Jubilee Dogstable Course

What Is Dogstable?

The Dogstable course is based on a rally which includes Agility and basic Obedience– and what makes it even more special is that members taking part get to dress up as their favourite superhero!

The competition was incorporated into the YKC programme to celebrate our Silver Jubilee year and is designed as a fun competition. As such there are no rules and regulations, however we have drawn up some guidelines to help you to understand what is expected.

What's Involved?

Dogstable is a competition in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course which has a mixture of Agility and Obedience moves in a race for both time and accuracy.

The Agility course consists of a set of stations which include obstacles and commands laid out by the Judge with numbers indicating the order in which the dog must complete the obstacles.

The aim of the Agility course is to obtain the fastest round with the least amount of faults.

Can Any Dog Take Part?

Agility is open to all dogs so your dog does not have to be a pedigree, or pure-bred dog to take part, but it must be registered with the Kennel Club on either the Breed Register or the Activity Register.

Dogs must be over eighteen (18) calendar months of age and over on the day of competition due to the nature of the competition.

How Do I Compete?

The YKC hosts Dogstable qualifiers at our Activity Weekends, all classes are open to Young Kennel Club members only aged 6-24 years. Please ensure the read the YKC Dogstable Rules & Regulations before entering a class.

The three highest placed dog and handlers in each subdivision will be invited from each heat to compete in the Final at Crufts.

Members are only permitted to handle one dog in Final at Crufts. If a handler has qualified more than one dog they will have to choose which dog to run. The next placed dog and handler in the heat will then be offered the place.

Handlers are placed into the age group in accordance with their age on the first day of Crufts.

YKC 2011 Dogstable Qualifier Results