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Tracking Regulations Tracking Regulations Amended to April 1, 2019 Published by The American Kennel Club AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB’S MISSION STATEMENT The American Kennel Club is dedicated to upholding the integrity of its Registry, promoting the sport of purebred dogs and breeding for type and function. Founded in 1884, the AKC and its affiliated organizations advocate for the purebred dog as a family companion, advance canine health and well-being, work to protect the rights of all dog owners and promote responsible dog ownership. Revisions to the Tracking Regulations Effective January 1, 2021 This insert is issued as a supplement to the Tracking Regulations amended to April 1, 2019 and approved by the AKC Board of Directors November 10, 2020 CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL REGULATIONS Section 12. Dogs that May Not Compete. No dog less than six (6) months of age may participate in tracking events. No dog belonging wholly or in part to a judge, test secretary, test chair, chief tracklayer, superintendent, or any member of such a person’s household, may be entered in any tracking test at which such person officiates or is scheduled to officiate. Nor may they handle or act as agent for any dog entered at that tracking test. If allowed by the host club, the tracking test secretary may enter dogs owned or co-owned by the secretary and may handle dogs in the tracking test. The secretary’s priority must be the handling of official secretary duties in a timely manner. If participation in the test interferes with these duties, other arrangements for handling dogs must be made. The official veterinarians will not exhibit or act as agent or handle at the test, and dogs owned wholly or in part by them will not be eligible to be entered at the test. No dog owned wholly or in part by a superintendent, any employee of that superintendent, or any person residing in the same household as any of the foregoing will be eligible to be entered at any test held 30 days before or after a test that the superintendent has been approved to service by the AKC. Nor may that person exhibit or act as an agent or handler. For the purpose of this section, the employees of a superintendent include only those individuals who represent the superintendent or superintending organization at dog shows. No judges or any persons residing in the same household as the judges will exhibit or act as agent or handle at a tracking test at which they are judging. Dogs owned wholly or in part by such judges or any members of their household will not be eligible to be entered at such events. Subject to the foregoing, members of a judge’s immediate family who no longer live in the same household may enter or handle a dog at a test if the judge is not officiating over any competition that might involve the relative’s dog. No exhibitor may show a dog under a judge at a tracking test if the exhibitor has participated in a training session taught by that judge within ten (10) days prior to the date of the event. CHAPTER 2 – REGULATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE AND JUDGING Section 9. Drawing for Tracks. Prior to the draw for test day running order, the judges will be provided with the catalog number, breed, sex, and AKC number for each dog entered. To determine the order of running for each participant, the test secretary, with one or both of the judges present, will assemble the participants just prior to starting time for a drawing by lot of the assigned catalog numbers. In cases where the test secretary is entered in the test, the drawing for tracks must be conducted by another member of the event committee. Once the numbers have been drawn, they may not be exchanged, except under unusual circumstances and only with the judges’ approval. Any such exchanges must be fully reported in the judges’ books. Any dog absent from the site at the scheduled time of the drawing will be marked “Absent” by the judges, if an alternate is present to draw. Alternates who are present will be selected to draw by the order on the alternates list. If no alternate is present, the dog may be marked absent by the judges at the scheduled time of drawing or the judges may designate the test secretary to draw for the absent dog(s). If the test secretary has drawn for the absent dog, the dog will be marked absent if it is not present in time for the running of its track. In the event of a multiple day test, the draw will be divided between the days. Entries scheduled to run each day will be drawn on that day. If a dog is withdrawn or excused after the draw but before the dog starts the track, the next alternate present will run the track. People cannot act as tracklayers for dogs if, within the past 10 days, they have boarded, laid track for, or regularly trained the dogs whose tracks they are to lay. The tracklayer must not be a person with whom the dog has resided or a member of the household or a member of the immediate family of the dog’s handler. The judges will determine the order in which the tracks are run and the number of each track. The judges may modify the draw to meet the requirements of the tracklayer. Pink Insert Issued: November 16, 2020 RU9999 (6/19) AKC Tracking Regulations Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: General Regulations .................................................. 1 Section 1. Tracking, Tracking Dog Urban, Tracking Dog Excellent, and Variable Surface Tracking Tests ......................................1 Section 2. Entries, Entry Fees/Special Inducements ..............................1 Declining Entries .....................................................................2 Section 3. Tracking Test Chairperson and Event Committee ................2 Section 4. Sanctioned Tracking Matches .................................................2 Section 5. American Kennel Club® Sanction ............................................2 Section 6. Risk ...........................................................................................2 Section 7. Compliance with Regulations and Standards ..........................2 Section 8. Clothing/Identification .............................................................3 Section 9. Immediate Family ....................................................................3 Section 10. Dogs Eligible to Compete ......................................................3 Section 11. Eligibility ................................................................................3 Section 12. Dogs that May Not Compete .................................................3 Section 13. Disqualification, Ineligibility, Excusal, and Change in Appearance of Dogs ........................4 Section 14. Abuse of Dogs, Misconduct, Training on Grounds ..............5 Section 15. Duration of Test .....................................................................5 Section 16. Ribbons and Prizes .................................................................5 Section 17. Drawing for Entries and Alternates List ...............................5 Section 17a. Combined Tests Exchange Policy .......................................6 Section 17b. Specialty Club Option ..........................................................6 Section 17c. Combined TDX/VST in Alaska, Hawaii and Outside Continental US or National Specialties .................6 Section 17d. Test Worker Option .............................................................6 Section 17e. Alternate List for Multiple-Day Test ..................................7 Section 18. Judging Program .....................................................................7 Section 19. Judging Assignments .............................................................7 Section 20. Club Responsibilities .............................................................8 Section 21. Dogs Running Free ................................................................8 CHAPTER 2: Regulations for Performance and Judging ............... 8 Section 1. Decisions ..................................................................................8 Section 2. Disturbances .............................................................................8 Section 3. Complexity ...............................................................................8 Section 4. Plotting .....................................................................................9 Section 5. Alternate Track ........................................................................9 Section 6. Articles .....................................................................................9 Section 7. Turns ........................................................................................9 Section 8. Bitches in Season .....................................................................9 Section 9. Drawing for Tracks ..................................................................10 Section 10. Track Laying ..........................................................................10 Section 11. Errors in Track Laying ..........................................................11 Section 12. Retest ......................................................................................11 Section 13. Distractions on the Track ......................................................11 Section 14. Leash, Harness, and Distance Between Handler and Dog .................................................................................... 12 Section 15. Commands and Signals .......................................................... 12 Section 16. Guiding and Restraining ........................................................ 12 Section 17.
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