Teastas Mor was a certificate of gameness issued to a dog by the Irish Kennel Club.
[1] Strict Irish Kennel Club rules governed the Teastas Mor (certificate of gameness).
The trials must be conducted strictly within the law and are restricted to dogs and bitches which have not already qualified for the Teastas Mor certificate.
2. b) In the event of any serious injury occurring to any dog or badger, the animal at the discretion of the Veterinary Surgeon shall be humanely and expeditiously destroyed.
Once a badger is "drawn" (pulled out of the ground), it must not be released or returned to the earth until the conclusion of the trials.
When a sounder reports the presence of game with a "full and sustained tongue", a reasonable time shall be allowed before men with shovels begin to dig.
If the sounder records persistently from one section of the sett, digging shall commence under the direction of the judges.