What is Mondioring? (courtesy of the USMRA website)
Mondioring was created by delegates from several countries, in hopes of utilizing different portions of existing national dog sports, and allowing an enriching union of all the enthusiasts of working dogs, beginners or experienced. It's goal is to be entertaining to the spectators, a game of progressing difficulty for the participants, and a competetive sport for the training enthusiasts.
To practice Mondioring, you need a fenced field equipped with various materials, one or two decoys protected by bite suits, who will be the partners of the dog and the dog handler, as well as partners with the judge to determine the best dog and handler team of the day, under the conditions provided for by the regulations. These regulations concern trial procedures, the points allotted to exercises, and the penalties to faults committed.
To be accessable to the largest group of enthusiasts, Mondioring must be concise in it's description, simple in it's practice, and clear in it's judgement. The judges must never forget the intent, which motivated the originators of this program, each time there is a discrepancy in the regulations. They must respect above all, the spirit of the regulations, and prohibit any abusive interpretaion prejudicial to the dog.
The purpose of Mondioring is to highlight the aptitudes of the dog, and qualify the training and the control of it's handler, and especially the genetic inheritance of the dog.
The program consists of three disciplines, which will proceed in the following order:
1. Obedience exercises;
2. Jumping exercises;
3. Biting exercises.
Brevet: 100 possible points, with 75 needed to pass.
MR1: 200 possible points, with 160 needed to pass. (2 legs needed to move to MR2)
MR2: 300 possible points, with 240 needed to pass. (2 legs needed to move to MR3)
MR3: 400 possible points, with 300 needed to pass.