RALLY

Rally – a fun sport for everyone!

Rally is chock full of benefits & has something for everyone.  It’s great fun, particularly because attitudes and scoring are considerably relaxed in comparison to Obedience, and NQ’s are relatively rare.  It’s the perfect place to get started in AKC or UKC Performance Events – Ideal for youngsters as well as owners & dogs new to training & competing for titles.

Ring experience – Owners can provide encouragement, build confidence and work through challenges to help accustom their dogs to working comfortably in an actual trial without feeling the pressure & seriousness of the Obedience ring.

Training – Rally includes heeling, but is more about the components involved in executing each station, so it affords the opportunity to practice, test & hone various skill sets with the added bonuses of working in a real trial setting & chance to qualify & title.

Progression choices – Rally starts out with the basics, but unlike the entry level Obedience classes, there are many more exercises, and they vary from one trial to the next. Owners can stay at the novice level for a long time if they choose, and still enjoy the fun & challenge of a different grouping & sequencing of the many possible exercises each time in the ring. Owners can also take advantage of how Rally works to build a foundation and advance gradually and/or expand into other activities.

Breed club members can support Specialty trials with Rally entries, and some breed clubs (to include the parent clubs for Bulldogs & Kuvasz) have awards programs that include Rally titles.

In breeds that do not typically have large numbers of dogs participating in Rally (to include Bulldogs & Kuvasz), setting breed history, attaining national rankings, and earning class wins & placements are well within grasp.

UKC has a recognition program called “All Stars” for all dogs that excel in Rally by earning scores above 90.  UKC also offers “Total Dog” awards for dogs that qualify in a performance event (like Rally) & earn a win over competition in conformation at the same show.

Bea has put 41 Rally titles on 12 dogs:
Bulldogs:  Diesel, Moxie, Tipsy, Rowdy, Jack, Oakley, Cookie
Kuvasz: Legend, Ruby, Jello, Penny, Angel

RN – 12   RA – 7   RE – 6
RAE – 3   RAE2 – 1   RAE3 – 1   RAE4 – 1
RM – 2   RM2 – 1   RM3 – 1   RM4 – 1   RM5 – 1   RM6 – 1   RM7 – 1
RACH – 1   RACH2 – 1

Bea & Legend earned the first Kuvasz Rally Advanced Excellent title.
Legend’s daughter, Moola, is the first/only RAE 2 Kuvasz titleholder.
Moxie & her entire litter titled in Rally.
Oakley: a 4th generation Rally titleholder who got her RN just 5 days after turning 6 months old.
Oakley: the first Bulldog to be awarded a Rally Master title, a Rally Master 2 title. a Rally Master 3 title, a Rally Master 4 title & a Rally Champion title.
Oakley: the first Bulldog to be awarded the top Rally honor of HTQ at a Bulldog National Specialty.
Tipsy & her daughter, Oakley, are the first two Bulldogs to hold Rally Master titles. 

Wildwood Kuvasz and Bulldogs have been Nationally ranked in Rally, as published by Front & Finish.