Tracking dog
Tracking dog is the name of a dog that has received training in tracking work . Sports dogs in particular after having passed a tracking dog test are called this way. Tracking dogs are used as service dogs , in dog sports or when hunting as hunting dogs . Also rescue dogs learn elements of the track work. When hunting mainly found bloodhounds to Nachsuche use. These are dogs that look for the tracks of bleeding (" sweaty ") game.
Dog sport tests in the FCI
In the FCI there are various tests in tracking work. The usually first of these consists in section A of the working dog test level 1, which can also be taken as an independent test and is then called tracking test 1 (FPr 1). The marks FPr 1 to FPr 3 for successfully completed tracking tests are not training marks of the FCI in the narrower sense. The more demanding FH 1, FH 2 or IPO FH must be achieved for a qualification.
The exams are held by approved performance judges of the member clubs in the national organizations of the FCI. The participant must be a member of a member club of the respective national organization of the FCI. For the tracking dog test (FH), the companion dog test must be passed before the start of the test. In the FCI there are tracking dog tests in different levels, for each of which there is a minimum age of the dog: For FH 1 and FH 2 it is 18 months, for IPO FH 20 months. All tracks should each be around 180 minutes old. The dog has 45 minutes each time for scanning the track that working out is called. The examination is passed with a minimum score of 70 points (out of 100 achievable).
In the tracking dog test level 1 (FH 1), the track must be at least 1200 paces long. Six right angles are worked into the track according to the terrain. In the open area, the main track must be crossed by two fresh tracks. Four objects are placed on the track at irregular intervals, which are previously carried by the tracker for 30 minutes. The objects are made of different materials and must not differ significantly in color from the terrain.
For the tracking dog test level 2 (FH 2), the track must be 1,800 paces long and contain seven angles, at least two of which are acute-angled. One leg of the track forms a semicircular arch. The track must be cut from a fresh seduction track, i.e. a track that the dog is not allowed to follow. Seven objects are placed on the track. If the dog does not find this, it can be rated highly satisfactory.
The highest tracking dog test is the IPO FH. Here the dog has to work out two tracks laid by different trackers in different places on two days. The tracks have a length of 1800 paces, contain 7 angles, including at least 2 sharp ones, a semicircular arch and a side in the course of the terrain. Seven objects are placed on the track. Each track is crossed twice by a seduction track.
Differentiation between service dog and sport dog
While in the case of sports dogs, it is important that they orientate themselves to ground damage when tracking work and not to the scent of the tracker, service dogs work on the basis of an overall odor profile. The individual odor of the “tracker” (ie of the wanted person, in the case of an incident, for example the perpetrator) forms the key odor by which the dog orientates itself. However, the mechanical trace also plays a role in the overall odor pattern that the dog absorbs and uses.
See also
literature
- FCI : Examination regulations for the international working dog examinations and the international tracking dog examination of the FCI . Valid from January 1, 2012. online (PDF; 1.5 MB)
- Manfred Müller: The powerful tracking dog . Oertel and Spörer, Reutlingen 2004, ISBN 978-3-88627-812-1
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Baumann: tracking dogs. In the nose for the police in Der Hund 2 and 3, 2004