Obedience Trials Association

Obedience Trials Association The club for Working Trials and Tracking Trials in the South Island, New Zealand. http://otanz.weebly.com/ Dogs compete in ascending levels called ‘stakes’.

Working Trials originated in the UK and are a competitive sport based on the civilian equivalent of police dog work. Working trials started in NZ in 1966 and became a three level competition in 1978. Working Trials develops and tests many canine skills – obedience and control, intelligence and independence, searching and tracking, agility and fitness. Trials are physically demanding for both dog a

nd handler, but are also great fun and extremely rewarding. From the lowest stake, Companion (CD), through Utility (UD), Working (WD) and Tracking Dog (TD) at the very top, the dog is required to obtain 75% of the marks in each section and 90% overall in order to qualify and thereby progress upwards to the next stake.

Photos from Saturdays Prize giving
19/05/2026

Photos from Saturdays Prize giving

Some photos from the weekend. Not quite up to Brya's standard though lol
18/05/2026

Some photos from the weekend. Not quite up to Brya's standard though lol

Another amazing WT done and dusted at Whitecliffs. Such a beautiful farm and stunning days even if bit tad bit chilli.Re...
18/05/2026

Another amazing WT done and dusted at Whitecliffs. Such a beautiful farm and stunning days even if bit tad bit chilli.

Results

Saturday
UD no qualifiers
Vicki & Moss BT

WD
Karen & Tic-it WDX, BT, HQ

TD no qualifiers
Erin & Everest BHS, BFT

Sunday
UD
Lou & Annie UDX, BT, HQ
Anita & Annie UDX

WD no qualifiers
Karen & Tic-it BT,

TD
Erin & Everest TD, BFT
Carolyn & Luna TD
Susan & Kobi BHS, BLT

Congratulations to all the wins, big or small.

A big thankyou to Carole for hosting our Judge the lovely Sheeran, and to Carole and Helen for helping me put all the pieces together.
Thank you to Karen who planned near all of the UD tracks and helped with final timetable tweaks and to everyone that jumped in and helped over the weekend.
Awesome Team effort.

17/05/2026

Trophy winners from Whitecliffs.

UD Anita Pearless & Annie
WD Karen Wilson & Tic-It
TD Carolyn Roberts & Luna

Post edited! Apologies to Anita & Lou :(

Congratulations and I am so sorry I didn't have them there and all organised! Totally my fault. I will make sure you get them asap. Carole

-1° at 8.30 am 🥶 this morning Whitecliffs working trial
16/05/2026

-1° at 8.30 am 🥶 this morning Whitecliffs working trial

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08/05/2026

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Selling my OTA jacket. In excellent condition. Size xl. Only worn a couple of times. $50 pm me if interested.. Maria Fra...
07/05/2026

Selling my OTA jacket. In excellent condition. Size xl. Only worn a couple of times. $50 pm me if interested.. Maria Frahm

20/04/2026

Entries to May WT close this Friday 24th. Enter online within height of dog if applicable in comments. Payment to OTA - Name & May WT in payment details please.

Been a long day out in a beautiful tracking location with great company. Here are Sunday’s results:Lisa & Keyo TT1A HQ w...
12/04/2026

Been a long day out in a beautiful tracking location with great company. Here are Sunday’s results:
Lisa & Keyo TT1A HQ with full points!
Shelly & Kea TT1A
Vicki & Moss TT1A
Carolyn & Gracie TT1B
Barbara & Ariel TT1B
Suz & Axel TT2B

Great effort of all handler teams and it was lovely to see some great handling skills. Congratulations to everyone.
Also thanking everybody who helped with track laying, organising and chauffeuring people from one place to the other. Big thank you to Leesa Burns judging our trials and enduring a couple long days.

Our March trials are approaching fast.Enter on line on DogsNZ Please send Karen Wilson a message when you have paid OT...
14/02/2026

Our March trials are approaching fast.
Enter on line on DogsNZ
Please send Karen Wilson a message when you have paid OTA with your dogs hight.
Please note that every dog that comes to this farm needs to have a current sheep measles certificate as it is a working sheep farm TIA.

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