John Haudenshield wrote 07/12/2001 02:06 PM Foundation work for Crosstraining SAR & SchH #15844 - 07/12/2001 02:06 PM
John Haudenshield Webboard User Reg: 07-12-2001 Posts: 447 Loc: Virginia Offline	I will be getting a puppy soon and plan to utilize the dog for wilderness air-scenting for SAR, but also want to title the dog in SchH, probably a SchH1. The area I would like opinions on is the Tracking. OUr two yr old we build a strong SchH tracking foundation on and then moved to air-scenting. I plan on using the same strategy for my pup, and also using equipment-orientation to differentiate the SchH track from air-scenting. What do you guys think? Any other ideas? Thanks, John John Haudenshield The School for Dogs
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Dave Curtis wrote 07/12/2001 02:59 PM Re: Foundation work for Crosstraining SAR & SchH [Re: John Haudenshield ] #15845 - 07/12/2001 02:59 PM
Dave Curtis Webboard User Reg: 07-11-2001 Posts: 77 Loc: Minnesota Offline	I've just started in the tracking world and am being instructed by a lady who is in a local SAR unit. She has stated that you want to teach your dog to track first then switch to air scenting. She feels if the dog air scents first it will use this method to the exclusion of tracking and miss important opportunities to follow the track when that would be more appropriate. We do play air scent "games" with the dogs however. Throw the dogs toy and let the dog find it after a minute. We then advance this one step to throwing out the toy/scented item and have the dog locate it and lay down as an indication. Dave Curtis Da-JuKennel.com curtisoms@aol.com
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Jonathan Robinson wrote 07/13/2001 03:38 PM Re: Foundation work for Crosstraining SAR & SchH [Re: John Haudenshield ] #15846 - 07/13/2001 03:38 PM
Jonathan Robinson Webboard User Reg: 07-13-2001 Posts: 34 Loc: South East Offline	This is the opinion I have always heard. We have a 18 month old female that is in SAR training. We tought tracking before air scent.
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Ed Frawley wrote 07/13/2001 05:08 PM Re: Foundation work for Crosstraining SAR & SchH [Re: John Haudenshield ] #15847 - 07/13/2001 05:08 PM
Ed Frawley Administrator Reg: 07-11-2001 Posts: 2112 Loc: Offline	You are correct here. Go to my article page and read the articles I have on Tracking Through Drive TTD. Youg dogs need to be worked motivationally on Foot Step Tracking FST. When they are about 12 months old you can switch to TTD. A dog should have about 60 TTD tracks under his belt and be able to pass a RCMP Level One certification before air scenting is started. If you follow the RCMP guide lines you cannot go wrong - they have been doing this since 1935 and are the best in North America. I have three training videos on this on my web site. Frawley@leerburg.com http://www.leerburg.com
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