Gold Coast Dog Obedience

Training Club inc.

Positive motivational training for puppies, pets
and
competition
dogs.

Location:
    Ron Short Park
    Alicia Street
    Southport

Contacts:

Phone
5591 7048

email       gcdotc@yahoo.com.au

Mail
    PO Box 143,
    Southport
    Qld. 4215

Agility Trials

The Club encourages members to participate in official Agility Trials - once you have successfully completed classes 1 & 2 and been elevated to Class 3 - Pre Trial, you are ready to start competing in Agility trials. Dogs must be a minimum of 18 months old to be able to compete in Agility.

The Gold Coast Dog Obedience Training Club Inc is affiliated with Dogs Queensland, which is governed by the Australian National Kennel Club (ANKC). If you wish to compete in an official ANKC trial you will have to join Dogs Queensland. You will also need to use an official entry form for every trial you wish to enter. Books of entry forms can be purchase from the Clubhouse or downloaded by clicking here, multiple entry form or single entry form.

Click here to view the rules for Agility and Games.

Once your dog attains a title and you apply for same with Dogs Queensland, these letters are added at the end of your dogs name and become part of your dogs official registered name. These qualifications and titles are recognised Australia wide.

The dates of trials held by clubs affiliated with Dogs Queensland can be found at the Dogs Queensland web site.

There are many different classes on offer for ANKC Trials - Agility, Jumping and Games which include Snooker, Gamblers & Strategic Pairs. The titles you can gain with your dogs are:

Title	Name	Description
AD	Agility Dog	3 qualifying certificates under at least 2 different judges in Novice Agility class
ADX	Agility Dog Excellent	5 qualifying certificates under at least 2 different judges in the Excellent Agility class
ADM	Agility Dog Master	7 qualifying certificates under at least 3 different judges in Masters Agility class
ADO	Agility Dog Open	5 qualifying certificates under at least 3 different judges in Open Agility class
JD	Jumping Dog	3 qualifying certificates under at least 2 different judges in the Novice Jumping class.
JDX	Jumping Dog Excellent	5 qualifying certificates under at least 2 different judges in the Excellent Jumping class
JDM	Jumping Dog Master	7 qualifying certificates under at least 3 different judges in the Masters Jumping class
JDO	Jumping Dog Open	5 qualifying certificates under at least 3 different judges in the Open Jumping class
AG CH	Agility Champion	A dog will be eligible for the title of Agility Champion 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 when they have attained 1000 points, these can only be gathered at the completion of the Masters title in each category. Details of how the points are award can be found in the agility rules.
SD	Snooker Dog	3 qualifying certificates under at least 2 different judges in the Novice Snooker class
SDX	Snooker Dog Excellent	5 qualifying certificates under at least 2 different judges in the Excellent Snooker class
SDM	Snooker Dog Master	7 qualifying certificates under at least 3 different judges in the Masters Snooker class
GD	Gamblers Dog	3 qualifying certificates under at least 2 different judges in the Novice Gamblers class
GDX	Gamblers Dog Excellent	5 qualifying certificates under at least 2 different judges in the Excellent Gamblers class
GDM	Gamblers Dog Master	7 qualifying certificates under at least 3 different judges in the Masters Gamblers class
SPD	Strategic Pairs Dog	3 qualifying certificates under at least 2 different judges in the Novice Strategic Pairs class
SPDX	Strategic Pairs Dog Excellent	5 qualifying certificates under at least 2 different judges in the Excellent Strategic Pairs Class
SPDM	Strategic Pairs Dog Master	7 qualifying certificates under at least 3 different judges in the Strategic Pairs Dog Master

The Agility Champion title is placed at the front of the dog's name, all others are after the name.

Professional and amateur photographers frequently attend our trials where possible a link will be added to their albums on the link page.