Scent Work Trials: May 26-27, 2022 FRSWC ALL BREED

@ Dog Tag Buddies & Billings K9 Coaching / Mountain West Storage in BILLINGS, MONTANA

Be sure to check the welcome letter for schedule/class order!

See the Welcome Letter for approximate times for classes. Sign up for REMIND text messages to receive notifications about the schedule.

Crating will be out of your vehicles. See the Welcome Letter for additional information.

Billings K9 Coaching is located on the same property as Mountain West Storage. You will enter through a private gate at 2815 S 48th Street west. Use gate code (50099) to enter and follow the orange cones back to the parking area. Please DRIVE SLOW. The arena is 3 miles from Billings Shiloh Crossing where you can choose from numerous restaurants and retail shopping.

Searches will be indoors and outdoors, dependent on entry counts.

Judges:

Mary Lehman (102843) of Helena, MT
John Fisher (110513) of Carson City, NV

Opening Date: April 19, 2022 at 9:00am MST
Pre-Entry Closing Date: May 16, 2022 at 11:59pm MST

Current Run Availability:

Thursday is full!  There are still a few runs available for Friday.

AKC Sanctioning:

Thursday Trial 1 Event AKC Information

Thursday Trial 2 Event AKC Information

Friday Trial 1 Event AKC Information

Friday Trial 2 Event AKC Information


DOCUMENTS:

Premium (Mail-In Entry form on back page.)

Online Entry Thursday is now full so online entry has been closed.  Entry must be made via snail mail or day of show if space is still available.  Entries for Thursday will be added to the waitlist in case of any pulls.

Entries can also be made via the paper entry form (last page of the premium) and sent via snail mail or dropped off to the secretary’s address listed in the premium. It is illegal to leave entries in the USPS mailbox without proper postage. If you drop them off at the secretary’s address, please put them in the small milk box on the front porch and email/text that they are there. DO NOT drop off/mail entries to Matrix!

Welcome Letter – read for important info including pre-entry counts, times and class order! Will be posted on or before the Tuesday preceding the event.

Running Order – will be available at the trial. See the Welcome Letter for pre-entry counts and estimated class schedule.


WAITLIST INFORMATION:

If a day fills and additional entries are received, we’ll take those entries on “waitlist status”. If someone pulls from the trial after pre-entry closing and there is another dog we can move in from the waitlist, the person pulling will receive a refund (see policy in premium) and the dog from the waitlist will move into the trial for the runs that became available. On event day, if there are absent handlers declared prior 7:00am on the day of the trial, waitlisted entries present can be taken to fill those spots. Refunds will be issued within 10 days of the completion of the event.

In order to be added to the waitlist you MUST SUBMIT AN ENTRY FORM by 9:00am on the day of the trial and PAY IN FULL. You will receive confirmation of your entry that states your entries are “WAITLISTED”. Please keep an eye on your email as your status can change quickly!


TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS:

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(Including what classes we are currently building/running.)

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