A guide to dog agility competition in Florida
German Shepherd Dog Club of America National Speciality
The GSDCA national speciality will allow you to string up to five days (seven if you have a GSD) of agility trials in Ocala. It starts with the MADTA trials Oct 7-9 at the Florida Horse Park followed by four days of trials at the World Equestrian Center as part of the GSDCA speciality. The first two days (Mon & Tue) of the GSDCA trials are all breed and the last two are GSD only. If you are into scent work, the GSDCA specialty will be having four trials Oct 8-11 with the first two days all breed (Sat & Sun) and the rest GSD only. For even more fun, the Brevard Kennel Club will have Fast CAT trials Oct 8-9 at the Greater Ocala facility.
US OPEN
The UKI US OPEN will be held in Jacksonville November 9-13.
For more information visit the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/USOpenUKI/
Bratty Paws has a set of UKI trials scheduled for the weekend before the OPEN.
This year there will be a West Coast OPEN 9/29-10/2. An OPEN will remain in Jacksonville through 2025 alternating between a US OPEN or an East Coast OPEN depending on how the West Coast OPEN is received. Starting in 2023, the Jacksonville Open will be a week later due to scheduling of the county fair.
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