Fall 2026 Yankee Tracking Training sessions!

Come try tracking! Dogs already know how use their noses to track — we just need to teach them the rules of the game. Dogs can track through fields, woods, urban parks, and school campuses. AKC offers the opportunity to earn beginning and advanced tracking titles in both rural and urban environments. Yankee will offer a Tracking Dog (TD), Tracking Dog Urban (TDU), and Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX) test on May 2, 2027.

These fall training sessions are for club members looking to start or practice AKC tracking with their Goldens. They are for dogs and handlers at all levels from new beginners to advanced. Puppies and seniors are welcome.

There will be experienced trackers available to offer assistance appropriate to you and your dog’s level of training.  Sessions are limited to a small number so every team can receive customized suggestions.

Register for one class or all classes.  A $10 fee applies to each class.  (Sorry, but due to the limitations of our registration software, each session must be registered for and processed separately). 

Registration opens on September 10th. Click the session you would like to attend:  If the class is full, please add your name to the waitlist, as cancellations do happen frequently.  

Massachusetts:  Sundays in Devens MA (field or urban)

MA: Tracking Training Session 7   (Oct 4, 2026)

MA: Tracking Training Session 8   (Oct 18, 2026)

New Hampshire: Saturdays in Dover, NH (field only)

NH: Tracking Training Session 7  (Oct 3, 2026) 

NH: Tracking Training Session 8   (Oct 10, 2026)

NH: Tracking Training Session 9  (Oct 17 2026)

Please contact Roseann Mandell with any questions:  rmandell@verizon.net

What is Tracking

Tracking is an activity in which a dog follows the scent of a human being. The dog begins at a person's known starting point and follows that person's path, finding and indicating any articles the person dropped along the way. Tracking dogs are used to find lost persons, but tracking can also be a fascinating and enjoyable sport for you and your dog.

Tracking Tests

There are three levels of AKC Tracking Tests of increasing difficulty: Tracking Dog (TD), Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX) and Variable Surface Tracking (VST). The dog that earns all three titles is a Champion Tracker (CT).

An optional titling test, Tracking Dog Urban (TDU), was added in January 2014.