He did great! Baloo now has his tracking dog title! We stayed and watched some of the more advanced testing and it was really fun to watch! Had to give it up and leave before it was over. It's very hot out there so we left at 2:30. I think it was supposed to go on until 4:00. There's more tomorrow but not sure I'll go, with or without Baloo.

Atta Boy Baloo ... we knew you could do it!!! (You to Ann)

Yeah...it's Mr. HullaBaloo, TD now

Ann wrote:

Yeah...it's Mr. HullaBaloo, TD now

How cool! Is TD all there is too it though? Or can you get higher level titles? If so you thinking of entering him?

Well a big congrats to the both of you!!!

There are MUCH higher levels but they require more training. I'm going to get him into Rally for awhile and keep working on the tracking. I got to see some pretty awesome trials saturday, and talked to some of the dogs owners about it. Tracking Dog (TD) is the lowest level of tracking.

Ann wrote:

There are MUCH higher levels but they require more training. I'm going to get him into Rally for awhile and keep working on the tracking. I got to see some pretty awesome trials saturday, and talked to some of the dogs owners about it. Tracking Dog (TD) is the lowest level of tracking.

I see. Lets see if I remember correctly....is the highest one TDCH...or is CHTD.....lol. Well I'm sure that he'll be able to make it with some practice ^_^

A dog can earn four AKC Tracking titles: Tracking Dog (TD), Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX), Variable Surface Tracking (VST), and Champion Tracker (CT).
Then there's the American Working Dog Federation with 3 possible titles (AWD1, AWD2, and AWD3), which become combinations of tracking, obedience and protection.
There are German titles (FH and FH2), and also other variations of tracking, protection and obedience through Schutzhund and/or ADRK.

Ann wrote:

A dog can earn four AKC Tracking titles: Tracking Dog (TD), Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX), Variable Surface Tracking (VST), and Champion Tracker (CT).
Then there's the American Working Dog Federation with 3 possible titles (AWD1, AWD2, and AWD3), which become combinations of tracking, obedience and protection.
There are German titles (FH and FH2), and also other variations of tracking, protection and obedience through Schutzhund and/or ADRK.

WOW, you guys planning all the way to the top? Or just for fun ^_^ I'm sure that rally will be neat though, be sure to update us!

We'll keep going as long as we're both having fun with it.

Ann wrote:

We'll keep going as long as we're both having fun with it.

Sounds like a good plan

Ann wrote:

We'll keep going as long as we're both having fun with it.

Sounds like an excellent plan to me too ...