DOG COMPETITION
(The Word - 'Dog' includes both sexes)

RULES: GENERAL
1. Police Dog Competition will be open to all Police Dogs (of any breed) who are working in Police Dog units of any State of India, Central Police Organization and Union Territory.
2. All Dogs entered in the Competition should have pedigree Papers
& Registration certificates from any registered Kennel Clubs of
India:
These conditions will be waived in respect of imported dogs and
they will be allowed to take part by showing the registration and
pedigree papers of the country from where imported.
3. No dog below 18 months shall be allowed to enter in the
competition.
4. No bitches in season or over 33 days pregnancy shall be allowed to compete or be allowed on the trial grounds.
5. No dog will be allowed in the competition arena without clearing veterinary examination and documentation.
6. Each Dog will be examined thoroughly by a panel of two veterinary doctors, appointed by the Committee, before it is allowed to enter the ground.
7. No dog will be eligible for competition, which is totally blind, defective in hearing, suffering from any infection or contagious disease or any deformity interfering with the performance of dog.
8. There will be no entry fee for any Dog but entry fee will be charged for dog handler.
9. The coordinating Committee of All India Police Duty Meet reserves the right to alter or amend these rules and should any questions arise, not provided by these rules, the decision of the Committee shall be final.
10. Every organization entering its dogs for competition will be deemed to have agreed to abide by the rules of All India Police
Duty Meet Competition and it is on this understanding only that entries will be accepted.
11. Arrangements for transportation of Dogs from Railway Station to the place of Kennels and from Kennels to competition ground and back will be made by the Police force which hosts the Competition.
12. Arrangements for food etc., of Dogs will be made by the incharge officers of the organization which enters the dogs for competition.

The organizing Committee will render assistance for procuring food etc. at reasonable rates.

Each dog exhibitor will bring his own
Mattresses, Durries, grooming-equipment, equipment for food, equipment for competition i.e. Harness, Choke-chain, Collar,
Leash, Tracking lead, Dumbbell, Ball etc., and keep First Aid arrangements handy if required immediately by any dog or handler.
13. The handlers of Dogs will bring their own Dog Units Uniforms, prescribed by their respective organizations.
14. At the time of competition only the dog handler and the officer incharge of the Dog party will be allowed to enter the grounds where competition is held.
15. After the veterinary examination, the dog and dog handler will be given a card bearing chest number allotted by judges.
16. After every exercise is finished, handler may praise, reward, and pat his dog but not during the exercise.
17. Judges shall lay down some schedule for exercise and instruct stewards to give commands. Consequently, the exercise and the dog must be carefully watched.

Any suggestion of signaling or outside collaboration to be severely penalized.

CUSTODY AND CARE OF DOGS
18. The handler will be responsible for feeding and watering of dog.
19. The organizing committee will not be responsible for the loss, detention of, or damage to any person, or dog or any property whether arising from accident or any other cause whatever, or from any act of commission of themselves, their officers or attendants or others.


JUDGES
20. The member of the panel of judges should be of those who have experience in dog handling/training for three years or more and have preferably done dog handling and management course from
BSF/ Army or any other reputed institute. The Judge can be retired or serving member of State Police/CPO/Army. Organizing Committee will nominate Chief Judge from penal of judges on the basis of seniority and experience in the field. He will be responsible for coordination among the judges and smooth and timely conducting of the competition. He will forward the objections with his comments, if any raised by the competitors after obtaining the remarks of the other judges.
21. Should any Judge, appointed by the Committee, be unable to attend, the committee reserve the right to appoint substitutes.
The Judge's decision will always be final. The objections, if any will be entertained only on the ground of fraud or misrepresentation or when bona-fide mistake made by the judges. The objection must be accompanied by objection fee of RS.100/- only. If the objection found to be correct, then the objection fees will be returned.

23. Audible announcements, with the help of loudspeakers, will be made, calling out the number of the dogs, wanted in the judging ring and handlers must be ready with their dogs to enter the ring as soon as the numbers are called out.



22. TRADE TEST
24. To make the competition more professional and skill oriented the test will be conducted in three trades namely:
(i) Tracker
(ii) Explosive
(iii] Narcotics
25. All dogs irrespective of their breed and sex will be allowed to take part in competition.
26. A team of dogs should consist of not less than three dogs and not more than six dogs. Not more than two dogs can participate in one trade.
27. Only a dog which has won a gold medal in a particular AIPDM would be debarred from participating for one year only, that is, in the next AIPDM. If any dog, not eligible to participate in a particular
AIPDM for the above reason, does, however, participate by fraud or mistake, then, after due enquiry, the medal will be awarded to the next best dog.

MEDAL / TROPHIES
28. Medals and certificates will be awarded to dog placed first. Second and third, irrespective of their breed or sex, in each trade, according to the number of points scored by them.
29. Team championship trophy and certificate will be awarded to the best team. Runner-up team championship trophy and certificate will be awarded to second best team. Team championship trophy will be decided on the basis of sum of average marks scored in each Trade Test. Best dog trophy and certificate will also be awarded to the dog securing overall highest marks in all the three trade tests.

MARKS
30. The performance of each dog will be judged on points
(Maximum 400)
31. The marks obtained in each exercise should be announced immediately just after completion of exercise. Results should be announced immediately just after completion of trade test.

TRADE TEST MARKING - TRACKING
I.
1.Obedience Test-25 marks
2.Refusal of food-25 marks
3.Retrieve over Two hurdles of 3 feet height each-25 marks
4.Seek or find-25 marks
5.Scent discrimination - Judges scent-50 marks

(out of 6 scented hankies)

6.Scent identification-50 marks
7.Tracking on lead over 500 yards but not more than 600 yards with two curves and one cross track. One hour old track.-
200 marks



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Total-400 marks

I.
TRADE TEST MARKING - EXPLOSIVE
1
Obedience Test- 25 marks

2
Refusal of food-25 marks

3
Building Search-75 marks

4
Ground Search - 100 marks
5
Vehicle Search - 75 marks

6
Luggage Search - 60 marks

7
Human Body search - 40 marks


Total= 400 marks


III.
TRADE TEST MARKING - NARCOTICS
1
Obedience Test 25


2
Refusal of food 25

3
Ground Search 50

4
Vehicle Search 75

5
Building Search 50

6
Human body Search 75


7
Luggage search 100


Total = 400 marks




GUIDELINES TO CONDUCT TRACKER TEST
(a) Obedience Test

(b) This includes heel free, sit, up and come. Dog to walk on left side of handler. Heel free consisting of left about and right about turns, fast, medium and slow walks to be done. Dog lagging behind or moving in front to be penalized 5 points. Dog will sit at every command of halt.

One word of command for each work will be given for sit, up and come.

Every extra command or signal of handler to be penalized 5 points.

[b] Refusal of Food from Strangers
This exercise may be done by stranger at any time during the course of test. Raw meat, liver, biscuit or anything that could tempt the dog to be tried. Water in a bowl may also be used.


(c) Retrieve
Two hurdles of 3 feet height each will be placed at least 10 feet apart. Dog will have to retrieve dumb-bell provided by handler over these hurdles both while going to fetch and coming back. Dog to finish, sit at heel, one command each of fetch, cease and heel to be given.

Every extra command or action, before command, to be penalized 5 points.

Mouthing or dropping object to be penalized by 5 points.


(d) Seek for Find
Handler will drop small flat article (leather diary or purse) while walking. Dog to be sent back after going at least 50 yards. Smell of handler to be given and order of seek or find should be given. Dog should not play with the article or drop it on the way otherwise 5 marks will be deducted. Dog and handler should not be sent on a straight course.

One command of seek or find and one command of fetch is permitted.

Extra signal of commands penalized 5 marks each time.

(e) Scent Discrimination - Judge's Scent
Six handkerchiefs will be given to spectator one minute before start of exercise. The handkerchief of the judge's scent will also be placed among six hankies. All the hankies will he lined up in any formation. During the placement operation of hankies, the dog and the handler will face away.

Wrong indication minus 10 marks.

Mouthing/dropping of hankies minus 5 marks.

Total time for exercise 10 minutes maximum.


(f) Scent Identification

In this exercise, 10 persons will stand up in any formation along with the suspect. Scent to the dog will be given by handkerchief, shoe. knife or any weapon of offence of the suspect.
The dog has to catch the suspect by catching his right arm.
Jumping on person, other than the suspect will be negative marked by 5 points. Time allowed for the exercise will be 10 minutes maximum.

(g) Tracking
Track should be or 500-600 yards length and it should have at least
2 curves and one cross track. The track should be one hour old.
The judges shall lay a different track for each dog. A shoe or slipper or knife or weapon of offence or head cloth or other suitable article shall be given to the dog for scent. Dog must take scent from the spot and trace the persons. (The dog to be on tracking lead of 30 ft.) An encouragement may be given but no directional signal or command is allowed. The exercise finishes when the dog has found the suspect. If the dog misses trail, no recast or re- tracking is permitted, but when obstacles like water, walls etc., have been met, recasts are allowed at that spot. If the dog is on wrong track, for more than 100 yards, the judge may disqualify the dog. One Judge should be stationed near the end of track where suspect is located. Complete tracking time should not be more than 45 minutes.


GUIDELINES TO CONDUCT EXPLOSIVE TEST
Explosive used for test will be both from low power explosive (Gun powder) as well as high power explosive group Le. Dynamite, TNT.
C4, Plastics, RDX, Semtex or similar new arrivals etc. (Hidden explosives will hereafter be referred as 'articles'). The article to be hidden should not be less than 100 gms.

(a) Obedience Test

This includes heel free, sit, up and come. Dog to walk on left side of handler. Heel free consisting of left about and right about turns, fast, medium and slow walks to be done. Dog lagging behind or moving in front to be penalized 5 points. Dog will sit at every command of halt. One word of command for each work will be given for sit, up and come. Every extra command or signal of handler to be penalized 5 points.

(b) Refusing Food from Strangers
This exercise may be done at any time during the course of test.
Raw meat, liver, biscuit or anything that could tempt the dog to be tried. Water in a bowl may also be used.

(c) Ground search
(i) Area to be searched is 30' x 30'.
Only two packets containing explosives will be used.
These will be buried at a minimum 3 Inchs.
Depth and maximum 6 Inchs.
Depth in two separate pits.

(ii) Area to be searched will be marked by red flags and shown to the handler. The handler will fix the harness, stand at the place near the ground indicated by the judge. After getting orders from the Judge he will order his dog, 'Go find'. After locating the item the dog will indicate it by sitting or barking.

Maximum time for search will be 15 minutes.

(d) Vehicle Search

Buses, trucks, tractors, light vehicles .and two wheelers can be used to hide the articles. In case of bus and truck, jeep and car, a single vehicle is to be kept for searching. If 2 wheeler vehicles are used at least live two wheelers should be used.

For explosive search, first the dog will search the outer side of the vehicle, and after ensuring that nothing is hidden outside, the dog will enter into the vehicle and search inside. While doing so the handler will not fiddle with the windows.

Maximum search time allowed for
heavy vehicle - 15 minutes,
light vehicle - 10 minutes and
two wheeler - 5 minutes.

(e) Building search

Area 2-3 roomed house. Two articles will be hidden. The articles hidden should not be at a place beyond the reach of dogs. In case the articles are to be hidden at a height, it should not be placed beyond a height of 5 feet. It is preferable that the room to be searched has things which are normally kept in a house or office in daily life. Total search time will be 10 minutes per room.

(f) Human Body Search
. At least 10 persons are to be used for this exercise. Out of these persons, articles will be given to one person only. They will stand in a line, 3 feet apart and on getting 'Go' signal from the judge, the dog will sniff the persons one by one and indicate the article by sitting or bark possessed by the person.

Maximum search time 10 minutes.

g) Luggage Search

Luggage used can be suitcases, bedding, flower pots, handbags, cartons and similar items. A maximum of 10 such items; can be used as luggage. However, the article can be hidden only in two items. Each piece of luggage should be placed at a distance of one foot from each other.

Maximum search time 10 minutes.