In my last post I mentioned I need practice on the pause table. No, I am not allowed on the furniture (even though my agility instructor always says to just set things up in the living room to practice), but the pause table is indeed a table. My new pause table is coming from a company in Georgia called Pacific Rim Imports. It is a 30 x 30 table that folds in half.
Pause Table
According to the AKC agility rules, during a competition I am required to “…pause on the table for five cumulative seconds in either a sit or a down position, as specified by the judge prior to the beginning of the class.”
For a 20 inch division dog, the height of the table should be 16 inches. For 8 inch and 12 inch divisions it should be 8 inches and for 24 and 26 inch division dogs it should be 24 inches.
Once I am in the correct position on the table the judge typically counts backwards: “Five and Four and Three and Two and One and GO!” Then I’m off to the next obstacle.
–Lancelot
Tags: Agility, pause table
