Attention All Pet Professionals!

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - April 11, 2013 - PRLog -- aPaws 2013 Annual Convention
And
Turd Herding Contest
Chicago, Illinois
September 20 - 22, 2013
Best Western At O’Hare
10300 W. Higgins Road, Rosemont IL 60018
Call 847-296-4471 Press 0 / Code For Reservations aPaws2013
(make sure you press zero for in house discount)
Single/Double Occupancy $85 Per Night / Plus Tax
Triple/Quadruple Occupancy $95 Per Night / Plus Tax

Send An Email To info@aPaws.org That You Will Be There!
Interested In Being A Guest Speaker At aPaws Convention?

Pet Professionals From All Over The Country Are Meeting In Chicago For aPaws 11th Annual Convention And Turd-Herding Contest!

Turd Herding Contest

Turd Herding Contest, which has become a staple of the aPaws annual convention, will take place on Saturday and is open only to aPaws members. If you got what it takes, you can prove to the world that you are the fastest pooper scooper and take home the first place trophy and have the bragging rights for the rest of the year.

Any violation of the below rules during the actual competition will be cause for disqualification.

1) Contestants must conduct themselves in the manner they would normally use around their clients. (no shoving, jumping fences, urinating in public, dressing inappropriately, etc.)
2) Scooper must use their regular daily method of scooping, as if your customer were watching you from inside their kitchen window.
3) No bathing suits, no short shorts, no bare feet, no bare chests.
(In other words, dressing with the intention of distracting the competition is a no-no.)
4) There will be no running or physical contact with each other or the poop.
5) No physical manipulation of the turds.
6) No running on the course.
7) No shoving or hitting other contestants with your tools.
8) No peeing on the course.
9) Contestants may not eat rival’s specimen turd with the intention to cause unfair advantage.
and lastly…
10) Baskets and bunny costumes will no longer be tolerated!

How to Doo it

Each Course will be set up with over 50 specimens of various sizes of turds (Imitation, inedible facsimile thereof – real turds will not be used at the specific request of the hotel.)Each course will be set up by authorized aPaws Contest Officials. (Contestants may not set up their own course, or contribute to their course in any way shape or form, natural or otherwise) Each pair of contestants will have a 2 minute time limit to remove as many turds as possible to try to win the title of King or Queen of Crap.

The official judges will keep tally of collections and time of each contestant.