
- Promoters and Sponsor will provide best efforts to allow an open dock prior to the start for warm-up and dock acclimation.
- Practice for all entrants is random order: 1 jump per turn on the dock, then rotate back in line.
- If a practice session occurs, every dog gets at least 1 practice jump who wants it.
- Dock/stage closes five minutes before qualifying starts.
- For the qualifying, the first jump distance is 20’, increasing by 1’ increments.
- Competitors can choose to pass and/or enter at any distance past 20’. Once a competitor jumps at that distance, they may not decrease the chosen distance.
- Each competitor gets 3 misses in total. After the third jump attempt is missed the competitor is out.
- Competitors must complete their jump attempts within 60 seconds of entering the stage and proceed directly to their second jump if they don’t complete the first.
- Dogs must either grab the bumper or otherwise dislodge the bumper from its suspended position in order for it to be a successful completion of that respective distance.
- If a competitor successfully completes a distance, they leave the stage & pool and return back in line to await the next distance.
- Minimally, the top 1 jumper makes it in, and proceeds directly to competitor sign up, lunch, meeting and practice.