Field Trials are for Gundogs, and are based upon the idea of a pair of friends going out for a day's shooting.

The dogs work in braces (Pairs) and must point the game, (with the second dog honouring, or backing up the first dog), flush the game, and then retrieve the shot game.

In Western Australia, where there is no open game bird season, trials are conducted in accordance with the ANKC Rules, except that in a field round, a land retrieve shall be conducted.. Various types of trials are held, depending upon the breeds of Gundogs and the work for which they were bred.