Reg: 10-30-2005
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I had three trails laid since day before yesterday and it is great in the snow. I get to see all the cross tracks we are facing. Deer, antelope, bunnies, pheasant, coyote and even some bobcat. Not all in the last two days but they have been there. Since we are in the middle of nowhere the snow was undisturbed except for the human trail, animal cross tracks and the human cross tracks I had a couple of other people lay over the trail.
The bunnies get Max more than any others. He doesn't jump anything other than bunny.He will check them but gets back to work. And when he does smell bunny he gets this frantic huffing noise and just crazily jigs on the trail.....so this body language tells me he is on bunny (or something other than human). He gets a firm tug on the lead and a "get back to work" and he usually only needs this one reminder.
He does not do it as much anymore, but I do take him out and let him run loose for exercise and to let him smell whatever his heart desires and normally use the four wheeler but lately it has been the snowmobile to keep up with him. That dog covers more ground at a jog than any one of my other dogs. Once his nose is down, he is like a train and just chugs along.
It is below zero and looks like it will be for a while now, so tomorrow or Wednesday will be some building work. Person enters and then exits through a different location or hides inside. Short outside trails since I will concentrate specifically on the building work.
Sorry, a bit off topic, but I just thought I would share the fact that if you have anywhere (or anything like snow) you can go that you can see the cross tracks it may help you notice even a subtle change in behavior.
Until The Tale of the Lioness is told, the Story will Always Glorfy the Hunter
I ADORE the snow for just that reason! It allows me to 'see' what my dog is smelling. She likes the deer trails...will follow for 3-4 feet then hop like a bunny back to the trail she is following. I would like to create a little more single-mindedness in her ethic but I *may* be asking too much. After all, this is my FIRST time training a dog for this
The problem is, either her b/l doesn't change when she starts crittering, or my eye is not yet trained well enough to see it. All i know is if she STOPS and starts huffing I am POSITIVE she's reading the paper and not working.
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