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Originally Posted by MyPemCharlie
Sorry...this is obviously a total novice question, and I still don't quite get it. My reason for entering Division A is just to have a better chance to beat some of the other dogs on time? Or are only a certain number of winners in the trial allowed to move to the next title?
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Has nothing to do with any of that - it has to do with you as a handler and Charlie as a first time runner - Novice Division A is for dogs who don't have an agility title and the handler has never put a dog through an agility title. Once you have put a title on Charlie, doesn't mean that you are going to be at the handling experience level of someone who has put a MACH6 on their corgi, a MACH on their newest one and is working on a MACH4 on another of their dogs. By going Novice A - it may help you be able to get into trials; Novice B may fill up more quickly and if you run in B, you might not get into some trials. That's one possibility. Once you enter in B, there's no going back to A, even IF you don't qualify or get a title. IF you run with a qualifying time, then you'll get a qualifying ribbon and a leg towards the title you are after.
Debbie