02/24/2021
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Expansion of the AKC Rally Virtual Program to Include the Rally Advanced and Rally Excellent Classes
The AKC Rally Department is excited to announce the expansion of the AKC Rally Virtual Program to include the Rally Advanced and Rally Excellent classes. These are the next levels of classes added to the AKC Rally to the pilot program announced last year.
As with the Rally Novice and Rally Intermediate classes, the competitor sets up a pre-designed AKC Rally® course, video records the team’s performance, and submits it to AKC. In turn, AKC will assign a pre-selected AKC Rally Judge to virtually review and score the team’s Rally performance.
Courses Will Be Published – March 1, 2021
Entries Will Be Accepted – March 8, 2021
The AKC Rally Virtual Pilot program is open to all dogs six months of age and older. Dogs entered in the Rally Advanced class must have earned the Rally Novice (RN) title and may have earned the Rally Intermediate (RI) title according to the owner’s records. Qualifying in the Rally Advanced class three times will result in the dog earning the Rally Advanced (RA) title.
Dogs entered in the Rally Excellent class must have earned the Rally Advanced (RA) title according to the owner’s records. Qualifying in the Rally Excellent class three times will result in the dog earning the Rally Excellent (RE) title. All qualifying scores will be recorded on the dog’s AKC record and applied toward the three required for the Rally Advanced and Rally Excellent titles.
The qualifying scores and titles earned virtually are the same as those earned at in-person events. You may earn a title by qualifying at either or both types of events. The RAE class is not offered in this virtual pilot program and therefore, virtual classes cannot be used to earn the RAE title where double Qs at the same event are required. Rally Championship (RACH) points will be recorded for dogs after they have earned the Rally Excellent (RE) title, for scores of 91 or better in the Rally Advanced and Rally Excellent classes in the virtual program.
There are five pre-designed courses published on the AKC website for the exhibitor to choose from. The exhibitor will setup the course according to the Instructions provided in the Virtual Rally Guidebook. They will video the performance, upload the video to their personal YouTube account, set the required YouTube viewing options, and submit the video link with the online entry form and pay the fee electronically to AKC.
The virtual Rally program is planned to end at midnight December 31, 2021 and all video submissions must be received by that date and time. We are excited to offer this virtual option to our Rally Advanced and Excellent exhibitors!
For more information go to
https://www.akc.org/sports/rally/rally-virtual-entry-pilot/
During this time of necessary social distancing, we want to give our beginner AKC Rally® exhibitors a reason to continue training their dogs and to stay engaged with the sport of Rally. The AKC Rally Virtual Pilot Program will provide these exhibitors an opportunity to enter an AKC Rally® event.