Hello DACOF Community!
As a friendly reminder, the Preferred Jump Height Cut-Off Date was YESTERDAY, January 20, 2025.
To be eligible to run at the Preferred Height for DACOF 2025, all dogs MUST run only at their preferred height at all events, in all venues after today! Please keep this in mind when sending entries for upcoming trials – and while confirming entries already submitted!
Additionally, the 2025 Roster Deadline of February 21, 2025, is only five weeks away. Although that may seem like a lot of time now, it will seemingly pass in the blink of an eye! Hopefully everyone has already started, or will now start, thinking about putting together their rosters!
As a refresher, from our web page www.dacof.com / Send a Team tab / How to Participate drop-down menu:
Rosters are lists of people (Dog Handlers) with shared nexus from a particular organization or group. (e.g., Belong to the same Dog Club, train together, shared dog breed). All possible prospective handlers for a group should be submitted as a Roster before the "Roster Deadline" (approximately four months before the competition) to the DACOF Secretary. (The "Roster Deadline" can be found each year on the DACOF Flyer and on the "Important Deadlines" Tab of the DACOF Web Page.)
Not all handlers listed on the Roster must be on the Team, but additional handlers may not be added to the Roster after the "Roster Deadline."
Regardless of the number of handlers on the Roster, Each Organization or Group may send a maximum of 30 dogs to DACOF.
There is a NEW PROCESS this year for submitting Rosters!
Team Organizers/Captains will need to visit this following web link:
or
This will allow Team Organizers/Captains to request a Roster Submittal Form for your Organization/Sponsor. Once the request is received and reviewed, you will receive an email (to the email address provided in the form) with a link for Roster Submittal. Every Organization that submits this form will receive their own custom roster link. Even if you are unsure of your Organization's commitment to DACOF 2025 at this time, it is recommended to submit a roster for your Organization, in the chance that the Organization is able to participate.
Although we don’t expect anyone will have their rosters ready at this point, we are hoping to plant seeds in the back of everyone’s mind to start working on them!
There will be plenty of communication and reminders for Rosters between now and the February 21, 2025, Roster Deadline.
But… now is the time for all of us to start getting busy!
When assembling Team Rosters, please remember, Rosters should be provided in alphabetical order, last name first (Thank you!)
DACOF Pins & Shirt
The Tire Jump is the Obstacle for the 2025 DACOF Pins & T-Shirt
The Dog-On-It Dynamos, the winning Team from DACOF 2024 has chosen the Tire Jump as their obstacle of choice for the DACOF 2025 Pin and T-Shirt. DACOF Members may submit pictures they would like to be considered as the “Model” for this year’s design to Bill at:
!!! PLEASE REMEMBER !!!
Any pictures being submitted to us for consideration must have the photographer’s permission! Additionally, for us to be able to work with the picture, the file size of the picture must be 1MB in size at a minimum.
Nicky with Pix ‘n Pages has once again graciously provided permission for any Pix ‘n Pages photos to be submitted for consideration.
Photographs from any other photographer will require the photographer’s release before the picture is considered as a submission to the Board.
We hope everyone is getting back into the DACOF Spirit and will start assembling their Rosters!
Best Regards,
Bill, Kathy, Jen, Erica & Ashley