This is new to the club, but the interest within the club is expanding all the
time. The club is now taking classes teaching all aspects of working trials. This
is a sport where there is a lot of work in training a dog for competition but is
very satisfying and rewarding when you achieve a qualification.
To attain the Working
Trials Champion title for your dog you need to achieve: one CDX title and two UDX,
WDX and TDX titles.
There are four qualifications within Trialling, in order:
CD (Companion Dog)
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To give you a little insight within the areas to what you and your dog has to know:
A minimum score of 50% is required for a pass in all exercises,
while a total of 75% of the total
points available is needed for a title to be awarded.
If a score of 90% of the total points is obtained, then the relevant
Excellent title is awarded, giving the corresponding titles of: CDX, UDX,
WDX and TDX.
For more detailed and up to date information please go the New Zealand Kennel Club
web site www.nzkc.org.nz go to
About NZKC/Rules & Regulations/Dog Training Regulations.pdf file.
(here)
To give you a little insight into the competition areas, the following tables
outline the different activities and how the points are allocated towards the
final mark:
| 1 | Temperament Test: Handler standing at not less than five paces from the dog, a word or two can be used when the judge approaches. | 15 Points |
| 2 | Heel free from the start to a right turn, right turn, halt, about turn, left turn, halt, left turn and finish. | 20 Points |
| 3 | A recall in a circle. | 10 Points |
| 4 | Retrieve as in test A: One command to send the dog out to retrieve dumbbell and one command from the present to heel at left side. | 25 Points |
| 5 | Drop on recall with a distance of 17 metres. The dog is to be dropped halfway within approximately three dog lengths. The dog must stay down for 10 seconds before returning to the handler. | 15 Points |
| 6 | Stand Stay 1 minute facing away from the dog. | 15 Points |
| 7 | Sit Stay 1 minute facing away from the dog. | 15 Points |
| 8 | Down Stay 5 minutes with owner out of sight. | 30 Points |
| 9 | Scent Discrimination: 9 cloths are placed in a round circle with one being the handlers. The dog has 90 seconds to complete this exercise from the time the handler gives the command. The handler must not talk while in the scent area and the dog must present the cloth sitting the front of the handler, handler takes the cloth and the dog returns to the handler’s side. | 30 Points |
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Total |
175 Points |
| 1 | Heel Free at Test B level, which contains slow and fast pace. | 25 Points |
| 2 | Send away drop and recall: between 36–54 metres to a specific area using a natural marker. | 25 Points |
| 3 | Clear Jump retrieving a Dumbbell. | 20 Points |
| 4 | Scale Wall Jump. | 20 Points |
| 5 | Long Jump at four times the height of the dog. | 20 Points |
| 6 | Down Stay 10 minutes with owner out of sight. | 10 Points |
| 7 | Seek Back: The dog at heel, while you hold the seek back article in your hand behind your back, heel with your dog until the judge tells you to drop the article while still heeling, then judge will call a right or left hand turn and heel for around 20 to 30 paces to about turn. The object of the exercise is to send the dog along the track that you heeled until the dog finds the article and turns it to the handler. | 30 Points |
| 8 | Tracking: A track that is ˝ hour old, 600 to 800 metres long with a piece of cloth at the end of the track that the dog has to allocate. At this level the ground is flat. Track (190 Points) and Article (10 Points) | 200 Points |
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Total |
350 Points |
| 1 | Control: Heel Free at Test B level, which contains slow and fast pace (25 points) with the Clear Jump (20 points) and Long Jump (20 points) within the heel pattern. | 65 Points |
| 2 | Sendaway between 36–54 metres then a redirection to the right or left for a distance of 18 metres and drop with directed. Handler to recall the dog to sit in front of handler, and then finish with the dog sitting on the left side. | 35 Points |
| 3 | 10 min Down Stay with owner out of sight. | 10 Points |
| 4 | Controlled Search: The dog has to find four articles in 5 minutes in a 23x23 meter square. Articles to be no smaller than a matchbox and be unable to be seen by the handler from outside the square. The ground is to be fouled by several people walking across it in various directions just prior to the search exercise commencing. | 20 Points |
| 5 | Tracking: Tracks at this level are 1˝ hours old and are laid on hill sides and can go through fences, hedges and gullies etc with an article on the track and an article at the end. Track (190 Points), First Article (15), Last Article (15) | 220 Points |
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Total |
350 Points |
| 1 | Hard Surface Track: This is done on a gravel road fifteen minutes old and has three legs of not less than 90 metres in length which includes two crossings from one side of the road to the other at right angles and is approximately 500 metres in total. The track should be laid between 300mm – 450 mm from the edge of the road. There are two articles, one article is placed on a leg of the track, and one at the end of the track, which the dog must indicate on. Article size is to be not smaller than 30x30mm. Track (110 Points) , Article (10 each - 20 total) | 130 Points |
| 2 | Free Track: This track is around 500 metres long with an article of 100 x 100mm placed at the end. The dog is to be taken to the start of the track and is set free to track by itself until the article is found and the dog brings it back to the handler. Track (90 Points) , Article (30 Points) | 120 Points |
| 3 | Tracking: Tracks at this level are three hours old and are laid on hill sides and can go through fences, hedges and gullies, etc with 2 articles on the track and a cloth at the end. Track (200 Points), Articles (15 each - 30 total), Last Article (20) | 250 Points |
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Total |
500 Points |
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Club Captain's
Cell: 027 476 6747
E-Mail: info@sigsl.org.nz