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The Greater Altanta Dog and Disc Club conducts competitions, training clinics, community service, and social activities for its members.

Our competitions are among the largest events in America, from our Disc Dog Spring Championships at the Snellville Days with over 30 teams to the Disc Dog Southern Nationals in April with over 100 teams. If you want to know more about our competitions and clinics go to our events page.

The prize money for the GADDC organized 2001 Disc Dog Southern Nationals of $5,000 one of the highest amounts offered in the 26-year history of the sport. The 2001 Disc Dog Summer Classis offers $3,000 in prize money. No club or other disc dog event organizer offers this much prize money in a season.

In 2001, the GADDC organized Disc Dog Southern Nationals was the best-attended two-day Frisbee dog competition in the World featuring 128 teams!

In 2001, the GADDC organized Georgia State Frisbee Dog Championships was the best-attended single day Frisbee dog competition in the World featuring more than 160 competitors.

The Greater Atlanta Dog and Disc Club (GADDC) is recognized as "The Winningest Disc-Dog Club on Earth" with its membership having won multiple World Championships and a multitude of State Championships and prestigious titles.

Melissa Heeter, from Rydal, GA, with her Border Collie Ariel Asah, is the only female to have won the World Canine Disc Championships (1997).

GADDC Club members currently hold five of the World Distance Records. They are:

• Female thrower - World Outdoor Record 182.25 feet (55.56 meters) Melissa Heeter and Ariel Asah (female Border Collie), Ball Ground GA, Oct. 11, 1998
• Male thrower - World Indoor Record - 213.25 feet (65.01 meters) Tim Geib and Rowdy (male Border Collie owned by Mike and Eve McDowell), Georgia Dome, Atlanta GA, Jan. 6, 1999
• Female thrower - World Indoor Record - 164.4 feet (50.11 meters) Melissa Heeter and Boomer (male Border Collie owned by Jacksonville's Lisa and Mark Miller), Lyke's Arena, Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa FL, Feb. 6, 1999
• Boy's (14 and under) - 76.2 ft. (23.23 meters) Chris Johnston and Mona(female whippet owned by Beth McClurg) Northgate Highschool. Newnan, Ga September 30, 2000
• Men's (over 40) 211.8 ft. (64.56 meters) Tim Geib and Chula (female Airedale) Foxhall Farm, Douglasville, Ga October 21, 2000

We provide community service in the form of canine Frisbee performances and clinics for pet related organizations such as humane societies and canine rescue groups. If you are such a group and would like a show or clinic by us, please contact us. We can't promise to grant every request but we will certainly try to fit you into our schedule.

These pages are dedicated to our members and their devotion to the sport through volunteerism and their proficiency as handlers in competition.