AKC Scent Work Qs, counted

Log each run and ShowPoints counts your Qs element by element, level by level, and tells you what's up next.

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Scent Work for Biscuit, 0 titles. Up next: SCN, 2 Qs to go, 2 more Container Novice Qs. Odor Search: Novice 0 of 4 elements; Advanced, Excellent and Master not started. Handler Discrimination in progress.

BiscuitSCN2Qs to go

Three Qs to a title.

AKC Scent Work titles are counted in qualifying runs, or Qs, at each element and level. These are the numbers ShowPoints counts toward.

3Qsat one element and level for its title

10Qs for Eliteat that same element and level

4element titlesfor the level title

10Detective Qsfor SWD

Four elements, four levels

Odor Search has sixteen element titles, from Container Novice to Buried Master. Earn all four at a level and the level title follows.

AKC Scent Work Odor Search titles by element and level. Each element title needs 3 qualifying runs; the level title needs all four element titles.
	Container	Interior	Exterior	Buried	All four
Novice	SCN	SIN	SEN	SBN	SWN
Advanced	SCA	SIA	SEA	SBA	SWA
Excellent	SCE	SIE	SEE	SBE	SWE
Master	SCM	SIM	SEM	SBM	SWM

Ten Qs at an element and level add Elite: SCN becomes SCNE.

All four Elites at a level earn the level Elite (SWNE), and each repeat needs 10 more Qs in every element.

Novice to Detective

Every title from Novice to Detective, worked out from your runs. The Scent Work page puts the next title on top, with the Qs it still needs.

ShowPoints adds up the results you enter. AKC's records are the official ones.

Up nextlike “SCN · 2 Qs to go”
Odor Search by levelContainer, Interior, Exterior and Buried, with Elites
Handler Discriminationper level: 3 Qs for the title, 10 for the Elite
Detective10 Detective Qs for SWD, once a dog holds a Master element title

Scent Work questions.

How many Qs does a Scent Work title need?

Three qualifying runs at one element and level earn that element title, like SCN for Container Novice. Ten earn the Elite version, like SCNE. All four element titles at a level earn the level title, like SWN.

Does ShowPoints track Handler Discrimination and Detective?

Yes. Handler Discrimination is tracked per level: 3 Qs for the title and 10 for the Elite. Ten Detective Qs earn SWD, and a dog needs a Master element title to enter Detective.

Does it track NACSW or Virtual Scent Work?

No. Tracking covers AKC Scent Work only. Virtual Scent Work, regional and national awards and High in Trial are not tracked. You can still find NACSW trials in show search.