Dock Dogs Northern Stars

The Ely Chamber of Commerce will kick off the summer season with a new event June 6-8 in Whiteside Park.  Ely will team up with DockDogsNorthernstars.com, the independent governing body for dock jumping and dock diving canine performance sports.

The Ely event will feature the Big Air, Extreme Vertical and the Speed Retrieve.  The Big Air features dogs running down a 40' dock and diving into a pool of water after an object, in which they are electronically judged for the length of their jump.  The Extreme Vertical competition is a "high jump” for the dogs as they lunge to snag a "bumper” suspended in the air.  With each grab, the height increases in 2 inch increments. And finally, the newest form of competition is the Speed Retrieve where the dogs are put on the clock to see how fast they can run down the dock, jump into the water, swim to the end of the pool and retrieve an object which is held by a modified extender arm.

DockDog Event Schedule
Ely Event, Ely MN June 6-8, 2008

Friday June 6th
	3:00 PM	Registration Opens Open Dock
	4:00 PM	Big Air Wave 1
Saturday June 7th
	9:00 AM	Registration Opens Open Dock
	10:00 AM	Big Air Wave 2
	12:30 PM	Big Air Wave 3
	3:00 PM	Extreme Vertical
	4:30 PM	Big Air Wave 4
Sunday June 8th
	9:00 AM	Registration Opens Open Dock
	10:00 AM	Speed Retrieve
	11:30 AM	Big Air Wave 5
	1:30 PM	Big Air Divisional Finals

Event Registration

This DockDogs event is open to any dog / handler team who wishes to enter. You may do this in one of two ways:

Pre-Register:

- In order to ensure official pre-registration placement:
- Print out the Registration Form
- mail the Form and a Check payment (payable to DockDogs Northern Stars) to:

DockDogs Northern Stars
4143 Beard Ave. So.
Minneapolis, MN 55410

- You will then be required to sign a waiver when you check in at the Event

Register on-site:

- one hour prior to the Wave(s) in which you would like to compete
- Pre-Registrants will be given PRIORITY within the running order. Each Wave is limited in the number of teams that will compete (see Event Schedule). On-site registration will be available only as space permits.
- Pre-Registration will close on Wednesday, June 4th 2008
- If a Wave fills prior to the close of the Pre-Registration period, a waiting list will be started for that Wave

Registration fee is $20, payable to DockDogs (cash, check) DDNS member will receive $5.00 off

PLEASE NOTE: Handlers or handlers representatives must be present to accept ribbons and awards. Ribbons or awards will NOT be mailed.

For further information or to participate, please go to:
www.dockdogsnorthernstars.com or www.dockdogs.com