Category: Standards & Rules

When youth handlers graduate to sanctioned field trials (UKC American Field) or compete in them still as a youth handler, they should be thoroughly familiar with the standards of the sport — the standards to which their dogs will be judged in various stakes and the rules they need to adhere to as a handler or scout. “Standards to Field Trial Procedure, Judicial Practice, Handler and Bird Dog Performance”, are the official standards produced by […]

Copied from the Dixie Trace FTA Article XIII – Youth Trials A scholarship of $1000 will be awarded to the youth handler of the year.  Handler points will be calculated in the same manner as other handler awards are determined, number of dogs started X 1 for 3rd place, multiplied by 2 for 2nd place and multiplied by 3 for 1st place. The scholarship will be payable upon that student’s graduation from high school and enrollment in an […]

Gun Dog Standard for Youth Field Trials (For trials and stakes whose host clubs do not have a standard of their own) Most field trialers*/upland bird hunters have a good idea of what a Gun Dog Standard is. Dogs competing in gun dog stakes are not required to be steady to wing and shot. In Youth Field Trials, young handlers are evaluated on their ability to handle their charges. They are permitted a helper who […]