tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post8021785294401671302..comments2024-01-08T01:20:20.736-07:00Comments on Days of Speed and Slowtime Mondays: USDAA Nationals a boon for DOCNA Champs?Elaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-43197368517213576402011-11-11T17:08:56.032-07:002011-11-11T17:08:56.032-07:00I was thinking they could accept anyone who was qu...I was thinking they could accept anyone who was qualified for USDAA Nat's. in any of the 3 events since that would easily be a higher criteria than an NAC Q. I don't think they should let in locals who have only a Grand Prix Q and aren't going to Nat's. They do still have a Champs on the East Coast but it's smaller than the West. I'm sure there are trials, maybe they just aren't listed yet on the DOCNA site.<br /><br />I hadn't thought about the measurement thing. I thought DOCNA did accept USDAA measurements but I know they recently changed some rule regarding measuring but I don't know what it was. USDAA has stricter height cut-offs so accepting their height cards shouldn't be an issue.<br /><br />Yeah, if it was me I'd find a way to use USDAA Nat's. to get some fresh blood into the venue. But it's not my boat to sail so I guess we'll see what the real captains do. I know they don't want their Champs to be huge like USDAA but they could sure use more areas of the country having trials.Elaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-82802965979457316572011-11-10T14:43:24.827-07:002011-11-10T14:43:24.827-07:00Interesting thought. Maybe if DOCNA does some prom...Interesting thought. Maybe if DOCNA does some promoting, it could help them out. They would have to accept probably a Grand Prix Q as an equivalent qualification to an NAC - since Grand Prix needs to be 100% clean, that should be fair. They would probably also have to accept USDAA height measurements as it would probably be overwhelming to get a ton of dogs measured at DOCNA Champs.<br />On DOCNA's website, they only have scheduled events in Arizona and Colorado for 2012 - what happened to the east coast? I know they had them in PA and NY before. <br />That being the case, maybe most people in the rest of the US have never even heard of DOCNA before, so they would definitely need to do some PR work and get USDAA to put out some sort of news announcement about it in case anyone might be interested.Greg Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275468835940333887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-90164869090023518282011-11-10T13:12:08.223-07:002011-11-10T13:12:08.223-07:00When there are local trials the weekend before reg...When there are local trials the weekend before regionals, lots of the same people show up at that trial, and when nationals were in san deigo--7 hours from here--not long after our labor day trial, same people showed up from out of state for that, too. Crazy. But you may be on to something here.Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-21568123566991371512011-11-10T05:55:10.316-07:002011-11-10T05:55:10.316-07:00That sounds exciting. I cant wait to see what hap...That sounds exciting. I cant wait to see what happens.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378710392378543981noreply@blogger.com