I am still confused about team entry. Are the divisions of standard, Vet/jr handler, DD only applicable to the teams in elite?
Or worded another way, for all pre-elite handlers, can they combine with other pre-elite handlers IRREGARDLESS of whether the team members are ALL 3 veteran handlers, ALL 3 veteran dogs or ALL 3 junior handlers as long as all the team members are entered in pre-elite?
Specifically:
1) If someone is a veteran handler in pre-elite can they be on a team in pre elite with 2 other handlers that are not veteran handlers?
2) Can a handler with a veteran dog in pre elite be on a pre elite team with other dogs that are not veteran dogs?
3) Can a jr handler in pre elite be on a team with other non jr handlers?
Pre-Elite has no separate sub divisions. It's only grouped by dogs height, So Pre-Elite Medium, Pre-Elite Large, etc. You can be on a team with ANYONE you want to in pre elite, regardless of what they are running as.
Regarding the Elite level (provided my understanding is correct for elite vs pre-elite), one of the divisions says Vet/jr handler and another is listed as DD. What does the Vet refer to; handler or dog? If it refers to either handler or dog, I thought the DD would be in with the veteran dogs?
I知 sorry that I seem to have a brain block in understanding this. We have a group of 18 of us that want to make teams and have a mixture of pre-elite and elite, some veteran dogs and some veteran handlers so I just want to make sure we form our teams correctly.
Thank you
There is both Veteran Handler, and Veteran Dog. After last year we split those divisions up into their own. There is more than enough dogs in both of those this year, so we don't need to combine them.
Double Digit dogs run the Pre-Elite course because it is shorter. So they have to be on a team of their peers.
Easiest thing to remember is that Pre-Elite = do whatever you want.
Every other division = teams must be of your same division and sub division.
The only group this year that we have to merge with another group is the Elite Junior handlers. There are only two of them, so they can be on a team with anyone they would like in the Elite divisions since we can't make a team competition out of two dogs
