Brush Hunting / Chasse en broussailles

Brush Hunting relies completely on your dog’s ability to locate a live quarry. Brush Hunts are usually held outside in a wooded or fallow fenced area. The size of the area is determined by the level of difficulty. The higher the level, the bigger the area the dog must search. Only one tube containing a live rat is used for this event. The tube must remain in the same position for every team, and the handler is told where the quarry is before competing. The tube is totally out of sight, covered slightly in leaves or branches or straw. The judge stops the timer when he considers that the dog indicates, in a satisfactory fashion, the presence of the rat.  Two (2) minutes are allocated to find the rat.  During the first minute, only the dog is allowed in the ring. The handler must remain at the entrance on the designed mat and wait for permission to enter the ring and to help his dog for the remaining minute. The handler may direct his dog to the area where the rat is located. Under no circumstances he may touch the dog or the tube as this results in automatic disqualification. The handler may encourage his dog the entire time but directional cues will lead to disqualification, as the judge wants to evaluate the ability of the dog to locate the live quarry. Completing a run in less than 2 minutes is considered a “pass” and scores will be used for placement, however, your dog has to find the rat in the first minute to earn a qualification. Qualifying in your first or second ever sanctioned novice brush hunt run leads to Brush Hunting Instinct Title (IBRH).
★ Novice Rules
★ Advanced Rules
★ Master Rules
La chasse en broussailles se pratique à l’extérieur ou à l’intérieur.  À l’extérieur, sur un terrain boisé et/ou en friche, délimité par une clôture, ayant pour objectif de trouver l’emplacement d’un ou de plusieurs rats. La dimension du terrain et le nombre de rats sont déterminés par le niveau de difficulté, plus le niveau est avancé, plus la superficie à couvrir par le chien sera grande. Si pratiquée à l’intérieur, elle est aussi délimitée par une clôture et la broussaille est reproduite de façon artificielle avec des lignes directrices claires.
★ Règlements novice
★ Règlements avancé
★ Règlements expert