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  • How do you handle registration when dogs participate with their owners in your races?

    Posted: April 17, 2025

  • Does anyone have a dog policy? How do you handle the occasional question about allowing a service dog?

    Posted: Jan. 30, 2025

  • Have any of you given dog tags rather than medals to finishers? How were they accepted?

    Posted: Oct. 20, 2023

  • Looking to have dogs actually allowed to run at an event with their owners. What insurance is recommended that would actually cover this?

    Posted: Aug. 4, 2023

  • I want to put on a dog friendly 5k in my town in late spring. Is anyone interested in mentoring me?

    Posted: Aug. 26, 2022

  • Has anyone done a dog race before? If yes, how do we make it fair for participation?

    Posted: Jan. 20, 2022

  • Someone sneaked into the start line with a dog (no dogs allowed in the race).How do you handle that without looking like a neurotic race director?

    Posted: July 9, 2021

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