The Houston Canine Disc Club was excited to host a Skyhoundz DiscDogathon 2022 world qualifier on October 30, 2021, and an UpDog Challenge event on October 31, 2021. The event will be held at Swanny’s Bar & Grill located at 6224 Theall Road, Houston, Texas. It is a family-friendly event with top handler and canine competitors all coming to enjoy the Halloween festivities.
Saturday’s Skyhoundz games will include 5 games – Bullseye, Freestyle, Pairs D/A, Spot landing, and Time Trial with two world qualifying levels – normal and micro. Saturday evening there is a Howloween Canine Costume Contest. Sunday’s UpDog Challenge will include 4 games – 4WayPlay, Greedy, Spaced Out, and Time Warp.
For more information, rules, scoring, or past results on the Skyhoundz DiscDogation World Qualifier, please visit www.skyhoundz.com. IMPORTANT: Only Hyperflite flying discs are permitted in Skyhoundz Competitions. Check out Hyperflite’s website, www.hyperflite.com, to purchase discs for the Skyhoundz event. For UpDog Challenge, please visit www.updogchallenge.com. The club will have Hyperflite and Hero discs for sale at the event.
Registration the 2021 Bark in the Dark event is closed. Good luck to all the competitors.
There will be no on-site day-of-competition registration due to the current COVID-19 pandemic with the exception of Novice and Junior handlers.
Please check out our frequently asked questions page for answers to common questions such as parking, field set-up, competitor tent set-ups, and rain delays.
The field will open for tent set-up on Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. All competitors needed to check in with security tent before proceeding to the field for ten set-up. Competitors answered a few COVID-19 questions and got their temperature checked.
Running orders and schedules of events will published on the club’s Facebook page in the afternoon on Friday, October 29, 2021.