RescueDogs
Get the app
DEEN

Tracking work · RH-F · IGP

From a laid track to your next training goal

Plan the route, document articles and record the search. RescueDogs brings the tracklayer, dog and training review into one workflow.

Open tracking plannerOpen tracking archive

1. Plan

Draw the track in the tracking planner, place articles and record the tracklayer, planned age and step count. Choose free training or templates for RH-F V, A and B, IGP 1–3, FPr 1–3 and IFH 1–3. Choose free IFH training for your own requirements. The tracking planner is part of Premium.

2. Lay

Choose the plan in the app and record the track as it is actually laid. Add articles at their positions and include a person at the end for RH-F A and B. The plan and the recorded route remain separate.

3. Search

Select the laid track as your reference. Record the search with your phone or a supported dog tracker, and document articles that were indicated or missed. Recording times determine the track age.

4. Review

View the laid track and search route on the same map. Assign the dog, add observations and share recordings with your organization when needed. GPX and the web print view support preparation and debriefing.

More SAR disciplines in training

Record water rescue, obedience and agility exercises in your training components too. Goals, observations and assistance stay together in your training overview.

Explore training documentation →

FAQ

Is tracking the same as mantrailing?

No. Tracking follows a laid footstep track and includes article indication. It has its own planner and archive in RescueDogs. Mantrailing remains available separately.

Does RescueDogs score a trial automatically?

No. GPS supports route comparison but cannot assess tracking accuracy to the centimetre. Steps and GPS metres are separate measurements. Templates support training; the relevant trial rules remain authoritative.

How do the RH-F levels differ?

RH-F V includes an alert exercise separate from the track. RH-F A and B include finding and indicating the tracklayer at the end. Articles and the identification article are considered separately in training.

Can I start without an organization?

Yes. Plan, record and review your own tracks. Add an organization when you want to share recordings with your team.

Water detection

Review searches on the water together

Keep search areas, the route travelled and your dog’s alerts together. Water detection has its own recording mode and archive in RescueDogs.

Water detection →

Personal tracking practice

From your own dog to the next session

Use the whole workflow for personal training. An organization is only needed when you want to work with a unit.

  1. Choose your dog and focus. Open your dog under “My dogs”. Pick one observable focus for this session, such as a calmer article indication.
  2. Prepare the track. Open the tracking planner and select free training or the relevant trial class. Record the step count and planned track age; GPS metres are a separate measurement. Save the plan. The planner is part of Premium.
  3. Lay the actual track. Start laying with the selected plan. Record articles where you actually place them. Finish and save the laid reference track.
  4. Search with your dog. Select the laid track as the reference and start a separate search recording. Keep track of articles indicated or missed. The recording times determine the actual track age.
  5. Document observations. Compare the reference and search routes in the archive. Open your dog’s training records, select a relevant component and link the recording. Note observations and the next focus. GPS does not decide a trial score or deployment readiness.
  6. Continue your programme. Open the programmes for your dog. Premium lets you adopt and adapt a programme template. Link a training component to the milestone you want to work on. Then open “Document exercise” there. You decide when the milestone is complete. “Repeat exercise” opens a new record with fresh results.

Without reception: Download the required offline maps before training and check the map without a connection. Save the laid track before starting its search. When you reconnect, check the archive to see that both the laid track and the search have uploaded.

What the records look like

The sample report shows two tracking sessions with observations and the next focus for each. All dogs, people and training sessions are fictional. Documented results are not automatically scored as a trial.

Open the sample report · Download the same records as CSV

Start your first training sessionPreview programme templates