Jennifer Hart Webboard User Reg: 07-24-2005
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Interesting...so my husband was wanting to train Remi to find down pigs, but I thought it wouldn't be good for him. Maybe I'm wrong...boy will hubby be excited to hear that! (Both about me being wrong, AND admitting it, oh yeah and about the dog too)
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Make darn sure those pigs are down. They can do a really nasty job on a dog that isn't expierienced with them.
Steve..awesome pics...Do you train your dogs just on deer blood or do you use foot step training methods? I think it is great that you were able to make that recovery, and I bet the hunter appreciates it too!!! What is your recovery record so far???
Hey Steve,
Thanks for your comments.
I train my dogs in Schutzhund, so alot of their work is foot step tracking. I occasionally lay a blood trail for deer tracking and use a different voice command to try and seperate this from their other work.
What I have found most helpful in training for deer finds is getting hunting friends to call me after they've shot one which they've been able to locate and letting the dogs work that track. I think that when they follow a blood trail that I've left, they're quicker to just go into FST mode and follow my trail. Probably not a problem with dogs that don't train for sport tracking.
Also, on quite a few of the calls we've taken, there has been no blood to be found, so I think it helps if the dogs have as much practise as possible following the smell of an actual deer.
Scott,
I was talking to a breeder that does schutzhund and I asked her if it was possible to both schutzhund and blood tracking, she replied that blood tracking would screw-up the dogs schutzhund tracking scores. Obviously she did not really know what she was talking about.
I have talked to a few Drahthaar's breeders and they mentioned they first teach the dog to track via human scent and then introduce blood. They gave me the impression that the dog will track what they want them to track (rabbits, blood, fowl, pheasants).
I'd say that working them on deer tracks probably sets them back from a schutzhund standpoint, as they seem to use alot of air scenting while on deer. On the other hand, I think the FST work I do with them definately helps their concentration when they are asked to look for deer. I've really seen my young dog benefit from lots of sport tracking work. For me, it's worth droping some tracking points in a trial to let the dogs do this type of work.
Will, thanks for the note. He does have that coyote look going on right now, eh! I'll have to have words with his breeder.....
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