Cynosports - Who's coming?

[renegade]

Ok guys, we're in the midst of planning for Cynosports and it would be of great help to me if I had an idea of how many people were planning on coming for the world championships. I can estimate based on how many people are qualified, but it would help to get an idea of who's actually planning on making the trip.

So - who's planning on (or even thinking about) coming?

Renegade, Jasper and I will be there...

[daftershock]

Stryker and Bubbles will be there too.

I am thinking Thurs night. late! Wonder if I could get Brian to play hookie on friday.

[Stanley]

Stanley will be bringing Craig to the event.

[PrinceAndyFlores]

We will be there with Andy. Unfortunatley we won't be able to make it until Saturday morning/afternoon. To bad Octavio and I aren't allowed vacation 4 months a year and November happens to be one of those. =(

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[Pilot's Mom]

Pilot and Jenny are coming!

[Sassy Girl]

Wendy.....ROAD TRIP!!!

Gunner, Twizzy, Vandal and I will be there for sure....

[Sardo]

Me and Maximus will be there.

[hershey kiss]

Hershey Kiss and family will be there.

[Cruisin'ThroughTheAir]

We're going to give it a shot...so Charlie will be coming along with some doggy buddies, and his humans too :) Might have Sienna jump just for fun.

[all4sadie]

Cindy and Sadie will be there. Can't wait, we are looking forward to it.

[FlyingSquirrel]

Hey Wendy -

Oscar and Emmy are playing in agility for Cynosports, so we'll be there! :)

Kim

[Linda Hettich]

Tessa the Little Girl Dog will be there!

[Docker Mom]

Phoebe, Dunkin and Marty will be joining me for the whole event and we can't wait!

See you all there.


Marilyn

[Pumba]

We will be there. We are expecting to be there Thursday night.

[knucklehead]

Me and Maggie will be there, as well as some of the other Phoenix Splash Dogs. Maggie will be jumping Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Oh yeah, the last heat on Thursday too! She can't wait to see all the jumping Splash Dogs.

[CaptainBigBark]

We're coming, with Tractor. :)

[MollyMonster]

Kahlua and I will be there too!
She hasn't jumped in a few months... no place to practice since our ONE dog park w/ a "dock" and pond has been closed. Soon to reopen though! So she'll be training soon!

Can't wait to see u all there!!!!
FUN FUN FUN!!!

[Solo]

Solo and I will be there. This gives me a good reason to take time off from work :).

see you guys there

--Lindamaria and Solo

[renegade]

Hello all,

We need your help to make Cynosports a great event! We can't do events this big without the help of volunteers. If you're able to help us out, please fill out the form at: http://splashdogs.com/events/register/volunteer.php

We will also of course accept volunteers on site if you find yourself with some downtime.

As usual at our events, you will earn Splash Bucks for your volunteer hours. You will earn 10 Splash Bucks for each 2 hour shift worked. Splash Bucks are valid for Splash Dogs merchandise and Splash Dogs waves/practice fees. Splash Bucks may be used at any time after your shift is worked.

Unfortunately we are not able to accept splash bucks for the 2007 awards dinner or the splash dogs world championships (nov 3-4). We will be accepting splash bucks for the cynosports dock jumping challenge though (Oct 31-Nov 3)!

[Jillie'sMom]

Hi All,
Jack, Jillie and I will trek across the desert on Wednesday ..looking forward to all the events. I will sign up to volunteer.
Goin' shopping for EZ type pop up - coolers,more collars, etc.

See you all soon!
Jillie's Mom-Katie:)

[ssejrnv]

Looks like me and my crew will be there. Not sure if I will be busy doing flyball as well but I did promise Emma that I would make time for some lure coursing.
JJ and crew

[SplishSplashCrash]

Crash and I will be there.

[renegade]

By the way - make sure you are keeping an eye on the 2007 Splash Dogs Cynosports World Championships Information Forum (located at: http://splashdogs.com/messageboard/phpBB2/forumdisplay.php?f=9

We are continuing to post additional event information as it becomes available!

It's exciting to see how many of you are planning on making the trip!

[renegade]

Cynosports is coming!

It's looking to be a fun filled event with lots of great people from all over the nation!

So far we have people registered from 9 different states including CA, NV, AZ, MI, IL, WA, MO, NY, UT. I've also heard from someone in VA contemplating coming out!

We have 79 different handlers pre-registered for the week with 101 different dogs for 425 wave entries (that's 850 jumps at 2 jumps per wave). And that's just the pre-registrations!

We have 17 different breeds registered including: chessies, labs, mixed breed, flat coats, curly coats, rottie, bc, goldens, pit bulls, duck tollers, staffies, gsp, dobie, prt, acd, mal and weimaraner!

[Sassy Girl]

aaah Wendy....I have a question for you. At what event had the most breeds represented? Is that something you can pull from all your data?


Inquiring minds want to know.... :-)

[renegade]

Wags For Wishes 2006 with 21 different breeds: (Wags for wishes 2007 was one behind with 20 different breeds).
Border Collie
Labrador Retriever
Golden Retriever
Jack Russell Terrier
Australian Cattle Dog
Belgian Tervuren
Other
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
German Shepherd Dog
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Rottweiler
Curly-Coated Retriever
Belgian Malinois
Vizsla
American Staffordshire Terrier
Papillon
English Springer Spaniel
American Pit Bull Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Australian Shepherd
Flat-Coated Retriever

[Sassy Girl]

That is awesome!!!! 21 different breeds. Wonder what Cyno will bring this time around...

[renegade]

Since this is a USDAA event probably lots and lots of border collies!

In the past I've done mostly AKC agility - there are a lot of border collies in the 20 and 24" height classes, but you also see a lot of other breeds. Since I've been doing USDAA more lately with Ren I've been surprised at the bias to border collies. Taking statistics from the Bay Team Regional trial over labor day, there were 216 border collies out of 529 dogs! That includes all the small dogs too. The next closest breed was aussies with 58. And get this - only 8 goldens and 8 labs out of the 529 dogs!

[renegade]

Over the history of splashdogs - here are some more "fun" statistics:

Top Dog Names
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1. Bailey - 22 dogs
2. Max - 11 dogs
2. Lucy - 11 dogs
2. Jake - 11 dogs
2. Bella - 11 dogs
6. Jack - 10 dogs
6. Buddy - 10 dogs
8. Cody - 9 dogs
9. Daisy - 8 dogs
9. Duke - 8 dogs
9. Gunner - 8 dogs
9. Kona - 8 dogs
9. Maggie - 8 dogs
9. Murphy - 8 dogs
9. Riley - 8 dogs
9. Rocky - 8 dogs

Number of dogs by breed
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1. Labrador Retriever - 706 dogs
2. Other - 182 dogs
3. Golden Retriever - 104
4. Border Collie - 77
5. Chesapeake Bay Retriever - 51
6. Belgian Malinois - 24
7. GSP - 22
8. Australian Shepherd - 21
8. German Shepherd - 21
10. Jack Russell - 20
11. ACD - 16
12. Flat Coat - 16
13. Duck Toller - 15
14. American Pit Bull Terrier - 13
15. English Springer Spanel - 11

[MickeyD'sMom]

And MickeyD remains one of a kind!!!! In more ways than one!

[Love4Snapple]

Snapple will be bringing Don and Cindy to cheer him on!!
Looking forward to seeing everyone!!

[Shiner Bock]

Shiner Bock from Bedford, Virginia will bring his people, Wayne and Wendy. Human relatives from Snowflake, AZ may also come to watch the fun.