults Two hands facing downward crossing waist high (safe sign) 20 faults Scoring 1 fault = 1 second added to time. Each competitor gets two runs, faster single run time, including faults, wins
2014 Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge Surf Competition Competition Rules: 1. The competition will be divided into small and large dog groups with 6 dogs in each group. - Smalls Dogs measure up to but do not exceed 20 at the withers - Large Dogs measure above 21 at the withers 2. The competition will consists of three separate heats, with two dogs in each heat. 3. Each heat will be 10 minutes, in which competitors may catch as many waves as they would like. 4. The competitors will be scored by three judges. 5. The competitors will be given a score of up to 10 points total based on the below categories: A. Length of Ride B. Size of Wave C. Confidence D. Incredible Style 6. Once the 10 minutes are up, all judges will provide the best scored wave for each competitor. These scores will be added together for a total score out of 30 points maximum. 7. The two competitors with the highest scores in each group will move onto the Final Surf Off Round. 8. The competitor with the third highest score in the preliminary heats will receive third place. 9. The Final Surf Off will be judged as outlined above. The preliminary scores will not be counted. Note: All human competitors must wear a PPPIDC rash guard. All canine competitors must wear a PPPIDC life vest. These will be supplied on site when you check in. *Dogs cannot be tied to surfboards for safety reasons. *Boards must be foam or foam and fiberglass. PO Box 2103 Ketchum, ID 83340 208-726-5990