#AKC FastCAT

[doginprogress]

Azula’s FastCAT photos from May 2022. Her fastest time was just a few milliseconds shy of 30 mph. Her three fastest runs average 29.42 mph.

[southerntchiorny]

Day one at the dog show has been great! Kaiju passed his temperament test with a perfect score and now has his ATT title. Furby won Reserve winners dog and got some nice FastCAT runs in. He averaged about 22 mph 🏃💨

[borders-for-life]

Some shots from the last few FastCAT weeks! As you can tell, some enjoy it more than others! #fastcat #bordercollie #akc #dogsports https://www.instagram.com/p/CqAfoRwOZVS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[weaseldogs]

Pippin doing FastCAT in Montgomery, AL, Nov 2022

Photo credit: Brian Batista Photography

[groenendaze]

Do you have any tips for getting into dog sports? I've got an 8-month-old dalmatian/gsd/pit mix (my absolute best friend and also the bane of my existence, teenagers are a menace lol) who's crazy smart and athletic. The stuff you do with your pups looks awesome and I think we'd both really enjoy it! I'm just not sure where to start to look for clubs/events/etc. Any advice is appreciated!

Dog sports are one of those things where you either just happen to accidentally fall into it or you fight tooth and nail to find a place.

Some of the best ways to find places are to reach out to trainers/competitors in your area or close to you (FB and instagram are the easiest for this imo - if you have found any!). The rest depends on the sports you want to do and where you're located. A good way to try and find more sports would be to see if there are any in your area: google your city + "dog training club" or the sport you're looking for. See if any places offer classes (classes are a GREAT way to get started and test the waters!). Or look for events in your area and go watch! I wouldn't recommend trying to volunteer my first time watching an event, but it's a great place to get started and look for people who might know more people in your area that could help you. Most people are nice and like helping newbies out, but there are always some bad eggs in the pot!

Unfortuently, I'm not super great at finding non-American events, so I apologize if you aren't in the US! But if you are, there are a couple websites that you can check out. For AKC sanctioned events (FastCAT/AKC agility/Rally-O/Confo/etc), AKC has an event calendar.

For things like disc, you can check out UpDog's event page, Skyhoundz event page, USDDN (international), UFO (international), Quadruped, or AWI.

Agility has a couple besides AKC: UKI, CPE, NADAC, and USDAA.

Dock has a few with the main one being NADD and Ultimate Air Dogs.

For flyball, UFLI has a tournament list page. NAFA also does tournaments but I only do UFLI and NAFA's website looks like hasn't been updated since, like, the 90s.

There are other sports, like bitesports (PSA/IGP/Mondio/French Ring) or racing (AOK9, etc) but I know nothing about the racing world and bitesports are one of those sports (much like Flyball tbh) where you'd need to reach out to a club first because a club will make or break a dog.

I got into agility back in like, 2019 or something because I took classes from a local facility and went to some AKC events and asked around. I got into PSA because I googled "bitesports [city]" and found the closest club was an hour a half, so I emailed them. And then made that drive every weekend for 10 or so months haha (I put so many miles on my car). Moved to Wisconsin and reached out to a disc club local to me asking for a private lesson in disc on Facebook, ended up accidentally getting invited to play Toss & Fetch and my disc obsession spiraled from there. Ended up getting into flyball because I made friends with a lot of flyball people at disc. Everything else I've tried (like barn hunt/herding/etc) was a combination of looking on the AKC event page and going "I can do that", a friend going "you can do this, come to X event", or me frantically googling locations or sports or classes or private lessons.

When I first started out, I struggled a LOT. In Texas, there were quite a few places and clubs around me, but I only had about three months of that before I moved to Arkansas, which was a dog sport dead zone. I didn't have the connections or knowledge to even know where to look to get access to those places. It took me months to find the one single place where I could rent an agility field. I spent most of my time throwing a frisbee in a park not even knowing that disc was a dog sport I could compete in. Luckily, where I am now is pretty dominated by the sports I love and I've made a lot of really amazing connections which helps with knowing the who's/what's/how's of everything!

Good luck and I hope this helps!

[tea-time-terrier]

I’m getting back on tumblr for the first time in at least 5 years. Now I have a Rat Terrier too!!! I got so excited when I saw your sweater post ❤️❤️ this is Joyner! We compete in conformation, fastcat, and scent work through the AKC. Do you compete in any dog sports?

Ahh that's so awesome!! I love seeing more rat terriers! Joyner looks like a solid guy👌

We are dabbling in dog sports. Pike's titled in conformation, rally, scent detection, and tricks. She's a really fun dog to try a variety of sports and activities with!

[leggy-martian]

Had a fantastic time at a fastCAT event this past weekend!

Marte earned his BCAT title! Pending AKC approval, he'll be Fiat Lux Antares Alpha Sco BCAT!

This is the first title I've ever put on a dog, my first taste of that world.

We did a CAT fun run, to see if he could follow a lure, and, um...

Oh well, no lure coursing for him.

[highlycaffeinatedmudi]

Started working on the requirements for the AKC Fit Dog Bronze title! Gotta keep a record for 8 weeks of walking at least 75mins per week. This plus doing structured fitness exercises and sprint work is Kávé’s workout plan to get some faster times in FastCAT. Our next trial is March and I’d LOVE to get him doing solid 7s but we’ll see. His fastest is 7.8 but when I watch the videos I swear he’s slowing up in places. I’m hoping actually focusing on fitness and just more experience with FastCAT will put him in at least top 5 Mudis. Of course top 3 and getting invited to the invitational is ultimate goals but as few trials as we have every year, I’d be pleased with top 5!

[jogososhibainu]

FAST CAT® – which stands for Coursing Ability Test – is a timed 100-yard dash where dogs run one at a time, chasing a lure. It’s over before you know it — and it’s nothing short of awe-inspiring to watch your dog run at top speed, ears back, eyes focused, legs strong.

We first started our dogs with Coursing Ability (CA) tests ten years ago. Fastcat (FCAT) is now all the rage and is the fastest growing dog sport in AKC. Pictured is Koji, Grand Champion Jogoso's Day Trader FDC (Farmdog Certified) DCAT. Titles start at 150 points for BCAT, 500 points for DCAT and 1000 points for FCAT. Koji needs only one more run for his FCAT!

[blackpowderbrts]

So....a few weeks ago Lilu, Ben & I decided to try FAST CAT. Here is Lilu's inaugural run! We will definitely be doing this again and now we should do better since I now know the rules! 🤣😂🤷‍♀️ AKC GCH CH Proud of Being Adelaide Leventon, CGCA CGCU TKA ("Lilu") - born June 15, 2018 s. Karabas-Barabas iz Chigasovo d. Advocatus dei Dorofeya Prekrasnaya Owned by: Tessa Moore & Patty Bartley Shonts Bred by: Olga Budnik #liluthebrt #fastcat #rulesschmules #shewasSUPERFAST 🤣 #bestdogever #blackrussianterriers #blackrussianterrier #blackrussianterrierpuppies #blackrussianterrierpuppy #blackrussianterriersofinstagram #blackrussianterrierofinstagram #blackrussian #blackdogsrule #brtpuppy #brtpuppies #brtsofinstagram #brts #brt #tchiornyterrier #akcblackrussianterrier #akcbredwithheart #akcbreederofmerit #blackpowderkennel https://www.instagram.com/p/ClQ_0HAOYWk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[grayghostofthenorth]

Ghislaine Running FastCATS in South Jordan

[doginprogress]

Azula girl broke the personal record she set yesterday by an entire tenth of a second 🎉

29.61 MPH!!

[southerntchiorny]

A bit messy, but I finally got Kaiju’s ribbons up on the wall

[borders-for-life]

Raynes first official FastCAT was a success with both runs qualifying! I also had fun with the friends that came along to help and to compete too! #akc #fastcat #bordercollie #gottagofast https://www.instagram.com/p/CecF60CuXcP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[pbgvparty]

Rowan's FastCAT photos always make me so happy. Look at him! From super serious dude to bouncy happy dude 😂

[the-blueberry-jellyfish]

Listen. I've got the most handsome dog of this century and the next 💁💙🐾✨