Pre-registration is now open for the January 11 obedience run-through to be held at Oriole Dog Training Club.  Pre-registration may either be taken by completing the online entry form on the  run-through information page or by printing and mailing in a paper
pre-entry form.

Update from match secretary, Charlene Schilling:

Due to overwhelming demand, we added a second judge and increased the limit to 100 for Oriole’s first Barn Hunt Fun Test on Sunday, January 4th, in Severn, MD.

We’re quickly approaching this new limit, so if you want to experience Barn Hunting, you may want to postmark an entry by tomorrow, December 29th (this is not the same as putting it in a mailbox, where it may not get picked up for a day or two). Note that late entries cost $3 more per run.

If we do not fill the trial from entries postmarked by tomorrow, Day of Show entries will be taken from 8:30 am to 9 am, until we reach the limit.

To help dogs who are new to the sport, we added a short “meet ‘n greet” with the rats.  It is only available for dogs pre-entered in the Instinct class, and it starts at 8:15 am. During the “meet ‘n greet,” dogs will be able to see and smell a rat (protected in a cage). This will give you a chance to reward your dog (praise and/or food) for showing interest in the rat.

A Barn Hunt registration number is NOT required for Fun Tests. The premium is available at:

http://www.barnhunt.com/register/event_premium.php?key=803

POCs:  TS – Char (odtcbhsec@gmail.com); TC – Jan (agilelab@juno.com)

Pre-registration will be opening soon for the January 11 obedience run-through to be held at Oriole Dog Training Club.

Until then keep checking the run-through information page for updates !

An update from match secretary Char (odtcbhsec@gmail.com) and match chairman Jan (agilelab@juno.com):

Oriole’s Barn Hunt Fun Match is approximately 70% full already. If you are planning to enter, please do so quickly. We have decided to do a rat “Meet ‘n Greet” (probably around 8:15 a.m.) for dogs that are entered in instinct (i.e., new to the sport).

We also are exploring bringing in a second judge to accommodate additional runs.

Pre-entries postmarked by 22 Dec cost $8 for instinct and $10 for the other classes (novice, open, senior, and master). Late entries postmarked 23 Dec through 29 Dec cost $11 for instinct and $13 for the other classes. Day of Show entries will be accepted from 8:30 am to 9:00 am, and cost the same as late entries.

You do NOT need a Barn Hunt registration number to participate. Also, you can enter BOTH instinct and novice in the trial (instinct can’t be combined with any other class).

Come out and try it, or come to just check out a cool new sport!  Hope to see you there 🙂

So you want to help at the trial but don’t have the schedule?  No worries, here it is!

ODTC-Dec-2014-AKC-JudgingSchedule

Online signup is also available through Google Docs, just click this link to go there!

We completed the move to our new location on Sunday, Nov 23rd!  Here’s a first look at the sports field set up for shared agility and obedience usage on a typical training night 🙂

Agility Training Ring on the right half of the sports field

Obedience Training rings on the left half of the sports field during a normal weekday training night.

The premium list for the January 2015 ODTC AKC Agility trial is now available.  See the AKC Trial Information page for more information and the link.

The class catalog for the upcoming Winter 2015 session is available.  View the registration instructions and catalog here.