Find Your Pack: The Athletic Bark Brigade Summer Challenge

Dog sports are better when you’re not doing them alone.

Whether you’re ringside at a trial, waiting your turn at the start line, or just trying to keep your dog focused in a busy environment, having people in your corner changes everything. It makes the long days easier, the wins more exciting, and the tough runs a little less frustrating.

That’s what this challenge is about.

From May 1 through August 1, we’re inviting every member of the Athletic Bark Brigade to take part in the Find Your Pack Challenge a simple way to build stronger connections within our community while doing what we already love: showing up to events with our dogs.

How It Works

The idea is simple:

When you’re at a dog sport trial, training day, or event, find other members of the Athletic Bark Brigade and take a group photo together.

That’s it.

Each time you submit a group photo, everyone in that photo earns a raffle entry.

The more events you attend and the more connections you make, the more entries you’ll collect.

You will submit the photos in the Athletic Bark Brigade Facebook group or via email with the Subject Line Find Your Pack Challenge to info@dogsportsevents.com

What Counts as an Entry

To keep things fair and focused on community, here’s what qualifies:

• The photo must include 2 or more Athletic Bark Brigade members

• It must be taken at a dog sport event, trial, or organized training day

• The photo must be submitted between May 1 and August 1

Each event counts as one entry per person, as long as you’re in a submitted group photo from that event. (Please put the names of everyone in the photo so we can make sure they get the tickets too!)

Why This Matters

This isn’t about perfect dogs or perfect performances.

It’s about creating a space where people feel like they belong.

Dog sports can feel intimidating, especially when you’re new. Walking into an event where you already know someone (even just one familiar face) can completely change that experience.

This challenge is about making that first connection easier. And then another. And another.

Because over time, those small moments turn into real community.

The Prize

At the end of the challenge, we’ll randomly select a winner from all entries to receive:

The Best Friend Dog Game

It’s a fun way to keep building that connection with your dog outside of the ring, too.

What We Really Want to See

Yes, you’re earning entries, but more importantly, we want to see:

• New friendships forming

• Familiar faces showing up for each other

• People feeling more confident walking into events

• A community that actually looks like a community

  
  

How to Participate

1. Go to a dog sport event, trial, or training day

2. Find fellow Athletic Bark Brigade members

3. Take a group photo

4. Submit it to the Brigade

Repeat as often as you’d like from May 1 through August 1.

You don’t have to do this alone.

So next time you’re at an event, look around, introduce yourself, and get in the photo.

Find your pack. Build your community.

By submitting photos you and the group are allowing us to use the photo in promotional materials if you would like to not have your photo used for this please reach out to us directly and we will make sure to exclude you (info@dogsportsevents.com)