Tracking

Tracking is a sport in which you and your dog follow a scent along a previously laid track to find someone waiting in the bush. The tracks are marked out according to the Tracking Rules and walked by a tracklayer on the day of the trial. The only equipment needed is a correctly fitted tracking harness and a lead at least 10 m long. The tracklayer must have some articles with their scent on to leave on the track, most people use socks for this.

Tracking is great fun, there is nothing quite as thrilling as completing a track successfully and a day spent with friends and dogs in the bush is hard to beat even if you don’t go home with a pass.