Smarty Paws Rat Pack Barn Hunt

05/12/2026

Check out our summer Barn Hunt schedule! We have classes, drop-in sessions, and private lessons available. Please see the Smarty Paws calendar/website for available times.

Morgan Osborn has joined our Barn Hunt Team, she has sessions on Tuesdays & Sundays.

You can email me at smartypawsbarnhunt@gmail for times or more info 🐀

05/08/2026

Check out the awesome photos from the Fun Test!!!

04/23/2026

Check your emails..... Play Paws Record sent out the link for photos from the Barn Hunt trial!!

04/15/2026

Thank you everyone who joined us for the Spring Trial, Easter weekend with judges Jim & Angie Shear.

Thank you SO MUCH to the wonderful committee members, dedicated workers, & volunteers- you kept the fun going smoothly and we appreciate you more than you know.

Special recognition to a few teams that had a perfect Q rate for the weekend- Master dogs Adele Matthew Teiran 6/6, Veronica Selco Joule 5/5, & Jack Rabit Ziti 4/4. And newbie Jennifer Krentz Raiden did awesome, 6/6 over all, 3/3 in Novice & 3/3 Open. Congrats!!

What a great weekend- Congratulations to all the teams that earned a new Title, we gave out 39 Title Ribbons 🎊
🐁Instinct Titles: Luna, Dixie, Awilix, & Clever
🐕Novice Titles: CeCe, Ginger, Asteria, Raiden, Vriesia, Awilix, Luna, Ivy, Groot, Cookie, & Clever
🐀Open Titles: Arrow, Duke, Strudel, Titos, & Raiden
✨️Senior Titles: Linguine & Rumble
🎉Master Titles: Remy, Magic, Joule, & Tuco
🏆RATCH Title: Tari
🐭RATCHX- Woody, RATCHX2- Dilana, RATCHX3- Nero, RATCHX11- Aero, RATCHX13- Teiran
🐾C8s Titles: Platinum 3- Woody, Platinum- Percy, Gold- Dilana, Silver- Dori, Oliver, & Ziti, Bronze- Cricket

04/05/2026

Finishing the first set of Master runs now.

Masters' 2nd runs to start in 20 minutes or so.

03/11/2026

Sent out payment reminder emails last night. Please pay for your April runs, or your doggy will be placed on the waitlist.

02/21/2026

Hey Barn Hunters!! 🐀 Anyone interested in trialing on Thanksgiving Day through the weekend this year? 🦃

02/20/2026

Hey guys! Stephanie from Play Paws Record has the photos and videos ready from the February trial. Check out the awesome photos!! Please see her details below. If you have questions, let us or Stephanie know 🙂

Videos and Photos are available to order from Smarty Paws BHA Barn Hunt Trials held on 2/6-2/8 in Las Vegas, NV.

Photos are available to view and purchase of every dog that ran that weekend. Video was recorded for every run in every class, and is available for every dog on all days.

Video prices are $15 for Instinct, $20 for Novice & Open, $25 for Senior & Crazy 8's, & $30 for Masters. Our run overview video add on option is included with every order for this event. You can find a sample of this on the website. We are offering an ENHANCED Run Overview add-on option. This will show you not only where the rats were hidden for your run, but also the litters and empty tubes. Great learning tool!

Photographs are $15 each. For that price you will get a digital high resolution copy of the image with unlimited printing and personal use authorizations. If you would like to order archive quality prints from us please contact us for pricing information.

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View & Order Videos & Photos from this Event Now:

Please view the sample Barn Hunt video provided below. This will give you an idea of what to expect from your own video. The sample videos will not be of your dog. All videos are custom edited for you when they are ordered. If you have questions or concerns please contact us using the form below.  

02/12/2026

Thank you everyone who came to our 1st indoor trial last weekend.

We appreciate all of the volunteers- you made this trial run smoothly. Let's keep that momentum going in April and we can have even more doggies register in the future!

Thank you for wonderful courses and fun hides.

💫 We had quite a few pups with a 100% Q rate this weekend. Congrats to Bentley, Dilana, Echo, Jingles, Piper, Tobias, & Ziti!!

Congratulations to all the dogs that Titled 🎉
Instinct: Baka & Dixie
Novice: Baka & Briar
Open: Linguine & Phoebe
Senior: Heist, Joule, & Ymir
Master: Duck, Gaia, Juice, & Ollie
RATCH: Duke
RATCHX: Echo
RATCHX9: Jingles
RATCHX18: Coco
RATCHX31: Tobias
C8s Bronze: Tiki
C8s Silver: Kimber
C8s Platinum: Duke & Link
C8s Platinum 2: Bentley
C8s Platinum 7: Coco
C8s Platinum Bronze 3: Aero
REMX8: Coco

🐀 Our next trial is April 3- 5, registration opens March 1st at 8am. Premium is on the BHA site, please read the updated registration instructions.

01/20/2026

Awesome pics!!!

The January Smarty Paws Rat Pack Barn Hunt trial photos are now up!

https://longdog.shootproof.com/gallery/29354588