This weekend is a special one for dog sport enthusiasts as the Moose Jaw Dog Club (MJDC) presents its Halloween Howl inside the Golden Mile Arena on the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds at 250 Thatcher Drive East.
Saturday and Sunday both run from 8 a.m. to about 5 p.m.
Featuring 70 dogs, the two-day event will feature 250 runs a day over eight separate courses in the Agility Association of Canada (AAC) sanctioned show.
The dogs will be going through tunnels, zig-zagging or weaving through poles, and of course, the ever popular jumps, said Tracey Cook, president of the MJDC and trial secretary.
“We are going to little dogs and big dogs, purebred and mixed bread dogs. All kinds of dogs,” Cook said, adding “they'll be jumping four inches to 24 inches. It all depends on the kind of dog.”
Admission to the family friendly event is FREE of charge and spectators are welcome to drop in and check out the highly popular sport.
Although the dogs won't be doing any tricks like catching Frisbees or jumping into pools of water, it is still entertaining to watch.
“It's agility. It takes a lot of training,” Cook said.
To help the MJDC defray expenses as a non-profit group there is an optional opportunity (in a photo booth) to get your photograph taken with the dogs for a $25 fee.
A downloadable photo will be posted later.
