21/04/2025
SATURDAY MAY 10th we are excited to be hosting a RATS! CANADA Fun Match! Please see the below detailed information. We are also offering FREE drop-in sessions for people who have entered the May 10th Fun Match 🙂
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The B-RAT PACK is hosting an accreditation FUN MATCH on Saturday May 10th. Please register your dog for their Rats Canada ID number and then enter our Fun Match to help us become an accredited Rats Canada club that can host official trials!
Once you have your RATS! Canada ID # for your dog (this can take up to 72 hrs so do it now) please enter our Fun Match which closes on April 30th!!
To Register Your Dog with Rats Canada *REQUIRED TO ENTER ALL EVENTS* ($20 Canadian flat fee): RATS! Canada - https://www.ratscanadadogsports.com/register.html
To enter your dog in the May 10th, 2025 FUN MATCH – after getting your RATS! Canada dog ID # please enter HERE:
https://dogshow.ca/en/events/5485?userId=083b1199-4c7f-4102-a415-5a2ffd1485b3
The B-RAT PACK is proud to be a pending RATS! CANADA Club.
Please like and follow our club FB page link below to be kept up to date on practice sessions, events and exciting news!
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551931885519
Anyone that enters our Saturday May 10th RATS! CANADA Fun Match is welcome to sign up for FREE drop-in/practice sessions for RATS! CANADA Barn Ratting/Brush Hunt/Team Relay at Unleashed K9 Performance (Ramara, ON) on the following dates (1st come/1st serve when full – full so sign up for our event and email me to be put on the FREE drop in dates)
TUESDAY APRIL 29th from 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
FRIDAY MAY 2nd from 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Please email Lisa Frederick at: [email protected] when you have entered the May 10th RATS! Canada Fun Match to sign up for 1 or both FREE drop in sessions above.
Rules for all RATS! Canada games can be found on the Web site at
http://www.ratscanadadogsports.com
BRUSH HUNTING
Brush Hunting relies completely on your dog’s ability to locate a live quarry. Brush Hunts can be held outside in a wooded or fallow fenced area, or in an indoor fenced ring. The size of the area is
determined by the level of difficulty. The higher the level, the bigger the area the dog must search. One or two tubes containing a live rat are used for this event depending on the level of difficulty. The tube must remain in the same position for every team at the same level, and the handler is told where the quarry is before competing. The tube is completely 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. Depending on the level of difficulty, the time that the dog must work alone while the handler remains in the start box, and waits for permission to move around the ring varies. The time required to obtain a qualifying score (Q) varies from 80 to 60 seconds based on the level of difficulty. Under no circumstances may the handler touch the dog, the bales or the tube(s) while the dog is working, as this will result in automatic disqualification. Qualifying in the dog’s first or second sanctioned novice brush hunt run leads to a Brush Hunt Instinct Title.
BARN RATTING
Barn ratting requires good communication with your dog, as well as your dog’s ability to discriminate odors and live animals. Depending on the level of difficulty, three to eight tubes may be used. These can be empty, or containing either rats and/or rat litter. The size of the area is determined by the level of difficulty. Tubes are hidden between bales of hay. The end of the tubes must be in plain view of the handler and the judge, being more or less visible depending on the competition level. The team is allocated 2 minutes to find the rat/s. The handler can give one verbal command then must remain silent for the first 30 seconds or more while the dog hunts. When the judge gives their permission, the
handler may encourage and direct his dog verbally. The handler is responsible for calling ‘Rat!’ to the judge, when he believes that his dog has found a rat, which stops the timer. Should the team be in
error and have identified a tube incorrectly, the timer will continue, and 5 seconds will be added to the final time. You may only touch/pet your dog shortly after he has found a rat tube. The tube(s) where the rats are hidden are switched places for each blind of participants, to ensure participants are not aware of the tube location(s). The rat(s) must be found within 90 seconds to earn your
qualification. Qualifying in a dog’s first or second ever sanctioned novice barn hunt run leads to a Barn Ratting Instinct Title.
TEAM RELAY
The object of the game is for two teams of dog/handlers to each find a rat in a brush hunt setting in the same ring. The protocol is the same as in Brush Hunting. You may issue a single verbal command to your dog upon its release, after which you must be silent. As usual, the judge will stop the timer when they deem that the dog has shown that they have found the rat to their satisfaction. THE TIMER WILL BE STOPPED when the first rat is found. The handler must collect their dog quickly, and return to
their start box area with their dog on leash or otherwise under control. The handler will then advise their team member that they are done, and check that the judge is ready to continue. When the judge gives permission, the second handler will then release their dog, issuing a single verbal command. The timer re-starts when the second dog leaves the start box.
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