A guide to tracking and search titles
TRACKING AND SEARCH TITLES
Tracking and Search Dog: Successful completion of Tracking and Search tests 1 – 3
Tracking and Search Dog Excellent: Successful completion of Tracking and Search tests 4 – 6
Tracking and Search Dog Champion: Successful completion of Tracking and Search tests 7 – 8
Tracking and Search Grand Champion: Successful completion of Tracking and Search tests 9 – 10
TRACKING AND SEARCH TEST 1 – TRACKING AN UNKNOWN PERSON
Length of track: Approximately 800 metres on varied surfaces
Start: A line between two points
Changes of direction: Four
Articles on track: Two
Diversion track layer: Walks with the track layer for 30 metres
Minimum time for commencement of track: 60 minutes
TRACKING AND SEARCH TEST 2 – TRACKING AN UNKNOWN PERSON
Length of track: Approximately 800 metres on varied surfaces
Start: A line between two points
Changes of direction: Four
Articles on track: Two
Diversion track layer: Walks re-walked after track layer for 30 metres
Minimum time for commencement of track: 120 minutes
TRACKING AND SEARCH TEST 3 – TRACKING AN UNKNOWN PERSON
Length of track: Approximately 1000 metres on varied surfaces
Start: A line between two points
Changes of direction: Four
Articles on track: Two
Diversion: Minimum of three people may wander around and cross the start line
Cross track: Track must be crossed twice by one or two unknown persons
Minimum time for commencement of track: 120 minutes
TRACKING AND SEARCH TEST 4 – TRACKING AN UNKNOWN PERSON
Length of track: Approximately 1200 metres on varied surfaces
Start: Contaminated point such as road-end
Changes of direction: Four
Articles on track: Two
Minimum time for commencement of track: 120 minutes
TRACKING AND SEARCH TEST 5 (URBAN TRACK) – TRACKING AN UNKNOWN PERSON
Length of track: Approximately 800 metres on varied surfaces such as streets
Start: The exact starting point should be known to the handler i.e. a residential gateway
Changes of direction: No more than five
Articles on track: Nil
Minimum time for commencement of track: 120 minutes
TRACKING AND SEARCH TEST 6 (URBAN EVENING / NIGHT TRACK) – TRACKING AN UNKNOWN PERSON
Length of track: Approximately 800 metres on varied surfaces such as streets
Start: The exact starting point should be known to the handler i.e. a residential gateway
Changes of direction: No more than five
Articles on track: Nil
Minimum time for commencement of track: 120 minutes
TRACKING AND SEARCH TEST 7 (URBAN TRACK) – TRACKING AN UNKNOWN PERSON
Length of track: Approximately 1000 metres on varied surfaces such as streets
Start: The exact starting point should be known to the handler i.e. a residential gateway
Stop: At a point selected by the judge the dog will halt and wait for a period of 2 minutes
Changes of direction: Five
Articles on track: Nil
Minimum time for commencement of track: 240 minutes
TRACKING AND SEARCH TEST 8 (URBAN EVENING / NIGHT TRACK – TRACKING AN UNKNOWN PERSON
Length of track: Approximately 1000 metres on varied surfaces such as streets
Start: The exact starting point should be known to the handler i.e. a residential gateway
Stop: At a point selected by the judge the dog will halt and wait for a period of 2 minutes
Changes of direction: Five
Articles on track: Nil
Minimum time for commencement of track: 240 minutes
TRACKING AND SEARCH TEST 9 (URBAN TRACK) – TRACKING AN UNKNOWN PERSON
Length of track: Approximately 1000 metres on varied surfaces 80% of which is a hard surface i.e. roads
Start: The exact starting point should be known to the handler i.e. a residential gateway
Car phase: At a point selected by the judge the tracklayer will travel in a car for 200 metres. This portion of the track should include a cross road and a turn
Changes of direction: Seven
Articles on track: Nil
Minimum time for commencement of track: 180 minutes
TRACKING AND SEARCH TEST 10 (URBAN EVENING / NIGHT TRACK) – TRACKING AN UNKNOWN PERSON
Length of track: Approximately 1000 metres on varied surfaces 80% of which is a hard surface i.e. roads
Start: The exact starting point should be known to the handler i.e. a residential gateway
Car phase: At a point selected by the judge the tracklayer will travel in a car for 200 metres. This portion of the track should include a cross road and a turn
Changes of direction: Seven
Articles on track: Nil
Minimum time for commencement of track: 180 minutes
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