Rules and Exercises for the Police Dog 1 (PD1) class. The PD1 class is divided into two parts: the Obedience phase and the Protection phase. The obedience and protection routines consist of many advanced training exercises that are considered essentials for testing and identifying dogs with the capability to perform police service work. In addition, the exercises required for this class are excellent for
providing competition and for
promoting dog training. Other benefits of a title from this class will be to
improve training related to police service work and to provide a class/title
that is a credible test for identifying dogs who posses the necessary skills
that would make them good candidates for police service work or for breeding.
The PD1 is one of the main titles used in the UKC Dog Sport program for
improving breeding characteristics and assisting dog owners who want to produce
dogs capable of police service work.A. General Rules.
1. The Police Dog 1 class is made up of two parts, PD1 Obedience exercises and PD1 Protection exercises.
2. Eligibility to perform the PD1 obedience exercises. A dog must have earned a Protection Alert or higher title to be eligible to participate in the PD1 class.
3. Eligibility to perform the PD1 protection exercises. A dog must qualify in the Obedience phase of the PD1 at the trial before it is eligible to participate in the PD1 protection exercises of the same trial, regardless if the dog has previously passed the PD1 obedience phase at another trial.
4. Leash Option. The PD1 allows handlers the option of performing any exercise in the class off leash except where a leash is required. However, exercising this option does not earn any additional points.
5. Scoring Note. Each exercise has listed many items that the judge is required to assess for imperfection deductions. However, the judge may also assess major or minor imperfection deductions that are not listed for any other abnormal deviations from the ideal performance.
6. Neutrality Test. During the entire performance the dog is under the neutrality test. A dog that shows extreme aggression, fear, shyness or whose demeanor gives the Judge reason to believe that the dog may not safely be judged may be given a non-qualifying score and excused from the ring.
7. Qualifying Score. A qualifying score in the PD1 class requires the passing of the Obedience phase with a score of 70 points or more and passing the Protection phase with a score of 70 points or more at the same trial