IX. ADMITTANCE ON COMPETITION FIELDS

Open Dog Class and Gun Dog Class stakes are not opened to the public. In addition to the Judge(s), guide, marshal or designated gunner, only the owners and the handlers of the competing dogs are admitted on the fields. Admittance is also allowed to selected members of the sponsoring club, special guests, photographers or reporters invited to do so by the sponsoring club, only if agreed and authorized by the Judge. Such individuals must follow and remain at a reasonable distance behind the Judge and without joining the Judge(s) and without making any comments, conversation or distractions.

If the owners of the working dogs under judgment are not handling their own dogs, upon request, the owner of said dog shall be permitted to follow at a reasonable distance and must remain behind the Judge and without joining the Judges and without making any comments, conversation or distractions to the dog or any other person.