Southwest Tracking Association

Photos from our TDU and VST test on February 8.

STA is offering two upcoming tracking tests:

TD/TDX on January 4, 2026

TDU/VST on February 8, 2026

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Kathleen Milford presented an informative and interesting workshop for us Sunday October 26, 2025. Many thanks to Ed and Marsha McCaddon for hosting us and feeding a yummy lunch too. Wish you could have been there too!

STA is hosting a Tracklaying Workshop. Please feel free to share this information to your tracking friends, all are welcome.
When: Saturday, October 25, 2025
Where: Magnolia, Texas
Time: 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Cost: $25 (helping to raise funds for STA)
Presenter: Kathleen Milford
Hosted by Ed and Marsha McCaddon
Come and bring your dogs, your tracklaying tools, and we’ll learn and share techniques for training tracks, proofing tracks, and testing tracks. Lunch is provided! For directions to the site and to make sure you get some food, send an email to Ed McCaddon,
[email protected] so he knows you are coming.