Procedure for testing hunting borzois

 

By courtesi of  Olga Zilberman

Pictures from: Архив Кудрявцевой Н.Г.

PREPARED

All-Union Canine Council of Agriculture of the USSR 

APPROVED

Order of the General Directorate of Nature Reserves and Hunting of the USSR

Number 25 on July 26, 1972

Govern

 

TERMS OF TEST hunting QUALITY Borzoi breeds on free animals.

   

  1. Tests of borzoi dogs carried out on adult hare, white hare in areas where there is no hare, willow, as well as fox.

Testing dogs for fox-Korsak prohibited.

     2. Tests are carried out mainly in the period between October 1 and December 1, depending on local conditions.

The tests are not conducted in a fog, in rain sodden soil under snow cover above 15-18 sm, hard crusted snow, sleet and frozen soil  at temperatures above 15 and below -10 degrees Celsius, according to rough layers of plowing, mowing the fields of sunflower,  corn and alfalfa, in gullies and ravines, covered with bushes or reeds.

      3.  Each dog passing checks on the quality of field trials, receives an individual rates.  Two or three dogs (a couple or a three(svora)), belonging to one owner, can get together as a group rates, if that they are maintained on the one lead.  

  1. Presented at trial hounds are divided into groups for simultaneous testing. 

Groups are composed of two or three dogs of the same or different owners. Number of groups established by the expert commission.  

Note: If desired, dog owners can ask test dog alone (outside groups),  if time permits and the presence of the here. 

  1. As a rule, all dogs are tested on one animal, but if you can not make an assessment of the work done, then the judicial commission may give the second run. 
  2. To set the priority of participation in the trial between the groups is the draw,  after which a group of leading with test  dogs is a chain with an interval of 25 to 60 meters  along the front and the rest followed behind in a chain of 120-150 meters and mining,  as a group of animals take its place in the chain, and in order of priority.  The chain moves and stops  only by order of the expert committee.

 

II. DUTIES OF THE LEADING  

A. Handlers must comply disposition of the expert committee and observe the following rules:  

  • Keep the dogs on collars and strong leashes;  
  • As soon as the dog of one of the group run, the rest of the chain leading to stop without  waiting for the order of a judge, and held strong and calm their dogs;  
  • Owners of running dogs,  should immediately follow them to the end to persecution and  get dogs on leash and do not interfere with any other groups;  
  • The chairman of the expert committee determines further progress and direction of the chain;  
  • Leading person can Let the dog only if here(fox) rose to a group ranging from 25 to 100 meters.

 If the animal climbed 100 meters further, handler let dogs at will; 

  • let dogs of a young animal (from late litters or has not attained the size of a normal animal)  and raised less then 25 meters from the closest group is prohibited.  

 

III. DUTIES OF MEMBERS OF THE EXPERT COMMITTEE

 

  1. After splitting into groups of dogs and draw, the chairman of the judging committee repeats the handlers duty, and only then sends a signal to get in the chain, followed close behind them. Members of the judging panel on horseback, in cars or on motorcycles with sidecars are arranged so that in the case of start-up of a group of dogs at least one judge could follow them.  
  2. Judges for the dogs to the rate of work should take into account the context in which it proceeded.

 

Difficult conditions are considered: high stubble, weeds, planting, rough tillage. Light conditions are: soft ground, virgin soil, hay, winter wheat, the stubble, a pair(resting soil).  

Examine

 

IV. QUALITY HUNTING hounds IDENTIFIED IN TESTS, is regarded by the following table MAXIMUM POINTS:

 

  1. Frolic(speed)   -30
  2. Vigilance – 10
  3. Perseverance in the pursuit 10 
  4. Strength and endurance – 10
  5. Participation in catching – 15
  6. Expirience (single). Coordination of work (for groups) – 5
  7. Behavior on the lead – 5
  8. Behavior of the lead – 5
  9. Behavior toward the  killed animal -10

10 Total score – 100

 

Awarding of diplomas for the quality of hunting hounds is if they have the following minimum scores:

 

Elements of work, which are required       The minimum score for the total amount of the  the minimum rates                                      individual elements.

 

                                                                      I degree          II degree            III degree

 

Total Score                                                      80                   70                        60

Frolic                                                                24                   21                        18

Behavior toward the  killed animal                   8                    7                          6

Coordination of work (for groups)                    4                    4                          3

 

Note: The dog, that tearing the killed animal, diplomas are not awarded.  

 

The hunt

 

 

 

 

 

 

V. CONDITIONS OF THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA FOR WORK ON hare, Belyakand Talay.

 

  1. For the award of a diploma of III degree for individual work, capture hare by group, in which dog been working, is not required. The diploma is awarded to a hound that has made a turn, for slite turn diploma is not awarded.  
  2. For the award of a diploma of II degree for individual work, required catching a hare, or other dogs of the group, in which it operates. A dog that shows a higher agility and ensured the capture of the hare, gets the highest rates. However, other dogs may be left without diplomas, including the one that took the hare out of other dogs turns.  
  3. For the award of a diploma of I degree catching a hare by the dog is required.
  4. For the group to award of the diploma of any degree,  the capture of animals required.

The catch

 

VI. CONDITIONS OF THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA FOR WORK ON FOX  

1. Diploma in the first degree is awarded only in the individual work under severe working conditions (the fox got no closer than 300 meters to the plow, the weeds, etc.), only the dog that caught the fox. For  the group work, the first degree diploma is not awarded.

When you work for Fox in the category “individual rating”, second and third degree is awarded depending on the degree of difficulty work dog, but subject to mandatory catch the fox.  

 

VII. RATING  DOG ARE NOT MADE AND dog is removed from TEST IN THIS CASES:

 

  1. The dogs relaesed  on the animal rose up against the next group.  
  2. The dogs released by a young animal from late litter or at distance closer then 25 meters.  
  3. Dogs returned , have running only up to 200 m with clear view of the hare(fox),   
  4. Handler deliberately did not let dogs on the animal rose up within the specified range for the test.  
  5. Dogs attacking domestic animals. 

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End of a long day in the field

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year of Event:

1972

Country:

Russia

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Author:

Arvid Andersen

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