Historical Question

[Janice_Shavor]

When did NADAC go to slat-less contacts?

Just curious.

[Chris Nelson]

Inception

Sharon or Becky can correct me if I’m wrong,  but slats on contacts was one of the many reasons nadac was formed.   Because the other venues wouldn’t remove them


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[Janice_Shavor]

We, the North Alabama Canine Cruisers, started hosting NADAC trials in 2006 (?).  At that time we could still use contacts legal in other venues (they had slats).

[Chris Nelson]

Hey Janice,

I’ll have to ask Sharon.   That really doesn’t compute with my memory


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[Lin Battaglia]

I don't ever remember slats at Cataldo. So maybe inception ? 

[Richard Wolfe]

I started NADAC in 2002.  Definitely no slats allowed then.

[dogrsqr]

Slats were allowed early on, but I can't remember when they went away.  I started in 1996.

Gina

[Lois Mierau]

There were slats and then we went to no slats and just painted/sand and then we went to rubber but I don't remember what year.

Lois Mierau
Sondog Agility

[Chris Nelson]

According to Sharon she is pretty sure we stopped allowing slats in 1996


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[Billie Rosen]

Sharon was against slats from the inception of NADAC, and I think there were no slats on the dog walk from early on.  But with the A-frame, there was a period of time where we had 3 slats near the top which supposedly helped small dogs who couldn't get all the way up the A-frame without them.  Then those were removed when NADAC went to the rubberized contacts, I believe.

[Roger Coor]

  The slats were gone years before the rubberized surface. From what I remember with a conversation with Sharon, she said originally they put a few slats on contacts and other venues followed, then she realized that if the surface was slippery enough that dogs needed slats going up, dogs jammed toes coming down, so they were removed.  The other venues kept the slats. You may notice that the other venue slats have diminished in size to the point that they are just token now.  The slatless contacts were in place when I started NADAC in 1997/1998, but the surface was still paint and sand.  So I am thinking it was either at inception or soon there after.  The rubberized surface came in somewhere around 2005.

[Mark Gwillim]

I was going to say the mid 90s, not sure of the the year. Just going by memories of what dog I was runing

[Sharon Nelson]

Sharon was against slats from the inception of NADAC, and I think there were no slats on the dog walk from early on.  But with the A-frame, there was a period of time where we had 3 slats near the top which supposedly helped small dogs who couldn't get all the way up the A-frame without them.  Then those were removed when NADAC went to the rubberized contacts, I believe.

You are exactly correct, Billie!  No slats on teeter or dog walk, 3 slats on the top of the a-frame to begin with.

Sharon

[Maureen deHaan]

I have been competing in NADAC since 1998 and I clearly remember and have photos of my dogs on equipment at trials that had slats well into the early 2000

[dogrsqr]

I found this Clean Run article which stated which states that by August 1 2004 they would require the A-frame to be slatless.  I do think there was a period, as usual, where slatless equipment was preferred but not required, and I think the dogwalk was first and A-frame last?  I remember when we came back from trialing other places people would ask me if they had a slatless A-frame and I would typically say "I don't know, I didn't really notice".

https://www.cleanrun.com/index.cfm/feature/213/history-of-agility-part-3.htm

Gina