Extract from General Rules of cynological sport

a. In case of divergence between General and Special Rules, Special rules should prevail.

b. In these Rules a competition — a meeting of sportsmen to determine winners, i.e. to exceed each other in sporting skills according to these Rules. Competition may be held in several kinds of cynological sport or several events, classes, groups etc. of concrete kind of cynological sport. Competitions can also be called sports event.

c. Competitions of cynological sports are organized according to common principles of international laws and legislation in force of the country, these Rules, other official documents, and competitions regulations.

d. The competitions organizers and judges should provide identical terms for all participants. This demand does not touches objectively impracticable terms (for example, the weather).

e. Competitions classification can be team, individual and both team and individual.

f. In the competitions can take part citizens of all states and persons without citizenship.

g. Participation in the competitions cannot be restricted because of if the dog is of any breed or not and does it have pedigree documents or not.

h. For the rude treatment of the dog, non-ethical behaviour, hindering to the other participant performance the sportsman should be disqualified and his result annulled in team and personal classification. This article comes into force at the moment of arrival of participant to the competition area and acts until the participant leaves the competition area.

i. Competition area includes: all adjacent parking places, place of participants cars parking, team and dogs places, subsidiary buildings, spectators seat and the course.

j. Trainers, team-leaders and the sportsmen themselves should take into consideration age, physical condition and health of the dog to avoid any danger for dogs health and life.

k. When decide something the officials and judges of the competitions suppose that the sportsmen, trainers and team-leaders know the competitions Rules.

l. Judges and officials on the competitions on cynological sports should be certificated by IFCS as judges of cynological sports.