Sandi Bonen wrote 02/01/2004 10:49 AM snow and novice dog #4261 - 02/01/2004 10:49 AM
Sandi Bonen Webboard User Reg: 01-20-2004 Posts: 27 Loc: PA Offline	I hope this isn't relegated to the stupid question category, so please be gentle! I am relatively inexperienced at tracking... my last training was 12 years ago. The ground here has been covered with snow for weeks, and I have found very little info on tracking in the snow. My 13 month old Basset was tracking straight legs on short grassy cover, with out any introduction to turns before the snow. I laid his first turns, right and left, in the snow, with a piece of food about 8 feet past the turn, and it has been almost too easy...he never even lifts his head out of the footprints the whole track. Of course the ground cover, scenting conditions, visiblity factor, etc. are totally different that what he would be normally tracking on. So much is made of the correct way to introduce turns, and how difficult it can be, that my qustion is if I am making a mistake by introducing turns under these easy conditions?
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Lee Baragona wrote 02/01/2004 02:48 PM Re: snow and novice dog [Re: Sandi Bonen ] #4262 - 02/01/2004 02:48 PM
Lee Baragona Webboard User Reg: 03-29-2002 Posts: 926 Loc: Offline	Snow tracking is extremely easy, as you're seeing. The only problem with it is that the dog tends to start using his eyes too much cuz the track is visually obvious. To prevent that, you can track in a place where you or others have walked all over, creating tons of visual prints. Of course you must know exactly which prints are your fresh ones when you track your dog, but that would prevent him from relying on his eyes. Otherwise, no real harm in tracking on snow, good confidence builder.
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Sandi Bonen wrote 02/02/2004 08:39 PM Re: snow and novice dog [Re: Sandi Bonen ] #4263 - 02/02/2004 08:39 PM
Sandi Bonen Webboard User Reg: 01-20-2004 Posts: 27 Loc: PA Offline	Thank you , again, Lee. I just saw a picture of a dog wearing a blindfold...some sort of a rag tied around his head, so he couldn't see the track. I can't quite imagine my guy going for that sort of scenario. We will be working with your advise. Thanks!
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Mike Sanchez wrote 02/03/2004 04:30 PM Re: snow and novice dog [Re: Sandi Bonen ] #4264 - 02/03/2004 04:30 PM
Mike Sanchez Webboard User Reg: 05-18-2003 Posts: 305 Loc: Offline	Originally posted by Sandi Bonen: I just saw a picture of a dog wearing a blindfold...some sort of a rag tied around his head, so he couldn't see the track. Hey, that's an idea.
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Bob Scott wrote 02/03/2004 08:23 PM Re: snow and novice dog [Re: Sandi Bonen ] #4265 - 02/03/2004 08:23 PM
Bob Scott Moderator Reg: 06-14-2002 Posts: 7417 Loc: St. Louis Mo Offline	Tom Roses book "Training the Competitive Working Dog" mentions tracking training with a blindfold. old dogs LOVE to learn new tricks
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