Happy New Year From The Canine Chronicle!

Wishing you a happy New Year from The Canine Chronicle!

The canine sport of Barn Hunt is still relatively new to the conformation dog show community, but has grown substantially in popularity the last decade. Barn Hunt is a timed event designed to test a dog’s ability to locate the quarry (a rat) and to signal the find to his handler. Just as with most AKC performance events there are multiple skill levels: Novice, Open, Senior and Master, with titles awarded in each. Each test level is made increasingly more difficult with the addition of tubes containing used bedding material and more rats. There is also a basic level, the Instinct test, that must first be passed.