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Dog Sports America

Every upcoming Fast CAT event Dog Sports America runs, and where.

About Dog Sports America.

Dog Sports America is an event crew based in Carson City, Nevada, that runs American Kennel Club (AKC) Fast CAT and other AKC events for kennel clubs, providing secretary services, entries, setup and teardown, workers and equipment. A Fast CAT or CAT test needs a lure machine, a laid-out course and people who know how to run them, so clubs that hold one often bring in a coursing crew to set up and run it. Dog Sports America is that crew for Baytown Kennel Club.

What Dog Sports America runs.

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Fast CAT

Fast CAT — short for Fast Coursing Ability Test — is a timed 100-yard dash where a dog runs alone down a straight lane (usually fenced — the premium list says whether the site is enclosed), chasing a white plastic lure pulled ahead by a motorized line. Electronic timers capture the run; the time is converted to miles per hour using a fixed formula, then multiplied by a height-based handicap to produce points toward titles. Dogs run one at a time, off-leash for the sprint, with a handler at the start and a catcher at the finish. The whole thing is over in seven to nine seconds for most dogs.

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