I see quite a few people who are planning on coming back to NADAC even on a local level because of the change to allow toys for training in Novice and Intro - and to allow tugging on leashes at the end of a run. I am HOPING this off sets some of the increased fees (which I do understand is needed), because I don't have a max number of runs per trial, I have a max amount of money. So the money I give clubs really can't increase. I have some nerves about my smaller local clubs, because I love them and I don't want those trials to go away. This isn't a complaint about NADAC or increasing prices, just me worrying.
The post run tugging - man, I don't know. I've got one dog who doesn't tug anyway (not toy driven), one dog who would probably benefit, and one dog who, uh, absolutely does not need any more arousal if I want my runs not to fall apart. That last dog is also pretty environmentally sensitive and not a big fan of other dogs who appear to be 'out of control'. Would she leave me to go after a dog tugging on the other side of a ring? No. Would she be likely to lose her shit about it on the line? Honestly? Maybe. Would we lose connection? Yep. The noises involved are not even remotely similar to a dog excitement barking at the start line, or running and neither is her response (ie: she has none to *barking* dogs, but growling ones thrashing around are entirely different).
But see the first paragraph: I know people who are willing to come back because they can tug so I'm pretty inclined to just grit my teeth and work through it in the name of increased revenue for clubs who need it. Because I'd rather have dogs tugging leaving the ring at a trial than no trial, by rather a lot.