dogs during pdga rounds

[Matt DeAngelis]

I checked the rules and competition manual to see if there was anything about having a dog accompanying a player during a round. I searched the doc and the only instance of the word dog was in the address for the pdga. So, is it OK to bring a dog with you on a tournament round?

[Josh Connell]

Competition Manual Section 3.1 General
D. Animals, with the exception of service animals, may not accompany players during competition.

[Matt DeAngelis]

Thanks josh. I searched the PDF version using keyword of dog, dogs, pet, etc, but not animal. I was convinced it wasn't allowed.

[Isaac Chaney]

If your dog can track down your lost disc, doesn't that count as a service to you?

[Josh Connell]

If your dog can track down your lost disc, doesn't that count as a service to you?

Depends...how deep are the tooth marks?

[Isaac Chaney]

The dog knows the differance between my discs and hers, she will just find it with her nose and not touch it.

[Patrick Harris]

Dogs are allowed as long the dogs are PDGA member and can prove that it can able to find discs in water or in woods. It can be consider as a service dog in a way.

Bear is well-known PDGA member dog at PDGA tournaments where there's water hazards which Bear can able to retrieve discs in the water including underwater too.

In short, most PDGA wouldn't allow any animals during tournament.

[Danny White]

Back in Utah, Big Wave Dave had a great dog. The only time she would go after a disc was when any disc went into the creek.
Then she would jump into the creek, retrieve the disc, walk around with it for a while, then nicely drop it at someones feet, no teeth marks.
Of course, he couldn't have her at tournaments but she was welcomed by all of us during casual rounds.

[Josh Connell]

Dogs are allowed as long the dogs are PDGA member and can prove that it can able to find discs in water or in woods. It can be consider as a service dog in a way.

Bear is well-known PDGA member dog at PDGA tournaments where there's water hazards which Bear can able to retrieve discs in the water including underwater too.

In short, most PDGA wouldn't allow any animals during tournament.

Bear is an officially trained and certified service dog, so he meets the exemption, member or not. Also, there's no rule preventing dogs from being on the course, only preventing dogs from accompanying players (and caddying, incidentally, service dog or not). Most of the time when Bear is retrieving, like at the Vibram, he's not there with a player, he's there with/as a staffer. No rule stopping him from doing that.

[Dave Jackson]

Bear Dog kicks ass.

[Titan Bariloni]

you can have your dog be a PDGA member?

I would sign my up if that is the case

he loves disc more then me...same thing he retrieves them but no teeth marks..mostly just spotted them until derek b used to throw crap shots and he would put em back on the fairway..lol and derek used to tease him so then he started messing with the disc even more

now if I bring him to the course he looks so sad and whines he can't go chase every disc he sees..and he will do this until he is ready to faint..and decides if ya throw a shiit shot and places where he feels is proper landing zone..lol

so now I just use him to throw practice shots and he fields them..bringing him to the course with other people just stresses me out and I feel like a dink to the dog and cardmates

[Josh Connell]

you can have your dog be a PDGA member?

Bear, PDGA# 34043

Of course, that doesn't extend him all the rights and privileges of human members (i.e. his PDGA membership doesn't automatically get him around the rules against dogs accompanying players, etc), but he can certainly be a member. If a dog owner has the disposable income to pay the membership, why should the PDGA object to taking the money? Another membership number assigned is another stat to use to promote the game.

Sign up your dog, sign up your cat, sign up your goldfish.

[Jeff Prendergast]

you can have your dog be a PDGA member?

Bear, PDGA# 34043

Of course, that doesn't extend him all the rights and privileges of human members (i.e. his PDGA membership doesn't automatically get him around the rules against dogs accompanying players, etc), but he can certainly be a member.

He can't follow a player, but could he be one? If he's a member, then someone can sign him up for a tournament as a player, no? His human caddy could hand him a disc (just as a good caddy would) and upon dropping it out of his mouth, from a legal stance, he could actually play in a tournament! If Jerel (71.4% werwolf, 16.6% human, 12% nougat) is allowed to tee it up, why not Bear?

Laugh-In anyone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qf6Sv3A9zs