For handlers and trainers in search and rescue dog sports

Make your next training session build on the last.

Prepare a track, record the search and keep observations with your dog. RescueDogs helps you see what worked and decide what to practise next — for personal training or work with your team.

Tracking work for RH-F, IGP and IFH

Keep the laid track, search route, articles and track age together. Use templates for RH-F V, A and B, IGP 1–3, FPr 1–3 and IFH 1–3, or set your own requirements in free training. The Premium tracking planner prepares the exercise; the recorded routes show what happened in the field.

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A training history for each dog

Create your own training components and results, and document exercises without an organization or a GPS recording. Keep the date, observations and next focus together, with or without an assigned dog. Personal training programmes in Premium break longer goals into milestones; link them to your components and reuse programmes for another dog you own.

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Keep other exercises with the same training record

Record obedience and agility exercises as part of your rescue dog training. Record the goal, the help you gave and what you want to improve. The observations support your discussion with your trainer.

Keep sport trial records with your dog

Record your own results from search and rescue dog sports, such as RH, FPr, IFH, IGP tracking or article search trials. Keep the date, result, judge and notes with your dog; optionally add the venue, organizer, manually entered scores and evidence. Personal records and organization entries are kept separate.

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From the training field to the review

  1. Add your dog and choose a clear training goal.
  2. Prepare a track or exercise and record your observations.
  3. Review the route and results, then plan one specific next step.

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Start free and add the tools you need

Start with dog profiles and recordings. Premium adds planners, offline maps and training programmes. Mission and equipment modules are separate options for organizations; they are not required for your personal tracking work.

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Questions about dog sports training

Can I use RescueDogs without a search and rescue unit?

Yes. Manage your own dogs, record tracks and keep personal training components, results and goals. You can document exercises without a GPS recording. You do not need an organization to get started on your own.

What does RescueDogs support for IGP and IFH?

Tracking work includes templates for RH-F V, A and B, IGP 1–3, FPr 1–3 and IFH 1–3, plus free training with your own requirements. Document articles, track age and observations, then compare the laid track with the search route.

Does the app automatically score a trial?

No. You enter trial details, results and optional scores yourself. RescueDogs keeps the evidence with your dog; the app does not award trial results or deployment clearance. GPS cannot score tracking precision to the centimetre and does not replace a judge or the applicable trial rules.

Which features are part of Premium?

The base app lets you get started with dog profiles and recordings. Premium adds tracking planning, offline maps and personal training programmes, among other features. The pricing overview explains the available options.

Programme templates · preview

Start your own training programme from a template

Explore the four exercise sequences and choose one for your dog. With Premium, turn it into your own programme. Adapt the goals, order and criteria to your training needs and follow the next milestones. Admins and trainers can also create shared programmes for their unit.

Repeated tracking practice · Version 2

Adaptable training suggestions. No official examination requirements or automatic grading. Existing programs remain unchanged.

  1. Tracking planner

    Choose one focus, such as a calm start or a change of direction. Note planned steps, track age, surface and weather. Steps and GPS metres remain separate.

  2. Lay a track

    Record the actual laid track as a separate reference. Record start, finish and article positions; check the track age supported by those times. Leave missing information blank.

  3. Track search

    Start a new search against the laid reference. Record found, missed or unknown for each article, plus observed assistance and interruptions. Do not copy previous results.

  4. Next training goal

    Compare at least two of your sessions using the same criterion: what was observed, what assistance was needed and which condition differed? Choose the next focus; you decide when to complete milestones.

Source: RescueDogs training suggestions, version 2.

Compare article indication · Version 2

Adaptable training suggestions. No official examination requirements or automatic grading. Existing programs remain unchanged.

  1. Articles

    Choose one article and an observable aim, such as stopping at the article or staying until the handler arrives. Note the signal and planned assistance as your own training instructions.

  2. Document exercise

    Start a new search against the laid reference. Record found, missed or unknown for each article, plus observed assistance and interruptions. Do not copy previous results.

  3. Repeat exercise

    Open a repetition as a new entry. Keep the component and observation criterion, and deliberately change only one documented condition. Start results, assistance and notes afresh.

  4. Next training goal

    Compare at least two of your sessions using the same criterion: what was observed, what assistance was needed and which condition differed? Choose the next focus; you decide when to complete milestones.

Source: RescueDogs training suggestions, version 2.

Preparing for a tracking level · Version 2

Adaptable training suggestions. No official examination requirements or automatic grading. Existing programs remain unchanged.

Explicitly choose RH-F V/A/B, IGP tracking 1–3, FPr 1–3 or IFH 1–3. The selected level refers to the existing rules context in the tracking planner; the exercise sequence does not replace trial rules.

  1. Class

    Choose the desired RH-F, IGP, FPr or IFH level and its existing planner preset. Select one aspect as your training aim. RH-F V has a separate indication exercise; one IFH recording is not a complete IGP-IFH examination record.

  2. Lay a track

    Record the actual laid track as a separate reference. Record start, finish and article positions; check the track age supported by those times. Leave missing information blank.

  3. Track search

    Start a new search against the laid reference. Record found, missed or unknown for each article, plus observed assistance and interruptions. Do not copy previous results.

  4. Next training goal

    Compare at least two of your sessions using the same criterion: what was observed, what assistance was needed and which condition differed? Choose the next focus; you decide when to complete milestones.

Source: RescueDogs training suggestions, version 2.

Obedience and dexterity · Version 2

Adaptable training suggestions. No official examination requirements or automatic grading. Existing programs remain unchanged.

  1. Obedience

    Choose an existing obedience component. Observe, for example, response to the chosen signal, maintained position and necessary repeated signals. Document actual assistance and interruptions without automatic scoring.

  2. Dexterity

    Choose an existing dexterity component. Observe approach, pauses, handler assistance and completion of the chosen element. Record any abandonment too, and deliberately adapt the next exercise.

  3. Repeat exercise

    Open a repetition as a new entry. Keep the component and observation criterion, and deliberately change only one documented condition. Start results, assistance and notes afresh.

  4. Next training goal

    Compare at least two of your sessions using the same criterion: what was observed, what assistance was needed and which condition differed? Choose the next focus; you decide when to complete milestones.

Source: RescueDogs training suggestions, version 2.

Open your dog’s programmes and choose a template. Link the relevant training components and adapt the exercise sequence. Use “Document exercise” to record your observations or “Repeat exercise” to start a fresh session. You decide when a milestone is complete.

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