i've been "imprinting" my pup for 3 wks now, strictly on scent pads. he's almost 14 wks old. oh-and out of the 21 days, we've actually done pads 14 of them...
should i start laying some 10'-15' tracks at this point? and should i start/finish w/scent pads? he has a natural deep nose, but i don't want to go too fast and screw him up (of course).
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When your puppy works the scent pad, does he stay inside the borders? If he recognizes the borders of the scent pad very well then that is when I start a track. I typically go about 30 feet, and end with extra food laid deep into the grass. Shorter or longer does not matter as long as he is working good.
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when he works the pad, he typically does 2 things: first, he'll lie down to munch the bait, then stand, snort around, find more bait, but tries to leave the pad when there's 3-4 baits still available.
gets a bit hectic when re-directed--but should i even be re-directing him at this point? or just leave the area?
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Build your scent pad 3 foot by 3 foot, and place the food all over in small bits, tucked in the turf. You want it so the puppy will have to search for his treats. Allow him to work in and out of the scent pad. This work will teach him to recognize the borders of the scent pad, and soon he will stay in the scent pad until he finds all tidbits. He will learn that the treats are only on distrubed ground.
When you see that he understands the border of the scent pad, then you can start taking him out with a track. Don't get into a hurry, there is nothing wrong with him staying on scent pads for a while.
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that makes sense--he always goes back to it to check anyway. i'll try it, and just keep doing the scent pads for awhile. he naturally tracks with his nose to the ground, the only time i've seen him actively airscenting was when we were out in the pasture and i was throwing a stick for him--he'd occasionally lose it in the tall grass, then airscent to locate it.
thanks for the tips, we'll keep on.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
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Airscenting is not always a bad thing on the track. I have laid tracks at many National events, I have seen times where dogs lose the track, and then their ability to find it again depends on airscenting. Granted it is better if the dog never gets off of the track, but I would much rather lose 4 points at a location than to lose the remaining points left on the track.
We have good methods to train the dog to track deep, but there are times when a dog should feel free to work with a high nose, or deep nose. It is a much better picture to see a dog working hard high nose or not, than to just see a dog wandering off with his nose down hoping to find the track.
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