Thank you to Roger Ly and Helen McNenly for this summary of what changed in the USDAA rules since October 2022:

Summary of new USDAA rule changes, courtesy of Roger Ly:

1. New jump heights! USDAA has settled into jump heights that align more with other venues
   like AKC. Note that there is no longer a 10″, 14″ or 22″ height, and a 4″ Performance
   height has been added. So, you are looking at Championship heights of 8, 12, 16, 20, 24.
   Performance heights are 4″ shorter: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20. Cut-offs are similar to that of AKC with the
   exception of the two smallest heights which have cut offs of 15″ and 12″
2. If you have a recorded measurement in USDAA, it SHOULD get updated in the system to
   reflect your new jump height
3. If you don’t have a USDAA measurement, but you have a kennel club measurement, you CAN
   use that one. So, you can use your AKC measurement if you’d like. Note this ONLY applies to
   your national kennel club measurements, not all other organizations.
4. You CAN jump higher in your Championship height. You CANNOT jump higher than your
   Performance height.
5. Spreads will only be available for C16″ or higher dogs. That means if you jump lower than
   16″ or you are in Performance, you will not see a spread.
6. Long jump distances are now simply double the height the dog is jumping: 24″ jumping dogs
   get a 48″ long jump span, for example
7. There is an 8″ table for 8″ and smaller jumping dogs.
8. Minimum age for competition has been changed to 15 months.
9. Dogs can start at any level. If you think you are ready for Masters, you can enter Masters
   without going through Starters/Advanced. Whether you SHOULD do that is a decision you’ll
   need to make for yourself.
10. In the original announcement for Cynosport 2023 rules, it was indicated that the winner of
    GP at a “super” Regional Final would automatically get a bye into Cynosport GP Finals. That has
    been updated to say that the winner of GP at ANY Regional will get a bye into GP Finals at
    Cynosport.

Summary of Measurement Procedures, courtesy of Helen McNenly:

1. Coming from AKC? We will accept the AKC permanent height card AND you can slide right into Masters if you don’t want to work your way up from Starters 🙂  
2. Have a permanent USDAA height card that shows a higher height than your AKC Permanent height card:? Use THIS FORM and get one CMJ measurement
3. Have a permanent USDAA height card and now you want to challenge the measurement? Use THIS FORM and get one CMJ measurement