Measuring & Heights

If you want to run at 500, 400, 300 or 250 height your dog must have an official UKA measurement at or before their first competition. Dogs running at 600 height do not need to be measured. You may run your 500 dog at 600 if you would prefer, and may change daily. You may run 600 in Performance, for example, and 500 in Steeplechase on any one day, or vice versa.

If your dog is under 2 years old when it has its first measure, it will require a second measure when it reaches two years of age.

What if I do not know my dogs’ height when entering my first show?

Competitors should enter the class for which they believe their dog to be eligible. Once at the show the dog should be measured before it’s first run. It will not be able to run until it has been measured. To measure your dog a UKA official measurer will have the dog placed in a standing position on a flat surface such as a table. The measurement is taken from the perpendicular line from the top of the dog’s withers to the flat surface. You will be able to transfer to the correct class, if you have entered under the wrong jump height.

How old must my dog be at its first measure?

Your dog must be at least 15 months of age.

Can I run a higher jump height than my dog measures? If so, can I later choose to move my dog back down to their measured height?

You may always jump higher than your dog’s measured height. If you change height in either direction your results still stand.

HEIGHT CHART

 

DOGS MEASURED HEIGHT (at the withers)

 REGULAR JUMP HEIGHT

 

SELECT JUMP HEIGHT

 

CASUAL JUMP HEIGHT

 

NURSERY JUMP HEIGHT

320mm and under

 

 

250mm

(You can choose to jump 300, 400, 500 & 600)

 200(S) (200mm or 300mm)

All 5 heights

(200, 250, 300, 400, 500) 300, 200)

380mm and under

 

 

300mm

(You can choose to jump 400, 500 & 600)

 250(s)

 

(200mm or 300mm)

All 5 heights

(200, 250, 300, 400, 500) 300, 200)

440mm and under

 

 

400mm

(You can choose to jump 500 & 600)

 300(s) (200mm or 300mm)

All 5 heights

(200, 250, 300, 400, 500) 300, 200)
500mm and under

 

500mm

(You can choose to jump 600)

 

400 (s)

 

(200mm or 300mm)

All 5 heights

(200, 250, 300, 400, 500) 300, 200)

Any

 

 600mm

 

500 (s)

 

(200mm or 300mm)

All 5 heights

(200, 250, 300, 400, 500) 300, 200)