Field trial

Field trials are conducted for pointing dogs and setters, retrievers and spaniels, with each assessing the different types various working traits.

In the United States, field trials are also conducted for basset hounds, beagles, and dachshunds.

[3][2] In the United States, dog handlers, judges and observers at American Kennel Club run pointer and setter trials often follow on horseback.

[4] Handlers, judges and observers at United Kennel Club trails are all on foot.

[1] HPR trials are usually conducted on varying terrain to test the dogs in different environments, and they usually include at least one retrieve from water.

[16] United Kennel Club sponsored Beagle trials are conducted in two forms; in the first four beagles and their handlers each try to out-perform each other in locating game, in the second five hounds are worked together following a scent trail with the judge comparaing their individual performances.

[19] In the United States they are called hunt tests and are more formally organised, being run by both the American Kennel Club and United Kennel Club, with separate tests for pointing dogs, retrievers, and spaniels.