The Finnish General Trial is a kind of combination from tracking and search trials plus something extra of it's own. Normally General Trial acts as an sport for older dogs, who already have earned titles from other trials. The individual parts are easier than in their original trial's, but alltogether general trial with it's many separate parts executed one right after another is more difficult than you may guess. A participating dog must be motivated to different parts of the trial, which is easy only for the best kind of dogs.

The general trial consist of the following parts. And includes of course an obedience with 100 points to score.

Tracking is performed under the same shedule as in tracking trial, but there are only four objects on the track, and the length and the age of the track are smaller.

Searching for hidden people equals the class I searching trial, but there are only 2 target persons.

Article search equals that part in searching trial.

This part is executed in the forest. Instructor and a off leash heeling dog follow a marked arc in the woods. At specified point the instructor drops some object (often a glove) without showing it to the dog. After continuing a spefified distance the instructor stops and sends the dog to retrive the object. Dog should track the way back to the object and bring it to the instructor.

The object to carry is normally a small bag. The dog must take the object and heel the instructor carrying it and without chewing or dropping it until the instructor demans it.