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Working Trials is open to any breed (x-breeds included) and any gender provided the dog is over 18 months old and is registered on the Obedience and Working Trials register with the Kennel Club. It is nationwide with Trials being held the length and breadth of the country (including Scotland, Wales and Ireland).

The Trials are run as either Open Trials or Championship Trials. The basic rule is that to compete at a Championship Trial the dog must have qualified at the equivalent Open Trial. The exercises are varied and to achieve the top levels great dedication must be shown.

The exercises are split into four sections detailed below. A dog must achieve a qualifying mark of 80% in each section to achieve qualification in the stake. 

The stakes graduate from CD (Companion Dog), UD (Utility Dog), WD (Working Dog), TD (Tracking Dog) and PD (Patrol Dog)

The top two stakes are both 'Ticket' stakes, meaning that the winner of one earns a 'Ticket', entitling that dog the opportunity of competing at the Kennel Club Championships that year. A dog who wins 2 Tickets is awarded the title Working Trials Champion.

Click on the buttons below for more details of the various sections

  • Nosework    This consists of the dog using it's nose to follow a track and/or search an area to locate articles

  • Control     Control  consists of 5 obedience exercises namely sendaway/redirect, heel free, down stay, speak/retrieve and steadiness to gunshot

  • Agility    There are 3 jumps namely the clear jump (3 foot hurdle), the  long jump (9 foot over 5 elements) and the scale jump (6 foot high ). Handlers must demonstrate control on the far side of each jump and dogs need to be recalled back over the scale.

  • Manwork    There are 5 exercises to the Patrol round -  quartering the ground to locate a hidden person, chase and detention, recall, search and escort including defence of handler and a test of courage.

For more information on working trials and working trials societies go to   www.workingtrials.co.uk/

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