The National Challenge Cup 2026 will be held in Mulmur, Ontario at Mansfield Outdoor Center.
More information will be posted as it is available.
Enter your Dog Here
(This form will open at 7pm EST Saturday, August 1, 2026)
On-Site Accommodation Information
Request your Accommodations by clicking here
(This form will open at 7pm EST on Sunday, August 2, 2026)
Dinner and Speaker Information
Purchase your Dinner / Speaker Tickets Here
(Available at 7pm EST on Saturday, August 1, 2026)
Note that you may enter more than one dog into the NCC but not in the same Level. Teams will only be competing against other teams at the same Level. The levels are as follows.
Cadet (Level 1): enter untitled or Started-titled dogs
Master (Level 2): enter dogs with Advanced or Excellent titles
Pro (Level 3): for dogs with MACHs or Elite titles and above
If you have more than one dog at Cadet or Master, you may level up one dog so you can enter both. You may not Level down (note that accommodations may be available upon request and may require a vet note). If you have higher level titles in other organizations, we trust you to enter at the equivalent SDDA titling level. For example, CKC Excellent level teams should enter Master and CKC Master Level teams should enter Pro. If you enter at one level and then achieve a title after entering that moves you up, please let us know as soon as possible so we can sort the run orders to assist those with multiple dogs with time between them.
Searches will be both indoors and outdoors with hides that will have points assigned. The teams will collect points for each hide they identify within the time allowed. The usual NQs will apply. They will end that search with the full time allowed applied, but teams will keep the points they have collected prior to the NQ. We have six judges and 9 search areas. Areas will vary in size and number of hides by Level. All teams will search the first six areas on Saturday then the remaining three areas Sunday morning followed by the Finals for each Level with the top pointed teams competing for the trophy!
SEARCHES!
All teams will search all search areas under all judges. All hides will have points assigned. You earn points for each hide you find. If you do not find a hide, you will not receive those points. You may skip any search or end a search at any time. If you false alert or some other NQ, your search will end with the full time allowed put on your score sheet, however, you keep your points already earned. There are also up to 5 bonus points available for search excellence.
Schedule
The search areas are as follows. Area 1 and 2 (Boxes and Log Cabin), Areas 3 and 4 (The Hub and Behind Pool Equipment), Areas 5 and 6. Cabin 10 and Firepit)..
Saturday morning:
Cadet will search Areas 1 and 2, Master will search Areas 3 and 4 and Pro will search Areas 5 and 6.
Saturday afternoon:
Cadet will search Areas 3 and 4, Master will search Areas 5 and 6 and Pro will search Areas 1 and 2.
Sunday morning:
Cadet will search Areas 5 and 6, Master will search Areas 1 and 2 and Pro will search Areas 3 and 4.
Sunday afternoon:
The top 10 teams from each Level will be invited to the finals. Ties in point scores will be broken by time. If you are not entered in the Finals for your Level(s) you may watch them. Spectators will be kept a reasonable distance from the search area. The Finals results will determine the final placements for the event.
