carol--
i PM'd you a while ago thinking you were closer than you are (like 400 mi away, or something crazy) about tracking.
anyway, your girl looks good!
what's the best thing you did w/your girl re tracking? i just got an 8 wk old who (genetically) should have a GREAT nose, and is showing signs of fulfilling that potential. shall i give him another week to settle in, then start scent pads?
Carol Boche Webboard User Reg: 10-30-2005
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Hi Ann,
I actually just bonded with her for the first few weeks and then started to gradually do some work with her on "sit" "wait" and "here" commands. She LOVES to play tug and she also LOVES to please. I then threw in some runaways with me being the runner, this helped increase the bond since she did not like me being away from her, we are now up to approx 200 yard visual runaways with the victim ducking out of sight. Our bond is deep but she is very confident aboutranging away and looking for whoever is hiding. Slow and easy is the method I am taking. I HAVE to remind myself that she s a pup and even though things do not seem to phase her, I have to build her slowly. If I push I will lose what I have got.
I also have set up an agility type course that resembles disaster/rubble piles and she is now to the point where we are making them bigger because she conquered the small ones. Her favorite thing is the slide. She naturally enjoys climbing the ladder and zooming down, only to run to the ladder again. She is a hard dog and does not get to rattled about much.
The only thing I have issues with is trying to keep her quiet and still when grooming or working with her feet and she really focuses on the cats.....but that is gradually getting better.
IMO, bond with your pup for a few weeks first and do some small stuff with him. I used the crate and I was the only one to do anything with her for five weeks. Doug will take her out to her run sometimes but I pretty much still am the only one to handle her other than socializing her to lots of people since she is a SAR Dog in training, I know that if she were going to be any other type of dog, I would let no one mess with her unless it was necassary.
I hope this helps and if you have any more questions just PM me and I will answer the best I can or find the answer for you.
Thanks
Carol
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Carol Boche Webboard User Reg: 10-30-2005
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She is 6 months....I would not say she is GREAT in the fact that she is doing perfect everytime if that is what you meant by great SAR training.......she still chumps it once in ahwile and has a LONG way to go. That is why I said in my other post that it is hard to remember she is a pup and I have to be careful not to push her. But she is doing well because she has the drive and wants to do it. I work with her daily but by daily I mean we do SAR 3 times a week, then we do agility one or two days and the other day we just go out and mess around on a walk or we go and visit people. I have to have something for her to do or she is so wound up that she will stay awake in her kennel all night and whine real quietly and stare. If take her out and let her get the edge off she is fine. She is my first MAL so I am just learning about all the characteristics and people say this is normal.
I also have a 4 yr old certified trailing Bloodhound for SAR work.
Thanks for asking,
Carol <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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