Any materials used to make the obstacles are okay, as long as they meet the important dimension.

Convert feet to metric, or metric to feet

Bar Jump

	Important Dimension	Metric	Feet
Height of jump, measured to top of highest bar	X		9"
Width of jump, measured to outside edges		69 cm	2' 3"

Hoop / Loop Jump

	Important Dimension	Metric	Feet
Height of jump, measured to top of bottom of circle	X	26 cm	10"
Height of obstacle, measured to top of obstacle - Open half-circles are okay		78 cm	2' 6"
Diameter of circle, measured on the inside		45 cm	1' 6"
Overall width of obstacle		52 cm	1' 8"

loop jump 300

Weave Poles / Slalom --- will probably be replaced by three very low tables graduated in height

	Important Dimension	Metric	Feet
Distance apart, measured from center to center of poles - Basic	X	45,7 cm	1' 6"
Height of poles		any	any

Cats may enter the slalom from either the right or left side.

slalom

Floor Covering

Floor covering must be soft and provide traction on ALL courses, or it will not be an ICAT event.	Important Dimension	Metric	Feet
Basic, regular course	X	3 m x 6 m	10' x 20'

tube for circle Tube pipe insulation, 6’ length, Home Depot, $2

Ladder

The ladder squares measure 20 inches on the outside of one square.

Basic course uses 3 squares.

Height of ladder is 3.5 inches to the top.

The important dimensions length of square and height.

ladder

Fence

tent 2, First-Up 10' x 10' Gazebo, Wal-Mart, $94 each (roof not used)

netting 2, First-Up 10' x 10' Gazebo Screen Curtain netting, Wal-Mart, $30 each

Perimeter fencing should be at least 1,5 meters, 5 feet high, ideally 1,8 meters, 6 feet high, although 1,2 meters, 4 feet has also been successful. Very few cats have ever tried to escape (about 3 out of 800 so far).

If a cat is very frightened, the Agility Offical will request it be removed from the agility ring before it has a chance to want to escape.Cat agility is supposed to be fun for the cats, too!

Russelheim Germany ICAT cat agility ring

The above courses do not have the recommend low curtains.

<-- Notice the solid bottom covering around this arena, which yields better concentration by the cats and much faster course times.

Ideally, the low curtains are not attached to the fencing, but rather are about 2 feet back from the fencing for better visibility.

The two photos below are of the Basic course.

Basic course in Syracuse

basic course

Tunnels

tunnels Pop-up laundry hamper, 3 feet, Wal-Mart, $9

3’ or 6’ long tunnels also available from some toy stores, like KB Toys

Other

parts Using 3 boxes Sportcraft Ladder Ball set (two per set), Wal-Mart, $19 each set, provides plenty of pvc pipe pieces, no cutting required to make an agilty course, just rearranging. Joints may need tape.