27/02/2025
Happy Sunny Morning 🌞
Our Scent Academy scentwork trial for March is open for booking on the link below
https://www.bark-ology.co.uk/book
A little bit about the trial
The trial is being held at Wolverley CE Secondary School and Sixth Form. There's plenty of parking space, a place to exercise your dogs and room for us to do indoor and outdoor searches.
The find we are searching for is red kong pieces. There will be four search areas with eight searches overall. This is suitable for any level dog that is trained to search for kong.
You will be allocated a hour time slot. There will be 4/5 people working in that hour.
Lots of room for nervous dogs. Please message me Julie Russon if you need extra space for your dog. Also if you prefer morning or afternoon time slot and we will do our best to accommodate.
We will do a brief at the start of your hour, giving you, your search order and any other information needed. There will be a storyline for each area and this will be your clue for where to search. There will be no help from judges.
There will be CAKE, biscuits, tea, coffee and soft drinks available. Did I mention cake 🍰😋
There are toilets available, you will only have access to these at the start and finish of your hour. They will be out of bonds while searches are taking place.
A fab opportunity to come and have fun with your dog at a new venue in a safe environment.
The searches will be timed searches and will be judged with points deducted for wrong calls, overly tight leads, pulling dogs away when they are clearly leading you to a scent. Fouling in the search area will be elimination for that area.
Results will be added up at the end of the day and announced on the Scent Academy group the following day.
We have a prize and trophy for first place and rosettes for first to third. Everyone attending will receive an attendance certificate. 🏅🏆🥇🥈🥉
We are positive trainers and anyone using harsh tones or handling will be asked to leave.
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