1. Time starts when the hog
clears the shoot.
2. Turn your dog loose at
this time.
3. Follow your dog closely
around the pen until they
catch.
4. The HANDLER must yell
"CAUGHT" very loud!! Only
the handler can yell.
5. The clock stops and the
judge/inspector calls a
three count. The dog must
remain caught on the hog
from the shoulders-forward
6. All catches must be made
from the front shoulders
forward, on or about the
head. If your dog catches
any other area, there will
be a five second count.
If your dog doesn't rebite
within those five seconds,
you will be dq'd. You may
not touch your dog during
this time. You may yell
or talk to your animal.
If the owner/handler has
yelled caught before the
dog adjusts his bite and
after the five second rule
, and has not rebitten
the dog is dq'd.
8. If the dog releases before
the three second count,
the dog is dq'd.
9. The ICA judge/inspector's
decisions are final in all
instances.
10. Any deviation from this
guideline will void the
ICA involvement.
11. The owner cannot yell
caught until the dog has
a legal catch from the
front shoulders-forward.
12. All contestants must
register with the ICA
prior to competing in
any ICA sanctioned event.
13. The ICA will only
sanction events cleared
by the senior inspector/
judge prior to the event.
Contest Outlines:
1. All 100 dogs will run per
quick catch rules. Dogs
order will be determined
through drawing of numbers
1-100. Number one starts.
2. Top 10 dogs with the
quickest catches will go
to the next level of the
competition.
3. We will take an hour break
between the two levels.
4. Each dog (top 10 winners)
will run three times. The
order they run in will be
determined by their first
level finishing times. We
will take those times and
invert them. Number ten
will start. We will go
through to number one,
then start at ten again
until each dog has gone
three times.
12. At the second level, a dq
is determined as 30 secs.
It does not take a dog out
of the comp. automatically
as in the first level.
13. The dog with the lowest
total time wins. For ex:
Dog A --12.2, 14.3, 30
(total of 56.5)
Dog B --5.3, 8.5, 30
(total of 43.8)
*Dog B would win.
