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Stacey that is great for Athena, sounds like she is going to do well and I am really happy for you. The only thing my two track is me, for food, care, play.
Tracking
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Calliesmom
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And forgot to add that they do a great job finding my 18 year olds dirty socks and chewing holes in those. I'm thinking of using the dirty socks to help them track my son when he goes AWOL!
we know what Bacca is best at smelling out
thought you might appreciate this story:
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/l...st-say-no-and-gets-stoned-at-park-161258.html
BarbV
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we know what Bacca is best at smelling out
thought you might appreciate this story:
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/l...st-say-no-and-gets-stoned-at-park-161258.html
Thanks for the reminder!
So glad to know that Bacca is not the only "pot-head".
I had some workers staining my fence a couple of weeks ago. I let the dogs out to play. I went to check on them a few minutes later and found a package of cigarettes thrown all over the backyward. They've never done that before! Turned out one of the workers had stuffed a little bit of pot into his pack and Bacca sniffed it out! I guess there wasn't enough because he was absolutely fine (or maybe he needs more now to feed his addiction????
)Where is he????????
Even though I am over the 60 hump I occasionally find the time to do some whitetail deer hunting. Over the years I have tried Sage, Buggs and Meddi at helping me find a mortally wounded deer. I found Sage to be the best at tracking but he became sidetracked with rabbits, field mice, etc. Little Buggs, I think would be real good at this but Momma will not let him out of her site. And, he hates boom-boom noises. Meddi, the tall sable girl has a fantastic nose, even so that she often lifts her head and winds a deer. My babies are wind specialist and when we see Meddi raise her nose, something is up.
Even though I am over the 60 hump I occasionally find the time to do some whitetail deer hunting. Over the years I have tried Sage, Buggs and Meddi at helping me find a mortally wounded deer. I found Sage to be the best at tracking but he became sidetracked with rabbits, field mice, etc. Little Buggs, I think would be real good at this but Momma will not let him out of her site. And, he hates boom-boom noises. Meddi, the tall sable girl has a fantastic nose, even so that she often lifts her head and winds a deer. My babies are wind specialist and when we see Meddi raise her nose, something is up.
I've been playing some of the 'sniff' games with my two - hiding treats and having them find them. I have found that their noses are getting more and more sensitive. A few weeks ago, I saw a sheltie find her owners keys amongst 5 other sets of keys. It was neat to watch her.
HopeShelties
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Some other things you can do is to use metal, or plastic objects for them to find. I started Athena on coins... really by accident. It's how she originally learned find it.
If you wanted to start teaching some real tracking... take some treats out with you, set a treat down at your start, step on it, walk out 3 feet, set another treat down and step on it, and lay an article down (sock, glove, whatever- just needs to smell like you, or whoever is laying the track) and continue doing this for about 20 feet. At the end, don't back track through the track you laid. At the end, with another treat, set your second article down. Take a wide circle around it. Then take your dog out to the start of the track (you can mark the start and end with flags) tell them 'lets track', and you may need to point to where you want the dog to check. Your dog will hopefully put its' nose to the ground, and follow the track that you laid. It may however get distracted, and you may have to remind it with 'lets track' again. You want to really reward the dog when it finds the articles you left for it. As you go along, you fade out the treats, and can start adding in turns (it's best to mark your turns while you're learning with a flag).
If you wanted to start teaching some real tracking... take some treats out with you, set a treat down at your start, step on it, walk out 3 feet, set another treat down and step on it, and lay an article down (sock, glove, whatever- just needs to smell like you, or whoever is laying the track) and continue doing this for about 20 feet. At the end, don't back track through the track you laid. At the end, with another treat, set your second article down. Take a wide circle around it. Then take your dog out to the start of the track (you can mark the start and end with flags) tell them 'lets track', and you may need to point to where you want the dog to check. Your dog will hopefully put its' nose to the ground, and follow the track that you laid. It may however get distracted, and you may have to remind it with 'lets track' again. You want to really reward the dog when it finds the articles you left for it. As you go along, you fade out the treats, and can start adding in turns (it's best to mark your turns while you're learning with a flag).
BarbV
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I almost got a mink stole this weekend....!
We have a couple of mink up at the cottage. Normally, they are down by the dock, fishing.
This weekend however, Indy went into the bush at the opposite high end of the property and was sniffing something. Moments later, he came running back moments later chasing one of the mink across our deck! Almost caught it until it ran up a tree.
Evidently the mink had wandered up, Indy caught his trail and flushed him out!
We have a couple of mink up at the cottage. Normally, they are down by the dock, fishing.
This weekend however, Indy went into the bush at the opposite high end of the property and was sniffing something. Moments later, he came running back moments later chasing one of the mink across our deck! Almost caught it until it ran up a tree.
Evidently the mink had wandered up, Indy caught his trail and flushed him out!
Here is a post/video of Gio's most recent tracking adventure.
http://sheltie-hair.blogspot.com/2009/08/gios-post.html
http://sheltie-hair.blogspot.com/2009/08/gios-post.html