is the ttd method adequate for training for sch1 or, as the dog doesn't always search on a straight, is it useless?
I'm beggining to train tracking with my dogs(i've been in to it for 1 month or so). I usually get two identical objects and hide one of them. Then, i show it to my dogs(one each time) and tell them to search the area(about 250m2) and they haven't failed yet once(i'm still at the 3min mark). Is it too slow and is this an adequate way of training tracking?
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You are not training the dog to track. Foot step tracking is the only method of tracking that is used in Schutzhund, so no TTD isn't a good idea if that is your goal.
I don't understand your method, but you are basically teaching the dog to search for an item, not follow a track.
Anybody have a Link for this guy to learn how to teach tracking?
As Vancamp says, you are teaching your dog to search, not track. Not a good idea to teach this before tracking unless searching is your main goal. You want to first build a foundation where your dog learns to use its nose to track. In TTD, you can teach a dog to track deep but it is not the same as what they want for SchH. TTD is more like trailing. It is wonderful for police dogs and SAR, but not SchH. If your goal is to title in SchH then do foot step tracking. You can always move over to TTD afterwards. many people have done this very successfully, and if your dogs has good drives there will be little problems switching.
On the other side..it is very hard to switch from TTD to Foot step tracking.
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