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• Alabama

  January 2016 98.71.69.172

  Event Scoring Guide

  These are approximate levels and not completely accurate, subject to change.
  
  
  

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  Event Type	Basis of Skill Judging*	Basis of Condition Judging*	Basis of physical & personality Stat Judging*	Other important judging notes.
  Agility Agility is a sport in which a handler is given a set amount of time in which to direct a dog off-leash through an obstacle course. Similar to the equine sport of show jumping, the dog is judged on its ability to go through the obstacles- with or with out faults, and of course its time. A brave dog with plenty of stamina, intelligence, energy and of course speed is in demand for this sport.	Discipline Skills: 10% Sport Skills:25% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:5% Mood: 7%	Intelligence:5% Endurance: 5% Strength:5% Speed:10% Adaptability:5% Height:-2% Size:-3% Loyalty:5% Courage:7% Hyperness:7%	The dog should have learned or started training the obstacles in order to not be penalized for them.
  Assistance Trial Assistance trials are shows that judge on companion dogs whom often help the blind and elderly. The trials are through obstacles like streets and such.	Discipline Skills: 30% Working Skills:20% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:5% Mood: 5% Grooming:5%	Intelligence:10% Aggression:-5% Adaptability:5% Loyalty:10% Friendliness:15%
  Canine Disc Canine Disc is basically puppy frisbee! Does your dog have style when it catches that frisbee? Well reach record heights here and record jumps... this sport is based on the dog's speed, sporting ability, strength, dexterity and hope it has fun along with it!	Discipline Skills: 5% Sport Skills:45%	Health:10% Mood: 10%	Endurance: 5% Strength:10% Speed:5% Height:5% Hyperness:5%
  Cattle Herding This event judges dogs whom herd cattle, a large stubborn beast, through a series of obstacles.	Working Skills:40% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:5% Mood: 5%	Endurance: 10% Strength:20% Aggression:10% Courage:10%
  Conformation Conformation is a class that judges each breed on its personality, conformation and obedience based on how well it represents the breed standards of the individual dog's breed. The dog needs to be ready and willing to show off and look sharp!	Discipline Skills: 20% Show Skills:15% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:15% Mood: 15% Grooming:15%	Courage:10% *	* This Event Compares how close its stats are to its breed, it should be 'alike' its breed. A dog however that is too aggressive may bite the judge. Dogs whom are with in a good enough range of the breed do not get penalized.
  Dock Jumping How far can your dog jump in to the water?	Sport Skills:30% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:10%	Strength:15% Speed:10% Aggression:5% Courage:30% Hyperness:10%
  Field Retrieving Get that rubber ducky! Where the hunters go to show off their dog's abilities.	Sport Skills:50% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:5%	Intelligence:15% Endurance: 10% Strength:5% Speed:20% Courage:5% Hyperness:5%
  Flyball Flyball is a team sport of 4 dogs in a 'relay race'. It is over a set course of obstacles - and catching a tennis-like ball and bringing it back to its team. A dog is awarded points depending on how fast it can do this, and the team score is awarded based on all the dogs in its team.	Discipline Skills: 5% Sport Skills:45% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:10% Mood: 5%	Endurance: 10% Speed:10% Aggression:5% Adaptability:5% Courage:5% Hyperness:5%	This event can only be a team event, a team of 4 dogs. The final score is based on the average time the 4 dogs completed in.

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  *These are approximate levels and not completely accurate, subject to change.
  
  

  Event Type	Basis of Skill Judging*	Basis of Condition Judging*	Basis of physical & personality Stat Judging*	Other important judging notes.
  Herding Herding is a class based on a popular job for dogs, livestock herding. This requires a dog full of stamina (to work all day), very well disciplined, and certainly not aggressive towards the livestock. The dog will complete a course, to herd sheep through, and the best one wins!	Discipline Skills: 10% Working Skills:30% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:10%	Intelligence:15% Endurance: 20% Speed:5% Aggression:-10% Loyalty:5% Friendliness:5%	A dog should be well trained in working skill for it to get all the sheep in successfully. It takes a lot of practice! An aggressive dog may bite the sheep.
  Hunting/Field Trials Hunting AKA field trials is based on an ancient sport with your dog, of your dog retrieving an object (fake animal in virtual pups) and bringing it back to its owner, on command. A dog must be smart, have a good nose, and able to find the prey at a fast pace.	Discipline Skills: 15% Sport Skills:20% Working Skills:15% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:10% Mood: 5%	Intelligence:5% Endurance: 5% Speed:5% Aggression:5% Adaptability:5% Loyalty:5% Courage:5%
  Mushing Mushing is a sled dog race. A dog that will perform well in this will be a dog that can handle the snow and has the stamina needed for a long race, as well as the strength to pull the sled. This event can be a team event. The sled driver should also be an experienced dog handler.	Discipline Skills: 5% Working Skills:35% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:10% Mood: 5%	Endurance: 15% Strength:10% Speed:5% Size:5% Courage:5% Hyperness:5%	Certain types of dogs get a huge bonus for this event type, as they can withstand the snow and have it in their blood to do just this!
  Obedience This class judges more-so on the dog's obedience and training than that of a conformation class, which judges on the dogs physique. A well disciplined show dog that expresses an interest in pleasing its owner and highly skilled in the discipline department.	Discipline Skills: 45% Owner's Handler Skills:5%	Health:10% Mood: 5% Grooming:10%	Aggression:-5% Adaptability:5% Loyalty:10% Courage:10% Hyperness:-5% Friendliness:10%
  Racing: Course Racing/Lure Racing Lure Racing is the 'racing' of dogs, using an object the dogs all chase, first one accross the finish line wins! It is also refered to as coursing.	Sport Skills:40%	Health:10%	Endurance: 10% Strength:5% Speed:25% Aggression:10% Height:5% Size:-5% Courage:5% Hyperness:3%	Greyhounds do get a huge bonus in this sport. This sport also judges alot on natural speed (the stars).
  Search and Rescue Where your dog saves lives - a show that judges on how well and fast a dog can find a human in an avalanche, lost in the woods, or where ever!	Discipline Skills: 20% Working Skills:20% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:5%	Intelligence:10% Endurance: 5% Speed:5% Adaptability:5% Courage:10%
  Schutzhund The schutlzhund is the 3 day event of dogs. Its first phase is a tracking class, the second an obedience class, and the third a protection class. It demonstrates the dogs overall ability as a working dog.	Discipline Skills: 20% Working Skills:30% Owner's Handler Skills:10%	Health:10%	Aggression:5% Loyalty:20% Courage:10% Friendliness:5%	Please note that this listed is only for the protection phase of this event. Check out tracking and obedience to see what the other phases are judged on.
  Showmanship This class, rather than judging so much on the dog, judges on the handler as well. The dog must be well fit of course, and well trained, and its master must be ready and trained as well. A friendly happy and loyal dog makes a good showmanship dog.	Discipline Skills: 15% Show Skills:10% Owner's Handler Skills:25%	Health:10% Mood: 10% Grooming:10%	Adaptability:5% Loyalty:10% Courage:5% Friendliness:10%	This sport primarily judges on you, the dog owner/handler.
  Tracking A tracking test is to demonstrate the dog's ability to recognize and follow human scent, a skill that is useful in the service of mankind. It is a show catered to the working dog.	Discipline Skills: 15% Working Skills:35% Owner's Handler Skills:2%	Health:10%	Intelligence:10% Endurance: 5% Speed:5% Aggression:-5% Adaptability:10% Loyalty:10% Courage:5% Friendliness:5%
  Weight Pulling Weight Pulling is an event that judges how much your dog can pull... and how far. Strength and harness training is a necessity. The surface varies upon competition, it can be a snow sled or on wheels. In virtualpups we are doing snow for starters. The dog has one minute to get to the other side of the course, 15 feet... carrying a lot of weight. This can be a team event.	Discipline Skills: 10% Working Skills:25% Owner's Handler Skills:5%	Health:10% Mood: 0%	Endurance: 10% Strength:40% Size:20% Courage:5%	This event judges alot on natural strength as well (the stars).

  
  

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