Thank you, Stacey Robinson, for inviting me to judge Level 4 in the morning with my co judge my good friend Harry Latusek. Thank you for my capable scribe, Jane a job well done. I then went on to judge Level 5 with a very helpful Harry scribing.
On the whole the handling was really good, although I felt a little help by some handlers could off cut their time down, especially when some dogs were struggling.
The two distraction scents were Shampoo and Tea. I’m pleased to say no dog indicated on the distraction scents.
Level 4
I was tasked with the interior searches, Firstly, table/chairs and permitter, followed by boxes and luggage
Tables/chairs & Perimeter
The search area was set up with two tables in a line and 8 chairs with 7 permitter items. The Gun Oil was placed on a radio on the left of the start on the premitter, the Cloves was on the join of the chair at the back of the table. Distraction scents on a foot stool to the left and a heater to the right.
Boxes & Luggage
There were 14 items, consisting of cases/bags and assorted boxes.
The Gun oil was placed in a box at the back to the right of the area, the Cloves was on the handle of a large blue suitcase to the right of the entrance. Distractions were on two small boxes both to the left as you went through the start.
There were a couple of false alerts, on different items, but mainly all dogs found the correct scents.
Congratulations to all the qualifiers. You were all very close to the rosette line up.
1st Vicky Woolland & Dexter
2nd Karen Marsh & Jet
3rd Maggie Wills & Evie
4th Margaret Deuchar & Time
After a quick lunch I moved onto the Level 5, after a short briefing we moved on to cover the 3 search areas.
Exterior
This was down the side of the building, and consisted of a wall, 3 large bottle recycle bins and a car.
There were 4 searches in the exterior, Gun Oil on the first Recycle Bin at the bottom front area, second Gun oil was in a down pipe halfway along the wall, third Cloves on the 3rd recycle bin on the back wheel casing. Fourth scent Cloves was on the car, drivers side hinge of the door. 4 minutes was allowed.

Interior 1
This was in a small room, again 4 scents with 3 mins time given. Most found all the scents in time allowed. Gun oil was placed in the middle of a stack of boxes as they came through door on the left. Second Gun Oil was under the lid of a pouffe, to the left of the room, Cloves was at the bottom of a door to the left bottom of the room, second cloves as in the door opposite side of the room on the bottom hinge.

Interior 2
This was partly into the main hall leading into a bar area. The Gun Oil was in a crack in the wall just above the skirting to the left as they came through entrance. Second Gun Oil was in a folded mat on the floor under some chairs. Cloves was on the edge of a chair to the right of the bar area; Cloves was on the left as they entered the bar area on a railing.

There was a problem of dogs pulling off the scent, which had to be replaced on 3 occasions.

Well done everyone, most of you qualified and the couple who did not, they were just not switched on today.

1st Sarah Connatty & Prince
2nd Ruth Peyton & Mint
3rd Kelly Williamson & Rosie
4th Karen Marsh & Gunner

I’d just like to thank the entrants for their welcoming attitude, you and your dogs were a pleasure to judge. Good luck with your future trials.