Join us for 4 half-day seminars with Nancy Schilling. Topics covered include:

Saturday October 12

9 am-12:30 pm – Drills for Skills

1:30 pm-5 pm –  “Connect the Dots”

Sunday October 13

9 am-12:30 pm –  Distance Handling and Layering

1:30 pm-5 pm – Drills for Skills – Advanced Skills

For details and to register, please visit our Seminars and Workshops page.

Rebecca will be presenting 4 half-day seminars on the weekend of September 14-15, 2024.

Saturday, September 14, 2024 – 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors

9:00 am-12:30 pm – One Jump Exercises
1:30 pm-5:00 pm – Tunnel Discriminations & Turns Involving Contacts

Sunday, September 15, 2024 – 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors

9:00 am-12:30 pm – Jumps and Tunnels, Oh My!
1:30 pm-5:00 pm – Beginner/Novice Coursework

For details and to register, please visit our Seminars and Workshops page.

The premium has been posted on the AKC Fast CAT Test Information page. Entries are now open and can be made online at midatlanticbarnhunt.com/

Join us for a day of agility with Bridget on Monday, August 19, 2024.

8:30 – 12:00 – Staying Connected

1:00 – 4:30 – Building Confidence and Speed

For more details and to register, please visit our Seminars and Workshops page.

Registration is now open for our obedience run-throughs on August 10, 2024.

Pre-registration closes on Monday, July 8, 2024.

Details and the online registration form can be found on the Obedience Run-through Information Page.

Sunday, July 28, 2024 – 8 working spots per seminar.  Limited Auditors
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM  –  GO! WHOA! YO!

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM  – BALANCED STEERING

Monday, July 29, 2024 – 8 working spots per seminar.  Limited Auditors

8:30 AM – 12:00 PM – NOW WHAT?

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM –  DISTANCE! STOP RUSHING – START CONNECTING

Registration opens:

Saturday, June 29 at 8am for Members
Monday, July 1 at 8am for Non-Members

For details and registration, please visit our Seminars and Workshops page

Our July 12-14, 2024 Barn Hunt Trial is open for entries.

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A request from the Dog Agility Project

The Dog Aging Project, a long-term study of healthy aging in companion dogs being led by Texas A&M and the University of Washington. Currently, over 50,000 dogs are enrolled in the observational study, but we need more. It’s easy to enroll, and participation helps researchers identify how to help dogs live healthier, longer lives. The project welcomes dogs of all ages, breeds, health conditions, and lifestyles. Enrolled dogs remain at home with their families living their normal lives, while participants provide information through surveys, veterinary records, and optional at-home activities.    

If you would like to participate with your dog and/or spread the word, please visit the project’s Resources Page to enroll your dog or download tools for sharing such flyers for events, social media posts, newsletter articles, and blog posts.

The premium is now posted for our “Summer in the AC” Artful Dodgers USDAA agility trial with Jason Pierce from Webster, NY judging. The trial is indoors, climate controlled on Sprinturf.

This trial features titling classes (Intro through Masters), Double Games (Jumpers, Snooker, Gamblers, Pairs), plus a Steeplechase .

Please see our USDAA Trial Information page for details. Hope to see you there!

New to USDAA or haven’t done USDAA in a while? Read on for USDAA’s competitor-friendly rules!

• Dog-friendly jump height cut offs!

• New to agility competition? USDAA is very beginner-friendly. Dogs may enter at 15 months of age (14 months for Intro). Artful Dodgers offers an Intro division for most classes (Standard, Jumpers, Gamblers, Snooker) with lower cost class fees (fun match prices!), more time allowed, and you can still Q with 5 faults.

• Coming from AKC? You can use your permanent AKC jump height card in USDAA and you will be jumping your AKC heights!

• Enter at ANY level – you don’t have to begin in Starters if you think you qualify for a higher level.

PLUS:

• NO up contacts are judged

• NO TABLE in Masters/P3 Standard, positionless table for other levels

• NO weaves in Jumpers and NO spreads in any Performance division classes

• You can do FEO in ANY class. FEO means For Exhibition Only and that means you have 60 seconds in which to train on the course with a toy which you can either hold or throw.

• Fix & Continue is allowed; this means you can stop and fix one thing on your run that may not have gone well like a dropped bar, or missed contact and you can then continue the remainder of the run.

• Bitches in Season are allowed (must wear pants per Oriole’s policy).

• R/V parking is allowed by pre-arrangement.

When: Friday August 23, Saturday August 24, and Sunday August 24, 2024

Where: Halethorpe, Maryland at the Oriole Dog Training Club.

Opening date is Wednesday, June 12, 2024.

The premium can be found on our AKC Obedience Trial Information page.