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11 Overview of the UKC Obedience Exercises




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This article is from the Obedience Trials, by Cindy Tittle Moore with numerous contributions by others.

11 Overview of the UKC Obedience Exercises

Description of Exercises in each ring

Novice U-CD

    Honor (Long Down in opposite ring
      corner while other dog doing
      Heel on Leash)                    35 pts
    Heel on Leash and Figure 8          35
    Stand for Exam                      30
    Heel off Leash                      35
    Recall over Jump                    35
    Long Sit (1 min)                    30
                                       ----
                                       200

Open U-CDX

    Honoring (out of sight)             30 pts
    Heel Off Leash and Figure 8         40
    Drop on Recall                      30
    Retrieve on Flat                    20
    Retrieve over High Jump             30
    Broad Jump                          20
    Long Sit (3 min out of sight)       30

On the Heel Off Leash the steward walks the same pattern
as the handler/dog team. Also after the dog drops on the
Drop on Recall the steward walks from the handler's side
past the dog to the other side of the ring.


Utility U-UD

    Signaling and Heeling               30
    Honoring                            10
    Scent Discrimination (metal)        30
    Directed 'Marked' Retrieve
        (from handlers side)            20
    Directed 'Signal' Retrieve
        (sent from handler, then
         directed)                      30
    Consecutive Recalls
        (one with and one without
          Down)                         40
    Directed Jumping                    40

Jump heights: min 8 inches - max 24 inches. The height is set at even
2 inch increments. A dog 17 1/2 inches jumps 16 inch high. A dog must
jump twice its shoulder height for the Broad Jump in one inch
increments.

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