Dog Vegas – where did it all begin??? Back in 2005, after we had a post-show meeting for the North Derbyshire Dog Agility Festival, it was decided that no-one wanted to take on running another KC show, but it was evident that there was a lack of KC shows in the area. With the imminent rising costs of diesel, entries, etc. most of the club members really only went to a couple of shows a year, but wanted to do more. After a night out, and a couple of drinks, it seemed like a good idea to take on running an extra show ourselves. We approached the North Derbyshire committee to see if they were happy to provide the license and support us at the show, to enable us to provide a close show for the members to compete at. It was a resounding yes! The club was happy to help run the show without any of the post or pre show work – Dog Vegas was born!
After the positive feedback we had from organising the First Contact Grade 1 and 2 competition, and competitors requesting that we extended this to other grades, we decided now it was time to organise and co-sponsor several other qualifying competitions and finals – we believe it is important to provide these competitions to help improve the sport and agility experience for all competitors. These take a great deal of time and money to put on, but this is our way of putting something else back into the sport because the finals create a great atmosphere, experience and entertainment for competitors and spectators alike.
Dog Vegas/First Contact grade 6 large competition
Dog Vegas/Paws Trading grade 3– 5 large competition
Dog Vegas/Show Offs grade 1 – 5 small/medium competition
Dog Vegas/First Place Processing grade 1-3 large competition
Dog Vegas/Longhedge Show Processing large ABC competition
The North Derbyshire members, judges, helpers and competitors are all fantastic – we are so lucky to have such a great team behind us, making everything run like clockwork.
Hi I'm Karen Hugo and I'm currently the Dog Vegas show secretary.
I joined Dog Vegas as a team members Easter 2013 which allowed me to compete at more shows due to the benefits membership attracts.
In September 2013, I began working for DV on a part time basis helping to pull the shows together and harassing judges to judge for us. Over the next few years I became more involved in the running of the shows and in May 2016 I was asked by David and Hazel to take on the full time role of Show Secretary as well as pulling the shows together.
I look forward to meeting you all and hope you enjoy the shows, if there's anything we can improve on, please let me know as we are always looking to improve the enjoyment for the competitors.
About Dog Vegas
Dog Vegas was established in 2006, operating independent winter shows and KC shows under licenses borrowed from North Derbyshire Dog Agility Club. In 2011, Dog Vegas became a KC Listed Status club. They now run roughly 15 shows per year at different venues across England and offer qualifiers at other KC shows for their annual finals show held at Matlock in July each year.
