When will I be in the ring?

take4roll10 said:
Anything can happen that can delay the start of the next dog. Some handlers are really good and will have their dog on the start line when the judge told them to, but I've seen some who are distracted or still warming up their dog.

There are plenty of other reasons for delays. The one's I've seen are: not enough volunteers for the ring to start, timer stopped working, fixing knocked jumps and chute, changing jump heights, a dog in the ring gets the zoomies, dog in the ring goes over sct, judge needs a second to breathe, etc. You also have to assume that there are going to be scratched dogs or dogs who moved into your class.

I haven't been to as many trials as most forum members, but I have never been to one that has ran early or even on time. The majority of them are 30-45 mins behind schedule. The worst one I went to was over 2 hours behind. I may be exaggerating a little, but I feel like it was close to 3 hours. :eek2:

I always try to show up an hour before my schedule walk. Tomorrow I'm entered in the first class of the day, so I'll show up 30 mins before. Just enough time to set up my tent and check in. And then my next run isn't for 4-5 hours. Maybe I can take a nap :sleepy:.
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Vey true Randi.The only trials I have ever seen go overtime is NADAC and USDAA if it is a one ring trial.I have never seen a person not have their dog on the line when told but there is always a first.
 
SheepOfBlue said:
Yep but put a stop watch on it. Once the dog stops the clock you still need to leash and go. I doubt the next dog is immediately on the line but even if that dog is the handler is still going to do a lead out prior to the clock starting. So if the run is 60 seconds I could easily see a 30 lag but at least 15 in most cases. That also fails to account for bar resets etc. My point is do not say 6 dogs x 60 seconds per run or you will likely be incorrect :yes:
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The time that I listed includes the set up time for the next dog :wink2:
 
our short trial experience shows that it helps to know reputation of the club setting up the trial. One large trial my friend missed her open JWW because we were counting on 1 minute per dog for JWW... later we learned that this club runs their trials like a clock work...
 
The trial I went to this weekend ran pretty smoothly. The ring I was in started with excellent JWW. It was actually running 15-20 minutes ahead of schedule until they had to change the course for Novice Standard. By the time it got to Open Standard, it was about 15-20 mins behind schedule.

That's really not that bad at all and the first time I saw a ring a head of schedule at some point. I'd say the biggest delays were timer issues and dogs peeing/defecating in the ring.

I heard the other ring was not as smooth and ran a little later.

Dr. Shelli, how did you make out with your trial? Were you able to estimate the class times?
 
take4roll10 said:
The trial I went to this weekend ran pretty smoothly. The ring I was in started with excellent JWW. It was actually running 15-20 minutes ahead of schedule until they had to change the course for Novice Standard. By the time it got to Open Standard, it was about 15-20 mins behind schedule.

That's really not that bad at all and the first time I saw a ring a head of schedule at some point. I'd say the biggest delays were timer issues and dogs peeing/defecating in the ring.

I heard the other ring was not as smooth and ran a little later.

Dr. Shelli, how did you make out with your trial? Were you able to estimate the class times?
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Sat was tight as I thought it would be. Birch was in the rings almost back to back in Novice FAST and Open Std and Ember and Diva were in at almost the same time in Excellent FAST and Masters Std.

At one point I had all 3 dogs out and 2 being held by friends so I didn't have to run all the way back to my setup and they were all warmed up. Masters/EX JWW and Open Std were right on top of each other. Not many 8" so that made Diva and Ember really close. They were really good about any conflicts though. The FAST/JWW ring crew were awesome and set up the courses so quick. I keep wishing they would slow down.:smile2:

Sunday they ran tall to small so no conflicts at all which was great because it was hot out just under 90. We were done by 2pm. It was awesome.

Birch got 7 points in T2b at Sat. and his first novice FAST leg. He ran really nice in Open by I had issues keeping him on course or frankly just remembering the course. I have trouble with that and running so close togetherthe course jumbled. :( I should mention I ran 10 runs a day in 6 different classes with 3 dogs. i do not think I will do that again. My fitbit said I walked/ran-12 miles in 2 days.

Ember got 2 MJP legs with a 1st and 2nd and 1 MXP leg with a 1st and a double Q and 21 PACH points.

Diva got 3rd in Std and JWW unfortunately not on the same day and 9 points in T2B on Sun. she was the second fastest dog and almost set the time.

My friend took a couple picture of the girls. Ember has not blown her coat yet and she was getting pretty hot by Sun afternoon. Diva has no hair 4 months post puppies. She looked like a flying smooth. :lol:
 
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