Question About Trialling

[Tambaqui]

Hi All!

I have decided to take the plunge and entered my Min Pin Clancy into his first trial with the Dobe Club.

Now I am pretty confident with him and after his testing day today with his club and being

the one of the three who completed the full stays in his class off lead out of 7.

He had plenty of temptation to run and move, but he resisted! :rolleyes:

But unfortunately being the size of him, he was feeling of the cold today and in the end he had

like a "shirt" on and a coat as well to help him keep warm.

Now this is my question, are dogs allowed to wear coats in the trial? Do you need to have

any permission to have one put on them? Especially on cold and windy days?

I'd rather not let him suffer another bout of cold again and scratch him if he isn't allowed to have a coat on

as he is very sensitive and does not respond well.

Thought I'd ask so I can make a decision on the day of the trial and whether there is any

restriction to him wearing a coat .

[TerraNik]

Yep - dogs can wear a coat in the ring. I always check with the judge if it's okay (my boy wears one for his allergies) but I don't think that you need to - more of a courtesy. Some judges say you have to have it on the dog during every exercise and others say you can select just the stays for example. That one you'd need to check with the individual judge.

[Tambaqui]

Ok Thank you TerraNik!

I will bring his coat with him and will double check with the judge on the day!

But will be hoping for a decent weather considering today was horrendous with nonstop of winds!

[Echo]

The following is taken from the ANKC rules.

Hope this helps.

Dogs Wearing Protective Clothing:

Protective clothing may be put on, or removed from the dog in the interval between the

individual and group exercises depending on prevailing weather conditions at the

discretion of the Judge.

[Red Fox]

Good question. I was only wondering the same thing this morning as my dog did a very good impersonation of the Wendy's Shake'n'Dog during his brief morning training session Poor boy couldn't wait to get home and into his coat again :D

I'd imagine that if you wanted to trial you dog in a coat then it would pay to have them wear it during training too to make sure the dog is comfortable..?

[TerraNik]

I'd imagine that if you wanted to trial you dog in a coat then it would pay to have them wear it during training too to make sure the dog is comfortable..?

Definitely! You also want to make sure that the coat does not restrict the dog's movement in any way.

[Tambaqui]

The following is taken from the ANKC rules.

Hope this helps.

Dogs Wearing Protective Clothing:

Protective clothing may be put on, or removed from the dog in the interval between the

individual and group exercises depending on prevailing weather conditions at the

discretion of the Judge.

Yeah I saw that rule prior to posting, but I wasn't sure whether it was restricted to a few

things or whether it is permissable for them to wear it throughout both the testing and the stays.

My Min Pin after Sunday testing day didn't look so good, he wasn't himself and withdrawn and notably

he was so cold, even this morning he didn't seem right. So I think he had the chills.

But my mum gave him something this arvo and he seem to have gotten his colour and his

"alertness" look back and even was running around and jumping with the other Min Pin of ours.

So hence the question as I want to go into the trial next Sunday absolutely prepared and make sure

I have got things covered!

I have one more training this Sunday before the trial, and I hope the weather will stay as it was forcast

as it my last chance to proof everything for the trial! I don't work him so much at home as he doesn't

need it so much as he has got the jist of it so I do the bulk of it at training to keep it fun and so

that he doesn't get bored of the obedience. This little guy Clancy is doing both showing and

as of next week trialling as well! We both love it and Clancy thoroughly enjoys doing both fields

I'm sure if I have any questions I will be back to ask some more!