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Post by playerman on Feb 7, 2009 20:30:53 GMT
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Post by playerman on Feb 7, 2009 21:05:59 GMT
1) ALL Breeds including Altered Dogs may now compete in ALL Irondog International events.
2) There is a $20.00 charge to compete in an Irondog or to trial for a DHT / GDT, NOTE: NO Discounts on combined events if the dog enters with a DHT.
3) All Irondog events must be sanctioned. Contact informationis on the website.
4) An Irondog Judge has the authority to dismiss any competitor for unsportsmanlike conduct or for arguing with the Judge. The Judge also has the right to dismiss any dog he or she feels is sick or injured.
5) During ALL stages of Irondog (DHT, GDT, IDT3, IDT5 or AD) dogs must wear a flat collar, choke chain, or fur saver attached to the dead ring.
7) You can earn 1 extra point in the Hardest Hitting with an "OUT". The dog must out on one command and NOT re-bite the sleeve. The distance will be approximately or at least 45 feet and you are given 3 seconds to out your dog. Follow the Judge's instructions.
Your dog must have a recognized protection spport title or K9 certification to participate in an Irondog Triathlon or Pentathlon. If it does not have a recognized sport sport title you may qualify for the Triathlon/Pentathlon by passing a test administered by Irondog called the Guard Dog Temperament Test (GDT). Bellow are the requirements for the GDT:
A) Obedience/Temperament Test. The test begins with the dog in a controlled stay command at the handler's side.
(ADDED as of January 2006: Obedience portion will consist of the following in any order the Judge elects, 5 to 10 pace Healing, Left & Right turns, Sit & Down on command) EXAMPLE CLICK here. On the Judge's signal EXERCISES WILL BEGIN & END, HEADING INTO THE RE-CALL. The leash must be loose at all times. The dog will have to stay in one spot on command while the handler drops the leash and walks at least ten paces away. The dog must then do a recall on command. Next, the dog will have to meet the first of two friendly strangers and not show aggression or shyness. Ideally the first stranger will be an Irondog judge, assuming the dog does not know the judge. The handler will shake hands with the stranger and exchange brief words. After asking permission, the stranger will stare into the dog's eyes for less than two seconds and pet the dog on the shoulder or flank. We are looking for good-natured dogs that are not shy or sharp. The dog must enjoy being petted by the stranger. It must display tail wagging pleasure or exhibit other body language to show that he is at ease and happy to meet this new person. The Irondog judge will then pick a second friendly stranger from the crowd that is physically dissimilar to the judge. The entire "Meeting a Friendly Stranger" test will be repeated a second time with this other person. The dog must meet the same criteria for both friendly strangers. NOTE: A DHT Competitor ALSO NEEDS to complete the Obedience portion.
B) Protection test. On a separate field (or a different place on the original field), in the open, the dog will be given 1 appraisal bite using either a sleeve or suit. The purpose of the appraisal bite is to avoid chasing dogs off the field during the attack on handler bite that follows. The dog must take at least two moderate stick hits in the appraisal bite. The stick will be a standard padded baton or clatter stick. The dog must also face a noisy stick threat in the appraisal bite. If the judge feels the dog's appraisal bite was satisfactory, then it is eligible to do the next bite, which is an attack on handler out of a blind that fully conceals the decoy. The blind should ideally be an unexpected object like a tree, car or outhouse. The dog must not see the decoy enter the blind. The dog and handler will move (at the Judge's signal) toward the blind. On Judge's signal, the decoy will spring from behind the barrier, attack the approaching handler and drive the dog for roughly 3 seconds after the bite. The decoy will administer two or more stick threats with an unexpected object like a small tree branch covered in dry leaves, a bamboo clatter stick, a plastic jug partially filled with rocks or a starter's pistol. The dog must engage the attacking decoy courageously and withstand the drive/stick threat. If the dog comes off the bite for a reason other than lack of courage the judge will instruct the decoy to continue driving and administering stick threats until it is obvious the dog can withstand the pressure courageously. After the drive the decoy will lock up. The handler will then give an out command without touching the dog but he may stand anywhere he wants. The handler has three tries to out his dog. As soon as the dog disengages the handler may pick the dog up and drag or heel him away. If the dog does not fully re-engage between the time when he lets go of the decoy and is picked up, then he has outed successfully and passes the test. NOTE ADDED 10-22-2008: As per Questions and Concerns until Protection Test is fully amended, The JUDGE will give the Handler an Evaluation based on his opinion after the appraisal bite on wether they feel the dog should move on to the next phase, which is an attack on handler out of a blind that fully conceals the decoy. The Handler upon the Judges evaluation will make the final call on wether they will allow their dog to move on to the next phase. our GOAL is to NOT run dogs of the field, but Great pressure is to be applied in the 2nd Attack on handler.
DHT/Protection Exercise: The Dog will NOT engage the Decoy who will approach the team AGGRESSIVELY using either methods mentioned in the GDT protection portion, Dog MUST show Confidence & Willingness to engage, Lack of is unacceptable. NOTE: Handler will POST-UP as Decoy / Attacker performs a 360 Degree Attack on the team trying to hit them (if stick etc. is used) from time to time.
Pentathlon / Triathlon
Your dog will be scored on five events for a Pentathlon but there is a menu of six events to choose from: 50 yard Sprint Race, Hardest Hitting, Weight Pull, Tug of War, Hangtime, and 12-mile Endurance Test. Your dog will be scored on three events for the Triathlon, but there is a menu of four events to chose from: 50 yard Sprint Race, Hardest Hitting, Weight Pull, and 12-mile Endurance Test. The 12-mile Endurance Test is optional for the Pentathlon and the Triathlon. If you enter and finish all six events in the Pentathlon and all four events in the Triathlon we will throw out your lowest score among the mandatory events and replace it with the ten points you earned by completing the optional 12-mileEndurance Test, with this exception: we will not throw out your score in Hardest Hitting. Each event is worth ten points if you take first place, nine points if you take second place and so forth. All the scores are added together and the highest score wins. Endurance Test is worth ten points if your dog runs it in the allotted time and zero points if he does not. If there is a tie score the Hardest Hitting event will be a tiebreaker. The order that dogs will run the events in will be determined by drawing names from a hat during the handler's meeting or some other random selection process. Dogs must be crated near the field when not competing. Dogs must not be given corrections. Events are run back to back in rapid succession. If a handler and dog are not ready when their turn is up they will be ejected from the trial. An assistant judge will make sure there is a dog on deck at all times to expedite the trial. Contestants must provide their own tug toy with snaps and their own weight pull harness. Each dog must have two handlers.
Sprint Race - Dogs will run against a stopwatch, one at a time, on a straight 50-yard course. One handler will hold the dog at the start line and the second handler will bait the dog past the finish line. The stopwatch starts when an assistant judge near the start line fires a starter's pistol after yelling, "On your mark, get set," BANG! If no starter's pistol is available the assistant judge will yell, "On your mark, get set, GO!" and throw his raised arm down after saying the word, "GO". The stopwatch will start on the word, "GO" and the assistant judge?s arm signal. The assistant judge will watch the handler on the start line and disqualify him if he releases the dog before the gun or before the word, "GO". The handler on the starting line must throw his hands fully overhead as he releases the dog. Bait may be protection equipment or nonliving food.
Hardest Hitting - Decoy may wear either a suit or a sleeve depending on the dog's training. Each dog will be given a warm up bite from a short distance and then the competition bite will be done from a longer distance of at least 15 yards. Each dog will start from the same spot, which must be marked. The decoy will hide behind a blind (ideally an unexpected barrier as in the GDT). The dog must be blocked so it does not see the decoy hiding. On the judge's signal the decoy will run out of the blind, across the field, perpendicular to the dog and suddenly charge toward him at a designated spot, making an '"L" pattern. The dog is released as the decoy starts his charge into the dog. The decoy will continue charging with a raised stick (either a clatter stick or padded baton) until impact. The decoy may shout, scream or use any traditional method to pressure the dog. The judge has the option of including gunfire in the Hardest Hitting bite. In this case the decoy would not carry a stick, but a starter's pistol and would fire one time immediately before impact. After impact the decoy will drive the dog very briefly, then lockup. The drive must include at least one stick threat with the padded baton or clatter stick if the decoy did not use gunfire. The dog must stick to his bite during the brief drive to complete this event. Dogs will be judged on impact, how hard they hit the decoy, i.e. how much pain they were able to inflict through the equipment. After each bite the decoy will give the judge a number from one to ten, ten being the greatest impact, to rank the dogs. Contestants may attempt to out their dog after the decoy locks up. A successful out adds 1 point to the HH score. A successful out is defined as the dog not fully re-engaging and not leaving the protection field before the handler picks him up, i.e., the dog must be under control until it is picked up. Only one out command is allowed; it must come from the dog's handler. The handler must be standing at the marked start point when he gives the out command. The dog has three seconds to obey the out command. After the dog outs the handler may run to the dog to pick it up.
Weight Pull 16Ft.- May be done with a sled, a cart or a rail system. Each dog is given 5 turns in a row with the cart or sled. There is a 60-second time limit for each of the 5 pulls. One foul or tangle is allowed per pull. Baiting is allowed with nonliving food or protection equipment. Handler may stand anywhere on the pull track but may not touch the dog. Leashes are not allowed. In the event of a tie, the fastest pull wins. There is a minimum permissible increment of 25 pounds for a sled and 250 pounds for a cart. The judge may increase the minimum increment within reason, but he may not decrease it. Handlers will tell the judge and his assistants how much weight to put on the sled or cart for each pull, but must abide by the minimum increment standard. The weight added to the sled or cart must go from lighter to heavier. Each turn the dog takes with the sled or cart must be heavier than the previous turn. Increases in weight must either be in 25-pound increments or multiples of 25 for a sled. For a cart the increments must be 250-pound or multiples of 250. UPDATE: As of January 2007 a Weight Class SPLIT has been voted on & Implemented at 60 lbs. Plus or Minus, Those dogs competing in a IDT3 / IDT5 event will be scored against the same dogs in there weight classes based on 1 thru 10 points then those points added to the OVER-ALL score.
Tug of War - Dogs will tug from behind an upright plywood barrier with a hole drilled in it for the rope to pass through. Handlers must have a leash on the dog at all times but may not issue corrections. Two assistant judges will be watching either dog at all times during the pull. The assistant judges may disqualify a contestant for giving corrections. The rope is 30 feet long and is marked in the center and at four feet from both ends. A dog wins when it has pulled his opponent past the outer rope mark. Each pair of tugging dogs will go against each other only one time. A round robin elimination system will be used. A coin flip or other random method will determine which side of the barrier a dog will pull from. To complete this event a dog must grab the tug toy and pull backwards, i.e., it must tug against its opponent. It must grab the tug toy and begin pulling within 20 seconds of the start of the Tug of War or it automatically loses. There are no weight classes.
Hangtime - This event must come after the above events. The dog has a 3-minute time limit on the spring pole to complete this event. The clock starts when all four feet are off the ground. If the dog gets a single bite upon presentation of the tug toy and hangs on without rebiting for the full 3-minutes, it gets a perfect score of ten points. For every time it loses its grip and is forced to rebite, it loses one point. The clock stops when (if) the dog losses its grip and starts again when all four feet are off the ground. If the dog loses his grip he must immediately be presented with the tug and hoisted upward. The dog is disqualified after losing its grip four times, for safety reasons. The Judge may disqualify a dog before it loses its grip four times if he believes the grips are not solid.
12-mile Endurance Test -This event should be done between 12 to 24-hours before the five core Pentathlon events (or the three core Triathlon events) and in cool weather. The dog must run 12-miles at a pace between 6.5 mph and 10 mph. Handler may be on a bike, on foot, roller blades or a small all terrain vehicle. The dog will rest for 5 minutes after 5 miles so the judge can inspect the dog's feet and general condition, if either is questionable the dog is disqualified and receives zero points. At 10 miles there is another 5 minute rest and inspection. If the dog passes the final inspection it may continue the last two miles and complete the Endurance Test. This event is optional for the Pentathlon and Triathlon. NOTE: The dog MUST complete the 12-Mile run start to finish in 2 Hours.
Irondog Titles
DHT - Defense of Handler Temperament. This title allows your dog to participate in the Triathlon & Pentathlon for up-to six months, after the allowed time frame you MUST obtain a GDT in order to continue to compete and you will NOT be able to compete in ANY Irondog Nationals event without a GDT (EXCEPTION events would ONLY be Irondog Weight Pull).
GDT - Guard Dog Temperament. This title allows your dog to participate in the Triathlon or Pentathlon if you do not already have a recognized sport protection title.
IDT3 - Irondog Triathlon completion. This title means your dog has completed an Irondog Triathlon.
IDT5 - Irondog Pentathlon completion. This title means your dog has completed an Irondog Pentathlon.
AD - This title means your dog has completed a 12 Mile run / Endurance Test.
IDWP - View Irondog Weight pull rules page for more information by CLICKING HERE, This is a NO-BAIT event
Irondog ranking system
Your dog is considered a ranked Irondog if it finishes first, second or third in a trial consisting of five or more dogs (5 dogs must complete the entire Triathlon/Pentathlon). The ranking system is designed to help make breed selections. Ranked IDT3 and ranked IDT5 are different titles than non-ranked IDT3 or non-ranked IDT5.
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Post by playerman on Feb 17, 2009 18:23:10 GMT
So would any one be interested in this kind of event ?
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Post by ianhurley on Feb 17, 2009 20:22:29 GMT
i take it you mean in this country!
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Post by Griffa on Feb 18, 2009 11:03:38 GMT
ya man defo sounds ace
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Post by playerman on Feb 18, 2009 13:54:49 GMT
i take it you mean in this country! Yes Ian  |
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Post by playerman on Feb 18, 2009 13:58:55 GMT
Every dog that competes in Iron Dog would have to past this test first.... A) Obedience/Temperament Test. The test begins with the dog in a controlled stay command at the handler's side. (ADDED as of January 2006: Obedience portion will consist of the following in any order the Judge elects, 5 to 10 pace Healing, Left & Right turns, Sit & Down on command) EXAMPLE CLICK here. On the Judge's signal EXERCISES WILL BEGIN & END, HEADING INTO THE RE-CALL. The leash must be loose at all times. The dog will have to stay in one spot on command while the handler drops the leash and walks at least ten paces away. The dog must then do a recall on command. Next, the dog will have to meet the first of two friendly strangers and not show aggression or shyness. Ideally the first stranger will be an Irondog judge, assuming the dog does not know the judge. The handler will shake hands with the stranger and exchange brief words. After asking permission, the stranger will stare into the dog's eyes for less than two seconds and pet the dog on the shoulder or flank. We are looking for good-natured dogs that are not shy or sharp. The dog must enjoy being petted by the stranger. It must display tail wagging pleasure or exhibit other body language to show that he is at ease and happy to meet this new person. The Irondog judge will then pick a second friendly stranger from the crowd that is physically dissimilar to the judge. The entire "Meeting a Friendly Stranger" test will be repeated a second time with this other person. The dog must meet the same criteria for both friendly strangers. NOTE: A DHT Competitor ALSO NEEDS to complete the Obedience portion. B) Protection test. On a separate field (or a different place on the original field), in the open, the dog will be given 1 appraisal bite using either a sleeve or suit. The purpose of the appraisal bite is to avoid chasing dogs off the field during the attack on handler bite that follows. The dog must take at least two moderate stick hits in the appraisal bite. The stick will be a standard padded baton or clatter stick. The dog must also face a noisy stick threat in the appraisal bite. If the judge feels the dog's appraisal bite was satisfactory, then it is eligible to do the next bite, which is an attack on handler out of a blind that fully conceals the decoy. The blind should ideally be an unexpected object like a tree, car or outhouse. The dog must not see the decoy enter the blind. The dog and handler will move (at the Judge's signal) toward the blind. On Judge's signal, the decoy will spring from behind the barrier, attack the approaching handler and drive the dog for roughly 3 seconds after the bite. The decoy will administer two or more stick threats with an unexpected object like a small tree branch covered in dry leaves, a bamboo clatter stick, a plastic jug partially filled with rocks or a starter's pistol. The dog must engage the attacking decoy courageously and withstand the drive/stick threat. If the dog comes off the bite for a reason other than lack of courage the judge will instruct the decoy to continue driving and administering stick threats until it is obvious the dog can withstand the pressure courageously. After the drive the decoy will lock up. The handler will then give an out command without touching the dog but he may stand anywhere he wants. The handler has three tries to out his dog. As soon as the dog disengages the handler may pick the dog up and drag or heel him away. If the dog does not fully re-engage between the time when he lets go of the decoy and is picked up, then he has outed successfully and passes the test. NOTE ADDED 10-22-2008: As per Questions and Concerns until Protection Test is fully amended, The JUDGE will give the Handler an Evaluation based on his opinion after the appraisal bite on wether they feel the dog should move on to the next phase, which is an attack on handler out of a blind that fully conceals the decoy. The Handler upon the Judges evaluation will make the final call on wether they will allow their dog to move on to the next phase. our GOAL is to NOT run dogs of the field, but Great pressure is to be applied in the 2nd Attack on handler. |
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Post by Griffa on Feb 18, 2009 21:14:19 GMT
that might take me a while to make that lol would love to watch thou lol
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Post by playerman on Feb 18, 2009 22:18:26 GMT
that might take me a while to make that lol would love to watch thou lol Its not that hard tbh with ya just basic OB is needed IMO |
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Post by Shakka-Staffs on Feb 19, 2009 0:23:05 GMT
looks kwl
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Post by Griffa on Feb 19, 2009 9:01:47 GMT
that might take me a while to make that lol would love to watch thou lol Its not that hard tbh with ya just basic OB is needed IMO dont think he would let a judge touch him thou he is bad with new people |
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