Alpo Dog Run: Run Competition Beloved Dog Owner and First in Indonesia

 

Sunday, May 18, East Parking Lot Senayan, Jakarta, enlivened by the presence of hundreds of types of dogs that are ready to follow the race with their owners since morning. Here's a summary Anissa Sadino over the event.

Nestlé Purina PETCARE, through product Alpo, Alpo Dog Run held, a race that involves dogs with their owners for the first time held in Indonesia. The event, which is also supported by the Animal Defender, a shelter for abandoned pets, and K9, a dog training center with facilities to support basic obedience training, basic agility, as well as guard dogs, this is done to follow the success of Purina ExtraPAWganza, merging entertainment arena, education, as well as dogs and cats first contest in Indonesia last year.

Since 06.30, 300 participants along with their pet dog looks ready to race. The participants ran through many obstacles to train their dog agility. Path was divided into two, namely the path for small breed dogs such as breed Pom, Chihuahua, Pug, Havanese, and assorted Terrier with a distance of 800 meters and large breed dogs such as Labrador, Golden Retriever, and the Siberian Husky with a distance of 1,200 meters.

In each path there are four challenges that must be overcome, namely Alpo Dog Walk which requires walking on a beam, Alpo Dog Jump challenging to be able to skip a tire or beam, which requires the Seesaw Alpo dog past the challenge of the seesaw, and Alpo Slalom challenging the owner and dog to be able to pass this post along a zig zag. In completing these challenges, the owner not only gave orders to his dog, but also playing together and guide dog in passing the obstacles. Sweet, is not it?

In addition to race, also held the dog eating contest and a sprint race with dogs. This event also provides a playground with a trampoline and a special pool. Not only that, the participants and visitors can follow the medical consultation with a veterinarian from the Animal Hospital of Jakarta. Indonesia's leading dog trainer who has won the South East Asian IPO Championship 2013 in Thailand, Kenny Rao, also provides education and tips on how to deal with dog obedience and dog behavior is not unusual.

Every dog that crossed the finish line and made ​​it through the challenge will get a medal. The best dogs for each of the small breeds and large breeds get a prize of ALPO products worth USD 500,000.00 as well as a variety of gimmick for dogs. Had a super fun run with the dogs!