TRIAL LEVELS

THE SIZE OF THE SEARCH AREA MUST REFLECT THE LEVEL OF THE TRIAL.

There are 10 Levels to compete in. These will be known as L1 - L10

The Competitor will not be told the target odour or number of clear areas being used. Two blank hides will be used in each level.

Competition Scent Dog Trials are judged upon Safety, Management of your dog, System and Efficiency. To pass a Level and progress to the next level, you must; Gain a pass score at that Level ALERT Trial . Gain a pass score at that Level PRO Trial for each of the 4 Elements. A pass score is 7/10 for System, Control and Safety and found the required number of hides.

·      LEVEL 1

1 hide in each search area. Target odour is Gun Oil. All hides must be found.

·      LEVEL 2

2 hides in each search area. Target odours are Gun Oil and Clove. The ratio between the two odours can be varied. All hides must be found.

·      LEVEL 3

5 hides per Trial. Target odours are Gun Oil, Clove and Truffle Oil. The ratio between the odours can be varied. 4/5 hides must be found

·      LEVEL 4

5 hides per Trial. Target odours are Gun Oil, Clove, Truffle Oil and Raw Cannabis Oil . The ratio between the odours can be varied. 4/5 hides must be found.

·      LEVEL 5

5 hides per Trial. Target odours are Gun Oil, Clove, Truffle Oil, Raw Cannabis Oil and a spent shotgun cartridge. The ratio between the odours can be varied. One search area can be left clear with no odour. 4/5 hides must be found.

·      LEVEL 6

5 hides per Trial. Target odours are Gun Oil, Clove, Truffle Oil, a Raw Cannabis Oil, a spent shotgun cartridge and a ‘Vodafone Sim Card. The ratio between the odours can be varied. One search area can be left clear with no odour. 4/5 hides must be found.

·      LEVEL 7

5 per Trial. Target odours are Gun Oil, Clove, Truffle Oil, Raw Cannabis Oil, spent shot gun cartridge and a Vodafone Sim Card. The ratio between the odours can be varied. One search area can be left clear with no odour. 1 hide of any odour may be placed on a person, a person carrying luggage or a person with a wheeled suitcase. The odour can be either on the person or in the luggage. 4/5 hides must be found.

·      LEVEL 8

5 hides per Trial. Target odours are Gun Oil, Clove, Truffle Oil, raw Cannabis Oil, spent shot gun cartridge and a Vodafone SIM card. The ratio between the odours can be varied. One search area can be left clear with no odour. 4/5 hides must be found.

1 hide of any odour may be placed on a person, a person carrying luggage or a person with a wheeled suitcase. The odour can be either on the person or in the luggage. One area must be cleared using advanced search techniques.

·      LEVEL 9

5 hides per Trial. Target odours are Gun Oil, Clove, Truffle Oil, raw Cannabis Oil, spent shotgun cartridge and a Vodafone SIM card. The ratio between the odours can be varied. Two search areas within the search element can be left clear with no odour. 4/5 hides must be found.

1 hide of any odour may be placed on 1 person in a group of 4 people.  The group may carry luggage or be wheeling a wheeled suitcase. The odour can be either on a person or in the luggage.

One search element must be cleared using advanced search techniques.

·      LEVEL 10

5 hides per Trial. Target odours are Gun Oil, Clove, Truffle Oil, raw Cannabis Oil, spent shotgun cartridge and a Vodafone SIM card.

1 hide of any odour may be placed on 1 person in a group of 4 people.  The group may carry luggage or be wheeling a wheeled suitcase. The odour can be either on a person or in the luggage. 4/5 hides must be found.

WANT MORE EXPERIENCE?

You may run as NOT FOR COMPETITION (NFC) at our Trials. We want you to be confident and to learn. Running NFC can be at the Level you are working towards and one level above. This means if you are working towards your level one, you may enter a level two NFC. Once you have completed a level you cannot run in that level as NFC.