What is Tracking?
If your dog has a nose, he can track!
You would've seen him do so on walks with his nose to the ground or lifted high in the air. The sport of tracking harnesses that natural ability by demonstrating the dog’s ability to follow the scent of one particular person, the tracklayer, over various kinds of terrain. Each level of competition features greater challenges—a longer, well-aged track; more turns; and multiple scent articles.
Unlike agility or obedience, where the handler gives instructions and the dog is expected to follow, in tracking the dog is in charge. He wears a harness attached to a 10 metre lead and pulls the handler down the trail. Some dogs are confident and fly down the track, whereas others are methodical and take their time. In a test, each dog receives his own track, a judge and Steward follow the dog-handler team and are judged on how well the dog tracks the scent and how many articles he finds along the way.
(References from BARK-Dog Culture Magazine)
Contact Details
Amanda WilliamsonWodonga Region, VIC, Australia
Phone : 0418711392
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