What is "specialing" and "tracking"?
"Specialing" is showing a Champion in Best of Breed. There are now levels of Grand Champion, where points you earn by going Best of Breed or Select (Judges determination that if the dog he selected as Best of Breed wasn't there, the select dog would have won. Same with Best of Opposite Sex - there is 1 select male who gets points based on how many males showed, and one select female, same determination). Geordi needs 10 more points to include 1 major (a win worth 3 points or more, depends on number of entries and placement) to be a Grand Champion. They need 25 points, 3 majors (he has 2), and to beat 3 other specials ( he had 2 already but more than fulfilled that one requirement with his Best of Breed a few weeks ago).
Tracking, basically, is where a track layer lays a track and the dog/handler follow the scent to a glove. The judges "design" the track, track layer lays, tracking team attempts to follow the scent to a glove scented by the track layer. There are various levels of tracking, but it's all about teaching the dog to use his nose (very well developed in dogs) and the tracker/handler is along for the ride. They must read the dog's body language as to when they are on the track and when they loose the track. If the dog looses the track you try to help, or at least stay out of his/her way. Only the dog (and track layer and judges) knows where the track really is. It's all about the dog and his/her nose. Fascinating work. Spock and I got his TD, the first level of tracking, but then life got in the way before we could continue. I miss the fields!! But I did hook up with some local trackers, so I fields are in my dreams!