FastDASH March 2025
Saturday March 29th at Firebird Silken Windhound:
12535 Smith Road, Peyton, CO 80831
IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER March 30th will be used as a flex date.
Lure operator Cathi Wester. Machine operated drag lure.
GATES OPEN: 9am
ROLL CALL & INSPECTION 9:30am
Lame dogs and females in season may not run.
START TIME: 10am
Prices
$20 – 100 yard hand timed FastDASH Silken Windhound ONLY, 2 runs, with score card to submit to ISWS, must be 12 months of age or older.
$20 – 100 yard hand timed FastDASH ALL BREED, 2 runs, with a score card, NOT an AKC sanctioned event, must be 12 months of age or older.
$15 – Training runs & puppy bumps, 2 runs
+$5 for day of entries
Re-runs may be offered in some circumstances
Please make Paypal payments via goods and services to Treasurer.SWARM@gmail.com, or cash accepted on the field. No refunds for no-shows or cancellations after the closing date.
Awards
The following awards, handcrafted by Autumn Lynn, will be available only to silken windhound entered in the 100 yard timed FastDASH.
- 7″ Fastest Dash rosette awarded to the fastest time of the day
- New Title BFAST rosette*
- New Title IFAST rosette*
- New Title FAST rosette* (only by request, please request by March 22nd)
Entry information and times recorded will be sent to ISWS and applicable towards ISWS FastDASH titles.
Please contact Lori Silvestri lori@elessarhounds.com to inquire about your dog’s current title points. Awards are given on the honor system that you have tracked your dog’s points accurately.
*Awards are not confirmation of ISWS titles, this is NOT an ISWS sanctioned event. Official title certificates are only awarded from ISWS.
Learn more about ISWS FastDASH:
https://silkenwindhounds.org/dash-program
Day of entries are offered until 9:30am, unless the limit of 25 dogs has been reached.
Entries CLOSE March 26th at 8pm.
Silken Spring Fling 2025
The Silken Spring Fling by SWARM specialty has been officially approved by ISWS!
Join us May 24th-26th, Memorial day weekend, for 2 days of specialties, 1 day of FastDASH, health testing, seminar, and more!
Judges Cindi Gredys and Cindy Scott.
Lure operator Cathi Wester.
More info and premium coming soon!
The Silken Windhound Association of the Rocky Mountains (SWARM) is pleased to announce SWARMageddon judged by Robin Hug, an ISWS approved specialty in Colorado Springs, Colorado!
Join us October 5th, 2024 for the speciality, which is hosted alongside the IABCA 2024 Rocky Mountain Sieger. A great opportunity to work towards an IABCA championship, and try to win that elusive ISWS specialty major!
SWARM is also presenting a conformation handling seminar on Friday October 4th from 5:30pm-7:00pm with local professional handler Lauren Fox. Topics selected by the SWARM membership include: getting the best movement out of your silken, helping your silken to relax while being hand stacked, and how to teach a free stack.
Please review the premium for more details and instructions on how to enter the specialty and conformation handling seminar.
Silken Windhound Association of the Rocky Mountains 