Creating an UpDog Team Number
Step 1: Create an Account
- Go to the updog TEAMS site
- click on “join updog” at the top right corner of the screen
- create an account as directed

Step 2: Add Competitors
- Go to the competitor tab
- click on the “create” button

- complete the three fields with your own name, type (human) and gender
- click “save”
- repeat this now for your dog, selecting canine as the “competitor type”
- if you have more than one dog, repeat this for each of your dogs

Step 3: Create Your Team
- Go to the Teams tab
- click on the “create” button
- click on the “create a standard team” button

- find your name and click the “add to team” button beside it

- click “add competitor”
- now find your dogs name and click the “add to team” button beside their name

- click on “give team a name”

- name your team (be as creative as you want!)
- click “save”

- Congratulations! You have created your team!
- Your team number is listed under the “lookup code” and begins with a “T”
- All new teams are “guest teams”
- If you wish to accumulate points for achievements and qualification scores for Nationals and UPDIF, you will need to activate your team
- Please note you do not need to activate your team to participate in UpDog games

Step 4: Activate Your Team
- Click on the “activate” button beside the team you wish to activate
- There is a $10 US fee to activate your team. This is a one time fee for lifetime membership.
- Scroll down and hit the “create activation order and checkout”
- Follow the instructions for payment

And just like that – you are done!
You may create and activate as many teams as you would like.
Pairs Teams
Consist of two human competitors and one canine competitor. To create a pairs team, repeat these instructions but select “create a pairs team” instead of “create a standard team” in step 3.