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Get ready to rock at the Minnesota Disc Dog State Championship! This year's event is a weekend UpDog tournament where we will crown Minnesota's champion disc dog team! It will be 3 jam packed days full of UpDog fun, camping, rock n roll and more! This year's theme is CAMP ROCK and we are so ready to jam with you and your dogs. This event is open to anyone from anywhere and all skill levels are welcome to come out to play! Registration NEW: This year's registration will open in waves. The first wave will be for UpDog head judges and freestyle judges that will be judging during the weekend. The second wave will be for MNDDC members who have volunteered at a 2026 MNDDC event. The third wave will be for all other MNDDC members. The last wave will be for all non-MNDDC members. The dates for each wave are posted below. If you are in wave 1 or 2, you will receive a sign up link on the opening date. If you are in wave 3, the link will be posted in the members only facebook group. Wave 4 will be posted in the public facebook group and will also be linked below. Run limits: In order to accommodate the most amount of teams, we do have a strict run limit of 9 runs per day. This equals enough for 2 dogs to play in every game plus one flex round. Registration Dates: Wave 1 - August 9th at 8pm Wave 2 - August 10th at 8pm Wave 3 - August 11th at 8pm Wave 4 - August 12th at 8pm Note: Sign up using this link will not be available until after the wave 4 registration date listed above Location Ham Lake Resort 2400 Constance Blvd NE Ham Lake, MN, United States, Minnesota 55304 Link to Resort Info (763)-434-9492 Call to reserve camping spots and tell them you are with the Minnesota Disc Dog Club. Dates September 18th Evening September 19th All Day September 20th All Day Map Schedule Friday 1:00pm - Check in Begins 3:00pm - Fireball followed by 4WayPlay Pairs 5:30pm - Human Games 6:30pm- Awards Saturday 8:00am - Pancake Breakfast 9:00am - Games Start 6:00pm - Potluck + Awards Game Schedule: Blue Field Green Field Freestyle Greedy Frizgility - Flex Field 4WayPlay - Pam Plan Frizgility - Flex Field Sunday 8:00am - Pancake Breakfast 9:00am - Games Start 5:00pm- Awards Game Schedule: Blue Field Green Field Freestyle Throw N Go Time Warp - Flex Field Spaced Out - Pam Plan Time Warp - Flex Field Returning in 2026 We implemented some changes to last year's state champs to allow more teams to play while also still appreciating the camaraderie that comes from playing a single field. These plans worked very well last year and we are happy to bringing them back this year. Pam Plan - We will be running the Pam Plan during Freestyle. A style of event running that was created by Pam Martin with USDDN to help eliminate the “dead time” during Freestyle judging after the round has ended. We want our judges to feel like they have the time to write meaningful and thoughtful feedback and focus on scoring without rushing, and the Pam Plan allows that AND the ability to run more dogs. The short summary: after a Freestyle team has finished and cleared the field, a non-FS dog will play a round of a 60 second game. Once that round finishes, assuming the FS judges are ready, the next Freestyle team will take the field. Play continues in this alternating style. The Pam Plan is not walk up style - there will be a set run order for the duration of Freestyle and the 60 second game. For Freestyle teams or judges, they will run their game round after FS has finished to ensure we aren’t overworking their dogs or rushing anyone after they’ve judged. Flex Field - We will also be running a Flex Field for one game each day (Frizgility on Saturday & Time Warp Sunday). The flex field game will be setup as follows; two identical fields that are prepped for play of the same game, but only ONE dog plays at a time, and both fields have a set run order. When the team on Blue Field finishes their round, their priority will be to leash their dog, leave their discs, and get off the field. Then, the dog that is ready on Green Field immediately starts their round. When the Green Field dog is playing, disc runners will clear the Blue Field discs and the next dog will get set up and ready to play. Once Green Field, dog ends and is leashed, the Blue Field dog unleashes and plays their round. Play continues in a repeated fashion of back and forth play between the two fields. There will be a fence set up between fields to help with visual barrier, but the field set up will allow our members to enjoy watching BOTH fields of play without it feeling like a 2-field event. Both fields will have sufficient buffer space per UpDog rules as well. Dogs that need space will be strategically placed in the run order to promote success - but please know, only ONE dog will be off leash at a time with this set up. Flex Field is fully run order - none of these rounds will be walk up style. Disc Runners - this is an official volunteer position at State Champs with 2 people assigned per game half, similar to how we schedule a Head Judge, timer, line judge, etc, that are solely in charge of picking up discs and bringing them to the designated table for teams to pick up later. We are asking our teams for a new exit strategy for any game with 4 or more discs to NOT pick up discs after your round ends, but instead leash up your dog and leave the field. Disc Runners will grab all of your discs for you! Focus on leaving the field so the next dog can get ready. FUN STUFF AND AWARDS! State Champion - Determination & Divisions The top placing Pro team will be crowned State Champion. Overall winners for Intermediate and Novice will also be awarded. Winners will be determined by their scores in Freestyle (50%) and their best three games of the six games played on Saturday and Sunday (50%). Playing both days of champs gives you more points towards that overall award! Friday games won't count towards overall winners for Champs. They're just for fun but will still receive game points and placements. Divisions - We will be assigning divisions to teams based on their past scores in the games that we will be playing at State Champs. We are using UpDog's Triple Crown criteria to determine placement in divisions. However, we are only taking into account the specific games played at State Champs rather than all games. You MAY play up divisions, you may not play down divisions once it's been determined for your team(s). Awards for Everyone! EVERY SINGLE PLAYER will receive a special rock n roll themed award that they can add their placements and awards to all weekend long. We'll be awarding up to 5th or 10th place in each division (based on sign up numbers) and we have special award types to hand out as well! Our goal is that each player goes home with great memories, accomplishments, and things to be proud of from the event. Games & Special Awards Coming Soon! Run Orders Please click the link below to view the current run orders. The run order is subject to change! If you have concerns, questions, or would like to request changes made to the run order please see below for contact information. Run Orders! - COMING SOON Withdraw & Refunds Deadline - Saturday September 12th Requests must be made via email to MNDDC.President@gmail.com Deadlines for Changes to Run Order: Wednesday Sept 16th Please DO NOT message event hosts on Messenger or leave comments on Facebook posts to make changes to run orders, divisions, withdraws, etc. Thank you! Rules Please see below for links to the various rules and guidelines for all of the games being played at State Champs. It is the player’s responsibility to read the rules prior to the event. Event hosts will be available to help with questions. The UpDog Challenge website also has Virtual Player’s Meetings to watch on Youtube. UpDog Challenge - General Rules - Freestyle Time Warp - Greedy - Throw N Go - Spaced Out - Frizgility - 4WayPlay - Fireball Facebook Event Page State Champs Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DDhGB8rc6/ If you cannot see the event page, you may need to join our group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mnddc

Our next round of Toss & Fetch League will be starting on July 30th! Toss & Fetch is open to all. Each team will play two rounds and have 60 seconds in each round to complete as many catches as possible. Find out more about Toss & Fetch League here. Dates: Thursdays, July 30th - August 27th Time: 5:30pm Location: Pike Lake Kindergarten Center

Come jam with the MNDDC under the stars! Due to popularity, we have added a second evening this year for even more fun with your dog. Additionally we are adding a brand new game to Friday night; Leapfrog! Star Jam is the one event a year where you can play the original MNDDC games! The full guidelines are available here. Competition Dates: August 7th & 8th. Registration Opens: July 15th at at 7pm Schedule: Friday - Field opens at 7pm (please do not arrive earlier than 7pm). Games: LeapFrog & LongShot Saturday - Field opens at 5:00pm Games: Freestyle, Catch 22, MNDDC Toss & Fetch Location: Canine Coach - West Saint Paul Sport Park 1700 Marthaler Ln St Paul, MN Note: Sign up will not be available until after the registration open date listed above. Additional Premium Information Awards and Divisions Novice, Intermediate and Pro divisions will be offered for all games and freestyle. There will also be overall awards given to the top 3 teams in each division with the highest overall score at the end of the 2nd day. An overall junior team and an overall small dog team award will also be given unless the junior or small dog places in the top 3 overall, then the award will be given to the next highest ranked junior or small dog. Additional "fun" awards will be given at this event and will be announced day of. Club Cup Club cup points will be offered for all games and freestyle at this event. However, because Star Jam is two half day events, it will be combined as a 1 day event in the club cup calculations. Divisions Although we won't be playing UpDog games at this event, we would still recommend your overall suggested UpDog division be used at Star Jam. To find your overall division, we recommend the tool "More Data for UpDog Games". This is a free Chrome extension that only works on your Chrome web browser on a computer. If you are not able to use the extension, the percentile that was used to calculate the recommended divisions is as follows; Top 90-100% - Pro 89-55% - Intermediate 54% and below - Novice Cost The cost of the event helps offset our costs for the field rental, paint, event fees, awards and more. The price is the same regardless of division. However, we offer a member discount per run if you are a 2026 member. Price per run for this event is set as the following; Freestyle - $10 member / $15 non-member Games - $10 member / $15 non-member An additional discount if you sign up for all games + freestyle is offered at this event: $45 member / $70 non-member

Welcome to the Dog Days of Summer! This year's event will consist of an Ashley Whippet Invitational (AWI) world qualifier and UpDog Challenge Games. More information can be found here: Event Invite. Note: Due to only playing on one field, this event is limited to 170 runs total (14 runs maximum per person). Competition Dates: July 11th & 12th Location: Black Dog Park, Burnsville, MN Registration Opens: Wednesday June 17th at 7pm Schedule: Saturday [UpDog] Freestyle Performance Frizgility Boom Four Way Play Time Warp Spaced Out FarOut Sunday [AWI + UpDog]: AWI Freestyle (Round 1) UpDog Freestyle lvl1 AWI Toss and Catch UpDog Throw n’ Go Lvl 1 AWI Cash and Catch (Round 1) AWI Freestyle (Round 2) UpDog Fireball AWI Cash and Catch (Round 2) Note: Sign up will not be available until after the registration open date listed above. Additional Premium Information Run Limit Due to this event only running one field, we will have a run limit of 170 total runs. Registering handlers will be limited to 14 runs Saturday, with the goal of allowing more runs for different handlers. If extra runs are available within a week of the event, teams who might desire additional runs above 14 will be contacted and runs will be offered to them. AWI Information This event is an AWI World Qualifier event. There are two divisions; Open Overall and Open Toss & Catch. Additionally, the Open Toss & Catch winners (nicknamed Cash & Catch) will be eligible for a cash prize. See COST section below for more information on cost and cash prizes. Open Overall teams will complete one round of Freestyle and one round of Toss & Catch. These two scores will be added together and the field will be cut to the top 10 teams AFTER any ties have been broken. These 10 teams from Open Overall Division will then run one more round of Freestyle. Toss & Catch teams will run 2 rounds, then cut to the top 10 teams for one more round to determine the Champion. If there is a tie for 1st place, a throw off will determine the Champion. Teams can sign up for both Open Overall and Open Toss & Catch. More information about AWI including full rules can be found here: https://www.ashleywhippet.com/rules Awards The Black Dog Award - As this is our first year at Black Dog Park, we will be offering a special award sponsored by The Canine Coach! This fun award will earned by the crowd's favorite freestyle routine performed by a black (or mostly black) dog. All divisions are eligible to earn this fun award. If you plan to play in freestyle with a black dog, make sure to note that in your sign up. Sunday Only - We encourage all levels of teams to try out AWI and join the Open division. However, we understand new teams might prefer to play in a recreational level, so we are offering UpDog Level 1 freestyle and throw n go. Intermediate and Pro levels can play these UpDog games for points only but awards will only be given out to Novice teams*. All AWI teams will be eligible for awards. All divisions of UpDog Fireball will also be eligible for awards. In addition, only the AWI and Fireball points will go towards Club Cup on Sunday. *Novice Level 1 Freestyle (Sunday only) and Novice Throw N Go will have a combined award, similar to the AWI combined award. When signing up, make sure to select the Sunday Novice Package in order to be eligible for this award. Divisions UpDog Divisions are selected using the tool "More Data for UpDog Games". This is a free Chrome extension that only works on your Chrome web browser on a computer. We would recommend downloading this extension to see what division it recommends on your UpDog Teams page. If you are not able to use the extension, the percentile that was used to calculate the recommended divisions is as follows; Top 90-100% - Pro 89-55% - Intermediate 54% and below - Novice Cost & Prizes The cost of the event helps offset our costs for the field rental, paint, event fees, awards and more. We offer a member discount per run for UpDog games if you are a 2026 member. Price per run for this event is set as the following; Freestyle (UpDog) - $15 members/ $20 non-members UpDog Games - $10 members/ $12 non-members Sunday Novice Teams - UpDog Level 1 Freestyle + Throw N Go - $20 AWI Open Overall (Freestyle and Toss & Catch) : $25 Open Toss & Catch : $25 AWI Cash Prize: $5 of each entry fee will go to the overall winner of the Cash & Catch

Minnesota Disc Dog Club MicroDog Division (MNMicro) The Minnesota Disc Dog Club is proud to present our newest event Division: MicroDog! We’ll be calling it MNMicro to avoid any confusion with other venue small dog designations. This Division is open to all handlers of any age or skill level, the dog determines the division in this case! Please note, that some disc venues have their own small dog rules, and those will supersede any MNDDC rules. We’ve tried to clarify those rules below as best we can. In very exciting news, this also means our Annual State Championships will have an Overall MicroDog Winner!!! 🥳 Qualifying Dogs for MNMicro Any dog that measures 16” or less at the withers (the highest point of the shoulder blades while standing). This height runs from the withers to ground while the dog is standing in an upright position. More details below! Other Venue Exceptions Please note, that when MNDDC offers any of the following venues for competitive disc play, we will be following their rules for small dogs. Skyhoundz Microdog rules: under 17” at the withers and must use small hyperflite discs. Toss & Fetch League rules: under 15.75” at the withers. While UpDog offers height divisions at the host’s discretion, we will only use your UpDog height division to determine your jump height in crossover games. MNMicro Division will be used for awards and placements. For ease of clarification, UpDog’s two smaller dog categories are Mini (under 15” at withers) and Midi (15-18” at withers). AWI no longer offers a Small Dog Division. Disc Types For MNMicro, any disc approved by the competition venue type (UpDog, T&F, etc) will be allowed for our small dog division. You do not need to exclusively use small discs. Measuring Rules Dogs over 2 years old can have an official MNDDC height on record after two different club officials have taken a measurement (can be done on the same day). Dogs under 2 years old will need to be re-measured at every event until they are 2 years of age. The club will also accept certain height cards from other sports, detailed below, in lieu of on-site measurements. MNDDC will have an appropriate measuring wicket on site for dog measurements on the morning of events. Measuring times will be announced for each event, and will likely occur in the morning before any games start. There will be at least two club officials for measuring on site: Official #1: One official to do the actual measurement (touching of the dog’s shoulders, moving of the wicket arm, minor adjustments to dog’s position with verbal permission from handler, etc). No dogs will be touched without handler permission first, and handlers may provide some guidance on working with their specific dog. Official #2: One official to verbally confirm to Official #1 and the Handler that the dog is in a proper upright standing position*, not leaning or being physically supported by the handler, and ready for a measurement. This official will also provide a visual confirm of Official #1’s measurement on the wicket. One official to record the measurement, this can be combined with Official #2’s duties. After one measurement has been confirmed in this style, the handler may opt for their second measurement to be done immediately and Officials #1 and #2 will swap roles for a second measurement. Alternatively, if the dog would like a break, the Handler may return later in the measurement window for their second reading. *Measuring Proper Stance Front legs will be vertical (an imaginary line could be drawn perpendicular to the ground that runs from the highest point of the dog’s shoulders down to the elbow and further down to the ground along the rear of the front legs to their wrist. Back legs will be positioned with the dog’s hocks perpendicular to the ground and spread no wider than the width of the dog. The dog’s head must be in an upright position and their jaw line should run parallel to the floor. Example: This measuring protocol was developed based on NAFA and some agility venue protocols. What we want most within the measuring process is for dogs to feel comfortable. Please bring any dog specific concerns to the measuring officials and we can try our best to find a compromise that works for the dogs but also upholds the measuring protocol validity. Club Officials may not measure their own dog or a dog in which they co-own. Accepted Height Cards The following venues provide height cards or official measurements that MNDDC accepts use in lieu of on-site measurements. NAFA: Only once a dog has had two measurements for the same jump height. A single measurement from NAFA will not qualify. Agility: Permanent height cards from agility venues that specify a dog’s actual height will be accepted. We cannot accept cards that only state the dog’s jump height. Disclaimer This Division is brand new in 2026 and may be subject to some tweaking of the rules and policies as we try something new to MNDDC :) We appreciate your patience, feedback, and understanding as we develop something new and fun for our small disc dogs!

Welcome to the Land of 10,000 Discs! This year's event will consist of a Skyhoundz Classic world qualifier, Hero Cup long-distance throwing competition, and UpDog Challenge games! Competition Dates: June 13th & 14th @ 9am Registration Opens: May 15th at 7pm Schedule: Saturday Skyhoundz DiscDogathon Games Bullseye Freestyle Spot Landing Time Trial Pairs Distance & Accuracy Hero Cup Long Distance Throw & Catch Comp Open Men's Division Pro Men's Division Open Women's Division Pro Women's Division Sunday* UpDog Freestyle & Games Freestyle Criteria* 7Up Time Warp* Throw N Go* Fireball 4WayPlay* *See below on how awards and divisions will work for this event. Location: National Sports Center 1750 105th Ave NE Blaine, MN 55449 Fields 2 & 4 (Parking in Lot A) Additional Premium Information *Updog Awards & Divisions for Land of 10,000 Discs Freestyle L1 or L2 - Custom awards will be give for teams placing in the top 3 for L1 Novice, Intermediate & L2 Pro Divisions. Ribbons will be given for top 3 teams if a different level is chosen during sign up. No "Gold Up" is required for teams playing in level 2. 7Up - Custom awards for teams placing in the top 3 for Novice, Intermediate, and Pro divisions. No level selection needed. Time Warp L1 or L2 - Custom awards will be give for teams placing in the top 3 for L1 Novice, Intermediate & L2 Pro Divisions. Ribbons will be given for top 3 teams if a different level is chosen during sign up. A "Gold Up" is required in this game for level 2 in order to submit points to UpDog. Throw N Go L2 - Custom awards will be give for teams placing in the top 3 for Novice, Intermediate and Pro Divisions for L2 only. No "Gold Up" is required for teams to play in level 2. Fireball - Custom awards for teams placing in the top 3 for Novice, Intermediate, and Pro divisions. No level selection needed. 4WayPlay - Custom awards will be give for teams placing in the top 3 for L1 Novice, Intermediate & L2 Pro Divisions. Ribbons will be given for top 3 teams if a different level is chosen during sign up. A "Gold Up" is required in this game for level 2 in order to submit points to UpDog. Club Cup Club cup points will only be earned by teams that play in the following divisions; Novice - All Skyhoundz Games, Hero Cup, and all UpDog games Level 1 (except Throw N Go will be level 2) Intermediate - All Skyhoundz Games, Hero Cup, and all UpDog games Level 1 (except Throw N Go will be level 2) Pro - All Skyhoundz Games, Hero Cup, and Level 2 games for Freestyle, 4WP, Throw N Go, and Time Warp and Level 1 for other UpDog Games. Divisions Divisions are selected using the tool "More Data for UpDog Games". This is a free Chrome extension that only works on your Chrome web browser on a computer. We would recommend downloading this extension to see what division it recommends on your UpDog Teams page. If you are not able to use the extension, the percentile that was used to calculate the recommended divisions uses a team's top 5 scores and then takes their average percentile of those scores and divides them into the following divisions: 90-100% - Pro 89-55% - Intermediate 54% and below - Novice Cost The cost of the event helps offset our costs for the field rental, paint, event fees, awards and more. The price is the same regardless of division. However, we offer a member discount per run if you are a 2026 member. Price per run for this event is set as the following; Freestyle (Skyhoundz) - $10 members/ $12 non-members. Skyhoundz Games - $10 members/ $12 non-members Hero Cup - $30 for first dog, $20 for each additional dog. Freestyle (UpDog) - $15 members/ $20 non-members UpDog Games - $10 members/ $12 non-members

Our next round of Toss & Fetch League will be starting on June 11th! Toss & Fetch is open to all. Each team will play two rounds and have 90 seconds in each round to make catches. The 5 best catches will count towards the final score. Find out more about Toss & Fetch League here. Dates: Thursdays, June 11th - July 9th Time: 5:30pm Location: Pike Lake Kindergarten Center

The MN Disc Dog club is excited to welcome Matt Bilderback of High Performance Canines to Minnesota for 2 days of freestyle and distance seminars. About your instructor: Matt has been performing and training in disc since 2005. He travels all over the US with High Performance Canines doing half time shows and other events. He is a multiple time world and national champion including the 2025 AWI World Championships for both freestyle and toss & catch. More information about him can be found here: https://www.highperformancecanines.com/ Seminar Date:   May 9th - May 10th Schedule: Saturday AM Freestyle theory This includes routine building, setting up your dog for success, differences between freestyle in disc organizations, and disc management. 12 working spots Saturday PM Freestyle Jam Sessions Work on individual goals in a group setting. Working through any routine challenges and grow your scores on the freestyle field. 8 working spots Sunday AM Toss & Fetch - How to become a champion Will work on consistency, distance, accuracy, return speed and handoff. 20 working spots Sunday PM Distance This seminar is all distance technique and getting better throws at longer distances. 10 working spots Location: 31158 Palisade St NE, Cambridge, MN 55008 Registration Opens: Members: Friday April 17th at 9am Non-Members: Monday April 20th at 9am Registration Information: 2026 Paid MNDDC Members will get exclusive first access to registration for the seminar. Any remaining spots will open to the public at a later date. You can become a member here: https://minnesota-disc-dog-club.square.site Seminar Notes: You can switch between dogs if you would like during your working sessions (so one seminar spot shared between more than one of your own dogs) There is no dog age limit, however, 16+ months old is recommended for freestyle disc dog. Pricing: Working spots for each session will be $125 for members and $150 for non-members. Note: Sign up will not be available until after the registration open date.

UPDATE: These have moved to Thursday nights at the same location. Our next round of Toss & Fetch League will be starting on April 17th! Toss & Fetch is open to all. Each team will play two rounds and have 60 seconds in each round to complete as many catches as possible. Find out more about Toss & Fetch League here. Dates: Thursdays April 23rd - May 21st Time: 6:30pm Location: Canine Coach - West St Paul

UPDATE: 2/26 - Unfortunately, we did not have enough teams signed up so we will not be doing March T&F. Our next T&F League will be late April to May. Keep a look out on our facebook page for more information. Our next round of Toss & Fetch League will be starting on March 3rd! Toss & Fetch is open to all. The 90/5 sessions are 90 seconds of play and your 5 best catches will count for your score. Find out more about Toss & Fetch League here. Dates: Tuesdays, March 3rd - March 31st Time: 5pm Location: New Brighton

Come join us for our annual membership meeting! We will discuss the plan for the 2026 season, answer questions, and discuss topics that are important to our disc dog community. This is your chance to meet other members and to have your voice heard. Dinner will be provided. Current, past, and prospective members are welcome! Please RSVP on the Facebook event page so we can plan accordingly. Date: Saturday Feb 7th Time: 3pm-6pm Location: Canine Coach - West St Paul Agenda: 3pm-5pm - Free Indoor Playdate - Dogs are welcome! 5pm - Dinner and Member meeting *2026 Membership is now open! Discounted pricing is in effect until May 1st: Sign up here

Our next round of Toss & Fetch League will be starting on Nov 16th! Toss & Fetch is open to all. Each team will play two rounds and have 60 seconds in each round to complete as many catches as possible. Find out more about Toss & Fetch League here. Dates: Sundays Nov. 16th - Dec 14th Time: 10am Location:   Long Lake Regional Park, New Brighton