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General regulations
The minimum admissible age is 18 months. The General Training Course Diploma is not compulsory, but if a dog doesn. t have it, the following skills shold be tested on the General Training Course:
- dog's movement near a trainer;
- bite demonstration and atitude to a muzzle;
- dog's coming up to a trainer from its place or out of a natural position;
- stopping of undesirable actions.
Dogs that got minimum number of marks (enough to get the 3-degree Diploma) on the stated above skills, are admitted to the Sentry Work testing.
The skills that should be tested on the Sentry Work Course:
- dog's behaviour at the block-station, its attitude to the front and to the rear (checked in a complex);
- barking distance, activity of barking, defence of the block-station and dog's barking (voice) -checked in a complex;
- dog's attitude to the food thrown or put at the block-station (checked in a complex);
- attitude to shooting.
Descripton of skill execution
Dog's behaviuor at the block-station, its attitude to the front and to the rear The command Guard!, a directing gesture.
Before sending a dog to the post, a judge hides behind some cover suitable for him to watch a dog and situated at 15-20 m-distance from the block-station. The first assistant is in a shelter, at 70-80 m-distance (not less) ahead from the block-station.
The second judge (a sentry) is at 20 m-distance from the rear side of the block-station By judge. s command a trainer puts a dog on a chain of the block-station, leads it along the territory of the block-station from one side to another, then gives the command Guard! and a gesture towards the first assistant, and goes to a shelter situated at 15 m-distance from the rear side of the block-station. A dog must be on the alert and watch carefully the rear side of the block-station, it should not be distracted towards the gone assistant and react to other irritants as well.
The skill is considered as failed, if a dog is distracted towards the rear of the block-station and doesn. t stop barking in 5 minutes.
Barking distance, activity of barking, defence of the post and dog's barking (voice) In 5-10 minutes by judge. s command a specially dressed assistant begins to move towards the centre of the block-station. An assistant puts a signal flag before a dog begins to bark at him. Being at 20-25 m-distance from the block-station, an assistant changes the direction and goes to one of the posts of the block-station, comes up to a dog at 20-25 m-distance and goes on moving towards a post of the block-station trying to pass by it.
At the first assistant. s appearance a dog must bark at him loudly moving along the territory of the block-station according to the direction of assistant. s movement. When an assistant tries to pass by a post, a dog should attack him actively and make the strong grips, it shoudn. t be afraid of an assistant, stop barking or step back when an assistant tries to cross the block-station line. The skill is considered as failed, if a dog doesn. t bark at an assistant when he is closer than at 20 m-distance or, if a dog doesn. t make a grip.
Dog's attitude to the food thrown or put at the block-station An assistant, when trying to cross the block-station line, gives a dog a piece of dainty on a stretched hand and throws it to the ground. A dog must be indifferent to the food; it mustn. t take tthe food, be afraid of the thrown or offered food, or stop barking and attacking anassistant.
The skill is considered as failed, if a dog eats the given food.
Attitude to shooting As soon as a dog begins to attack an assistant actively and makes bite work, another assistant (a . sentry. ), by judge. s command, makes a shot. At a shot a dog mustn. t stop barking and attacking of an assistant who attacks a dog from the front.
By the judge. s command . Take a dog away!. a trainer runs out of the shelter, puts a dog on a lead, puts on a muzzle, undoes a chain and takes a dog away. If it is necessary, a trainer sets an assistant free, when a dog doesn. t stop bite work. The skill is consideered as failed, if a dog stops bite work or barking.
The block-station equipment To arrange the block-station two posts 15-20 cm in diameter are put at 30 m-distance from each other, the posts are dug in the ground at 1 m-depth. The post height should be 2 m, not less.
The wire 0,6 cm in diameter is stretched between the posts at 1,5-2 m height in such a way that it should be loose in the middle and hangs 1,5 m above the ground.
The wire before fastening to the posts is threaded through several rings, a chain of 2-2,5 m length is fastened to one of the rings (other rings are spare ones). The end of the wire is fastened to the posts in a specially machined groove or to a metal hoop. A restricting device is attached to the wire at 1,8-2 m-distance from every post, this device restricts a ring and doesn. t let a dog run behind the post ( the wire is twisted, an immovable ring is set and so on).
To fix the posts the guy-ropes are used.
The block-station territory is cleared from stones, bushes and so on. Trees may be used instead of the posts, or one end of the wiremay be fastened to a fence or to a wall, it depends on the local conditions, but all the parameters should be observed.
Tables of mark rating of dog work testing on the Sentry Work Course (KS)
Table of minimum marks The highest rating is 100 marks
| NN |
Skill |
The highest rating |
Dog work rating |
| 1-degree Diploma |
2-degree Diploma |
3-degree Diploma |
| 1 |
Dog. s behaviour at the block-station |
20 |
18 |
16 |
12 |
| 2 |
Barking distance, defence of the block-station |
20 |
18 |
16 |
12 |
| 3 |
Activity of barking |
20 |
18 |
16 |
12 |
| 4 |
Attitude to the food |
20 |
18 |
16 |
12 |
| 5 |
Attitude to shooting |
20 |
18 |
16 |
12 |
| NN |
Skill |
Number of taken away marks |
|
Dog. s behaviour at the block-station - 20 marks |
|
| 1 |
Silent distraction towards the rear |
2 |
| 2 |
A dog is distracted barking, but then stops barking |
2 |
| 3 |
Timid, hesitating movement at the block-station |
4 |
| 4 |
Failure of a skill |
20 |
| Barking
distance, defence of the block-station and dog.
s barking - 20 marks
|
| 1 |
Barks at the distance of |
49-45 m |
1 |
| 44-40 m |
2 |
| 39-35 m |
3 |
| 34-30 m |
4 |
| 29-25 m |
6 |
| 24-20 m |
8 |
| 2 |
Lax pursuing of an . infringer. |
5 |
| 3 |
Weak grip |
2 - 5 |
| 4 |
Low barking |
2 |
| 5 |
Muffled barking |
3 |
| 6 |
Hoarse, low barking |
4 |
| 7 |
Failure of a skill |
20 |
| Activity of barking - 20 marks |
| 1 |
Active, but broken barking |
2 |
| 2 |
Inactive, and broken barking |
4 |
| 3 |
Barking with fear |
8 |
| 4 |
Failure of a skill |
20 |
| Attitude to the food - 20 marks |
| 1 |
Duration of smelling of dainty |
2 |
| 2 |
Takes dainty, but then throws it away |
4 |
| 3 |
Stops barking when dainty is given |
7 |
| 4 |
Fear of the offered food |
8 |
| 5 |
Failure of a skill |
20 |
| Attitude to shooting - 20 marks |
| 1 |
Stops gripping, but then renews it |
2 |
| 2 |
Stops gripping, but goes on barking |
6 |
| 3 |
Failure of a skill |
20 |
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