Qualifying

All elements will be judged on a pass/fail basis.

To be awarded a qualifying certificate, a team must:

Locate all hides across all trial elements.
Not incur any non-qualifying faults.
Complete the searches within the allotted times.

General Faults

The aim of these trials are to highlight the positive achievements of the handler and dog. Faults start at Level 3 when the expectation of the dog and handler are higher.

In levels 1 and 2 no faults will be given however, a verbal caution may be given for any handling errors, or course errors noticed by the judge.

In levels 3 and above faults will be given for:

Incorrect line handling
Poor search pattern
Not recognising dog being in odour
Interfering with search area

All faults are to incur 1 penalty point, 5 penalties shall be a fail for that element.

Detector Dog Titles

Level 1:

Has received 2 qualifying certificates at Level 1.

Teams will receive a Level 1 qualifying certificate and a Level 1 pin.

Level 2:

Has achieved L1 and received 2 qualifying certificates in Level 2 trials.

Teams will receive a Level 2 qualifying certificate and a Level 2 pin.

Level 3:

Has achieved Level 2 and received 3 qualifying certificates in Level 3 trials.

Teams will receive a Level 3 qualifying certificate and a Level 3 pin.

Level 4:

Has achieved Level 3 and received 3 qualifying certificates in Level 4 trials.

Teams will receive a Level 4 qualifying certificate and a Level 4 pin.

Level 5:

Has achieved Level 4 and received 4 qualifying certificates with in Level 5 trials.

Teams will receive a Level 5 qualifying certificate and a Level 5 pin.

TBC

Further levels to be confirmed at a later date