TRACKWEST - TRAINING: 2012

 

    Training commences Saturday 14th April 2012    

                                  

Tracking is a sport where the dog uses its natural ability to track a “lost person” by scent through the bush and over variable terrain.  It’s a great way of keeping fit and exercising your four legged friend, as well as having fun. 

Training is held each Saturday morning between  8 am and 10.30 am at Gnangara Pine Forest on Pessoa Road  just off Gnangara Road (please refer to the attached map).

The tracking season runs between April and September.

To be eligible for training you must be a financial member of TrackWest .

For the first couple of weeks you will be able to train your dog using a fixed collar and 6ft lead, but thereafter, you will need a harness and 10m lead, both of these items are available for purchase from the Equipment Manager.

It is a condition of training that all Members meet just inside the gate on Pessoa Road where the Training Co-ordinator will split members into groups which contain various levels of experience. Beginners are kept with an experienced instructor for approximately 3-6 weeks before being integrated into a group. TrackWest takes the safety of members seriously and we need to know where you are training.

At 11 am we all meet for morning tea, announcements, informally discuss training and have a general get together.
During the year “mini seminars” will be held on particular aspects of tracking, some of these are: step measuring,  map making, starts, working corners, lead handling, reading your dog, trial information.

Trials are conducted during the season and the following titles can be earned:

Once a dog has gained its Champion it is eligible to go into Track and Search trials where it can gain the titles TSD and TSDX.
Trial Schedules.

Have you achieved your TDX or Tracking Champion?

TrackWest also offers Track & Search Dog training which will be conducted after morning tea (~11.30/12noon Saturdays). Only members who have attained their TDX or Tracking Champion titles will be eligible for training. 
People wishing to train TSD must contact the Training Coordinator who will allocate an area in which to train and who you will be with.

Please see Sue or Jim
 For safety reasons, we must know where everyone is within the pine forest in case an emergency situation arises.

Track & Search Trial Schedules