Frequently Asked Questions
Please know that most of these questions and answers are related to the Clubs located in Southern Nevada and therefore could differ from answers for the same questions in different locations.
Do I have to have a fast dog to enter Time 2 Beat (T2B)?
Absolutely not, in fact, it may be to your advantage for your steady and true dog. Many of these dogs win a qualifying score and placement!
Here's what one competitor has to share (sent September 12, 2011):
I felt that T2B was not for me because I run a 12 inch dog that qualifies, but we usually don't get first, second or third place. I ran it for the first time this past weekend, and what I learned about T2B is that you don't have to have a fast dog to qualify or even win.
Due to the name of the game, it gives the impression your dog must be fast in order to even consider entering this new AKC class. While this is true to a point for any of the AKC classes, there are other things to consider.
- First of all the course is designed for speed — nice flowing, non-trappy, non-technical course.
- Speed is NOT everything. You MUST run clean. So many handlers focused on speed trying to beat the time of the dog before them that dogs were not qualifying because handlers pushed their dogs and that resulted in runs with faults.
- Refusals are not called, therefore, you only lose time and you don't get a fault.
My 12 inch dog ended up with second place and 8 T2B points because we were clean and had the second fastest clean run! I recommend it. Give it a go. It is a fun game and a great warm up for your standard and jumpers classes when offered before them. Whether it's first in the day's running order, in the middle, or last, it's worth doing.