The urban environment can be challenging when considering the best placement of articles on a Variable Surface Track. Judges must focus on both the regulation requirements and the physical surroundings when deciding where to drop articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regulations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Articles should meet the criteria for material, size, and weight. The dog should be able to safely pick up all articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Articles must be inconspicuous in color in comparison to the surrounding terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Judges should avoid using standardized articles and should place articles in varying random order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Tracklayers must prepare an extra start article (fabric or leather) and have it readily available in case the start article is fouled or missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Articles may be weighted in place if necessary. Discuss this with the tracklayers in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Article 2 or 3 must be dropped on a non-vegetated surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf The final article may be on vegetation or a non-vegetated surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reminders:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf The second article may be placed on the first leg when the leg is exceptionally long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Consider the safety of the dog by not placing a rigid plastic article where it could be run over by a car and shattered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Articles placed near trash receptacles and in front of doors are often placed in the bin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Avoid physical obstacles where the dog may be working on the wrong side of a hedge, landscaping wall, fencing or other impediments that may cause the dog to miss the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Think about what happens to the scent close to buildings (push\/pull effect caused by wind currents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Avoid placing articles on a raised area or sidewalk where the dog is likely to work the scent at the bottom of the slope, missing the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy Tracking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The urban environment can be challenging when considering the best placement of articles on a Variable Surface Track. Judges must focus on both the regulation requirements and the physical surroundings when deciding where to drop articles. Regulations: \u25cf Articles should meet the criteria for material, size, and weight. The dog should be able to safely … Continue reading “VST Article Placement Refresher”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akctrackingjudges.akc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akctrackingjudges.akc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akctrackingjudges.akc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akctrackingjudges.akc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akctrackingjudges.akc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/akctrackingjudges.akc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396,"href":"https:\/\/akctrackingjudges.akc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akctrackingjudges.akc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akctrackingjudges.akc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akctrackingjudges.akc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}