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gvc-border wrote:

 

You have reminded me that I would like to learn more about Park our. I know what it is, but would like to hear your views on the different organizations, the skills and anything else you want to add. I was telling my friend about it this weekend as another activity that she 'might' be able to do with her collie that can no longer be the crazy running and jumping border collie. She enjoys having goals and the titling levels may appeal to her. Heck, I may play around with it a bit too.


I'll take a stab at it, and if you have more questions, I'd be happy to try to answer!!

There are two organizations that I know of. There might be others, but I don't know.

 

  • The International Dog Parkour Association (IDPKA)
  • All Dogs Parkour (ADP)


I got started with IDPKA in mid-summer. ADP actually just opened for entries on September 1st.

 

Both organizations require video submissions for titling.

 

In summary:

IDPKA

 

There are five levels for titling. Only one passing entry is needed to title at each level. The levels are: Training, Novice, Intermediate, Expert, Champion.

 

Some of the behaviors include: 2 paws on an object, 4 paws on an object, balance (walking on an object), in, under, through, tic tac (kind of like a swimmer's turn from flyball), etc.

 

The behaviors start easy at Training Level and become more difficult as one moves up through Expert. Difficulty increases with height, or thinness of the balance object, etc.

 

Training Level is pretty simple, Expert is quite difficult.

 

The behaviors required at each level are very specific, and all behaviors required at each level must be passed in an entry to title.


Training Level is optional. You can start in Novice.

 

The requirements for Champion are actually kind of different from other dog sports. You can actually go right to Championship after you get Novice. You technically don't have to do Intermediate and Advanced. The Champion title involves: working in different locations, creating new Parkour behaviors, demonstrating proper spotting, etc.

 

ADP

 

For All Dogs Parkour, there are about 50 different behaviors to choose from, and no one behavior is required.

 

For each entry, the handler chooses 12 exercises from that must be completed in one single location. Some duplication is permitted, depending on level.

At Level 1, for instance, of the 12, 6 different behaviors are required. Technically, the same 6 could be done twice.

 

At Level 2, of the 12, 7 different behaviors are required. There are five levels. After Level 3, a certain number of behaviors are required from the "Advanced Behavior" category, but, again, there are different ones to choose from.

 

At Levels 1 and 2, one qualifying entry is needed to title. At Levels 3, 4, and 5, three qualifying entries are needed to title. To get to Champion (at the end of the 5 levels), the team will have had to film in 11 different locations!!!

 

ADP also offers a "Special Division" for dogs who need extra modification of exercises - senior dogs or dogs with physical issues. Dean is titling in the Special Division.

 

My Thoughts

 

Both organizations are worth looking at. I very much prefer ADP. I like having the choice of Parkour behaviors for each entry. None of my dogs have to do anything that is unwise for them, as individuals, to try.

 

The difficulty in ADP comes from finding ways to get enough variety at each location, not by making things progressively harder for the dog.

 

I consider some of the requirements in Intermediate and Expert in IDPKA to be unsafe, and I will not ask Tessa or Dean to attempt them, so I have kind of stopped with that, at least for now.

For IDPKA, it can take A LONG time to get results. In ADP, you usually have results within a day or two. Longest you will wait is two weeks.

OK, if you have any specific questions . . . .

 

 

 

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Thanks for the great info.

 

When you video for a submission, are you allowed to edit the video? e.g. are all the behaviors required to be performed consecutively or can you edit segments together?

 

For the IDPKA, you actually have to upload the clip of each behavior separately. Then, on the entry form, you put in each video link for each behavior.

 

For ADP, you have to edit the whole thing together into one video.

 

You don't have to video consecutively for either venue. (There is a sequence exercise in IDPKA that has to be consecutive, but that is considered one behavior). For IDPKA, you can video in different locations and on different days. For ADP, you have to use one location, but can video different clips on different days.

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Kristine do you have a link to All dogs parkour, google will not find me a website. I found your blog though when I searched .

 

Right now they don't have a website. The founder is using a Facebook group to provide all information (rules, exercise descriptions, list of title holders, etc.). The group is public and all information that you need is in the files. As long as you have a Facebook account, you can access everything, even if you don't join the group.

 

A website might come later.

 

Here is the link to the group:

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AllDogsParkour/

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