Thankyou Stacey for your invite back to Haynes to judge this level 6 trial.A lovely warm day with very little breeze.
We had 2 withdrawals,leaving us with 10 competing teams.Thankyou also to Leanne who stood in as my scribe for the day.
A white dog was used prior to all searches commencing.
Interior 1
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This search area consisted of the main entrance hallway to the building,which incorporated a small cloakroom area.A further medium sized room led of the left.
I chose to conceal 5 scentss,made up of 2 truffle,2 cloves and 1 gun oil.
1 placed an early hide at the bottom of a cupboard,on the left as they entered the search area.This proved to be a problem for 5 of the teams who failed to find this one.2 other hides were placed in the room,with the remains 2 hidden in the main hall entrance.A mixed bag with 3 finding all 5,4 finding 4 and the remains 3 finding 3.
Excellent systematic searching by Vanessa and Lola,finding all in under 3 minutes.Hot on their heels with a good display were Anne and Missy and Ruth and Dot.
Exterior
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This was set up at the side of the building,on a grass surface and adjoining the large park recreation area.
This area consisted of a length of wall,incorporating a doorway and drain pipes.Also sited in this area were 3 large commercial recycling bins.A large green metal box was present,this measured approx 2x 2 x1 metres .A vehicle was placed in the middle of the search area.
2 hides,cloves and gun oil were hidden low on the wheel of one of bins and the other on the green box.The 3rd hide was placed behind the drainpipe,some 18 “ from ground level.
5 teams were successful here,finding all fairly comfortably.Once more the early hide on the bin causing a problem with 3 of the dogs failing to identify it.
Excellent display of handling and searching here by the 5 teams who found all of the scents.
Interior 2
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This was set up in the changing rooms and shower block,also a small entrance foyer which had several doors and radiator within.
2 cloves,1 gun and 1 truffle scents were used,being placed,1 in the doorway and 1 on a radiator in the foyer area.
The other 2 were hidden in one of the changing rooms,on a sand fire bucket and under a bench.
4 minutes were allocated for the search.
Lovely searching here with 8 of the teams finding all 4 in around, and below 3 minutes.The remaining 2 dogs finding 3,the early hide on the door frame again proving to be the culprit.
Overall a lovely display of search and handling,my pleasure to judge.
The only 2 points of note I’d like to add ,are: It was very obvious that some of the dogs were cutting the corners, and be wary,very wary of early hides.
I wish you all success in your future trials,and hope to meet up with some,if not all,of you at sometime in the future.
Thankyou Stacey for your invite back to Haynes to judge this level 6 trial.A lovely warm day with very little breeze.
We had 2 withdrawals,leaving us with 10 competing teams.Thankyou also to Leanne who stood in as my scribe for the day.
A white dog was used prior to all searches commencing.
Interior 1
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This search area consisted of the main entrance hallway to the building,which incorporated a small cloakroom area.A further medium sized room led of the left.
I chose to conceal 5 scentss,made up of 2 truffle,2 cloves and 1 gun oil.
1 placed an early hide at the bottom of a cupboard,on the left as they entered the search area.This proved to be a problem for 5 of the teams who failed to find this one.2 other hides were placed in the room,with the remains 2 hidden in the main hall entrance.A mixed bag with 3 finding all 5,4 finding 4 and the remains 3 finding 3.
Excellent systematic searching by Vanessa and Lola,finding all in under 3 minutes.Hot on their heels with a good display were Anne and Missy and Ruth and Dot.
Exterior
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This was set up at the side of the building,on a grass surface and adjoining the large park recreation area.
This area consisted of a length of wall,incorporating a doorway and drain pipes.Also sited in this area were 3 large commercial recycling bins.A large green metal box was present,this measured approx 2x 2 x1 metres .A vehicle was placed in the middle of the search area.
2 hides,cloves and gun oil were hidden low on the wheel of one of bins and the other on the green box.The 3rd hide was placed behind the drainpipe,some 18 “ from ground level.
5 teams were successful here,finding all fairly comfortably.Once more the early hide on the bin causing a problem with 3 of the dogs failing to identify it.
Excellent display of handling and searching here by the 5 teams who found all of the scents.
Interior 2
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This was set up in the changing rooms and shower block,also a small entrance foyer which had several doors and radiator within.
2 cloves,1 gun and 1 truffle scents were used,being placed,1 in the doorway and 1 on a radiator in the foyer area.
The other 2 were hidden in one of the changing rooms,on a sand fire bucket and under a bench.
4 minutes were allocated for the search.
Lovely searching here with 8 of the teams finding all 4 in around, and below 3 minutes.The remaining 2 dogs finding 3,the early hide on the door frame again proving to be the culprit.
Overall a lovely display of search and handling,my pleasure to judge.
The only 2 points of note I’d like to add ,are: It was very obvious that some of the dogs were cutting the corners, and be wary,very wary of early hides.
I wish you all success in your future trials,and hope to meet up with some,if not all,of you at sometime in the future.