Hi. What are some good exercises to start my pup tracking? He's almost 5 months and I've noticed him running around at times with his nose to the ground already. I've never trained tracking and have no idea where to start. Thanks.
Walt
Jeneck's Hammer aka "Yogi"
"Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain." --Friedrich von Schiller
walt, i guess you are talking about sport tracking in your message. did you attend the session on tracking at the flinks seminar? he showed how to use food in each footstep as well as the idea of using something like a bait bag where you make something from mush up things like tripe or hotdogs or treats or something that the dog can get a scent from and dragging it along the ground and let the dog follow the dragged scent to the end. you only start on short tracks.(talk with joe and some of the other people in your area that were there for the tracking part and they should be able to help you. (also the bait bag and dragging that flinks went over is not a new concept as a lot of hunters have been doing something like this in training dogs to hunt way before all of us were born, and it does work).again i would ask those in your area for help i don't train for sport tracking i train for tracking/trailing for search and rescue.
Thanks Alan. I only did the first 2 days with Bernhard but I do remember him talking about dragging a piece of tripe across the ground and letting the dog follow the scent. I guess between that and turkey season this saturday is pretty much spent. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Walt
Jeneck's Hammer aka "Yogi"
"Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain." --Friedrich von Schiller
good luck to you walt in all aspects. turkey hunter are you? hope you bag a few - - that is some mighty good eating. (like to fryed wild turket myself or smoked)
we start by teaching the command on small scent pads when the dog is very young (8wks on our best tracker, 12wks on our second best). Once they understand the command, we move to short tracks. We make liver treats and distribute them randomly on the "scent pads" so they find them as a reward while learning the command. On the short tracks, we do a treat in every footstep. Then as they progress, treats are random and get less and less. Sometimes no treats until a small cache after a corner, sometimes very randomly put somewhere on the track.
I will however, defer to Peter who's a great tracking coach, so hopefully he'll chime in.
Mike Russell posted; I will however, defer to Peter who's a great tracking coach, so hopefully he'll chime in. Mike those were the best words of advice I've heard in a long time!!!
The most important aspect of teaching tracking is to HAVE PATIENCE with your pup and YOURSELF.
Have fun and enjoy something that both you and your pup can enjoy together.
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