Ultimate Versatility Test
 

 

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Humbly submitted for the approval of the ASCA Open Forum ad hoc versatility
committee:

The Ultimate Versatility Test

Dog and handler enter at the far end of the duck ring.
Perform figure-8 off leash.
Send dog through agility tunnel and over dog walk to set out ducks (5).
Lift ducks and fetch or drive to center pen.
Release ducks, put dog on sit stay and leave field for 5 minutes.
Return to dog, put on tracking harness and follow correct track to sheep/cattle arena.
Remove tracking gear.
Send dog over teeter, through weave poles to holding pen.
Sort 3 marked sheep (out of pen of 9) into arena.
Put dog on down stay and leave arena for 5 minutes.
Return to dog, throw object over preset fence, send dog on retrieve.
After dog clears fence on return, perform down on recall and finish.
Pick up sheep, fetch and/or drive through series of obstacles and re-pen.
Heel off lead to other end of arena to cattle pen (4 head). Note: must show at least two changes of pace, left turn, right turn and about turn *at judges instruction.*
Take cattle from pen, drive through center chute into stock trailer. Close tailgate. Remove cattle and re-pen.
Send dog through tire jump and into wading pool.
Recall dog and stand for examination and conformation evaluation.
Exercise finished.

Linda Mahoney, MI