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Don Corleone

by Don Corleone on 08 March 2011 - 18:03


KellyJ

by KellyJ on 09 March 2011 - 04:03

I cant wait to hear some answers on this one...

Don Corleone

by Don Corleone on 09 March 2011 - 16:03

Me too, kelly. I wouldn't stay on them long. I want to imprint in the pup that the track goes on. The only time it stops is when you tell him or it reaches your consistant marker that tells him it's over. (That's a whole other thread, "How do you end your track"). And that's tough at first for a pup to acknowledge that it's done. Most will do a 180 and want to re-track.

viperk9

by viperk9 on 09 March 2011 - 18:03

not at all, I start right away with short straight tracks

by jamesfountain98 on 09 March 2011 - 23:03

Question? Never used or witnessed pop boxes used for trailing. for our SAR dogs we normally train our trailing dogs at a very early age using short quick trails, sometimes using hotdogs.

Yes we do use pop boxes for article detection rather it be hrd, drugs, chemical, etc. Before we go to the pop box we normally expose the puppy by getting it excited with a ball/toy/tug or other toy saturated in the detectable scent. Teaching the indication seperate. Skipping a few steps, we move to the pop boxes. when the dog is  correctly, confidently, and consistantly indicating on the desired scent in a pop box in a familiar environment we then start taking the pop boxes in to different environments (example wooded areas)

After the dog is correctly, confidently, and consistantly indicating on pop boxes in different environments we move back to familiar environments (home) and start fading pop boxes out. but we also use other means of drive builing for scent.

Don Corleone

by Don Corleone on 09 March 2011 - 23:03

James, I meant scent pad, not an actual box. I was waiting for that.

by reedman222 on 10 March 2011 - 19:03

Until the puppy shows me he is ready for some straight line tracks. The puppy has to learn to keep its nose down and track inside the scent box. i will not introduce my puppy to a track until it fights to stay inside the scent box. That's when and only when I will introduce him to a track!

GSDPACK

by GSDPACK on 10 March 2011 - 20:03

Never used one in my life. I am all about teaching the puppy to follow the scent instead to move around to pick treats.

VKGSDs

by VKGSDs on 10 March 2011 - 23:03

Depends on the dog.  I mainly use the scent box to see how the dog is going to work naturally.  If the dog shows good drive and is calm and methodical, we move quite quickly to tracks.  If the dog has any issues, then I might play around with the scent pads for a while to get a better idea of how the dog works and how I will need to lay the track to train them to their potential.

by jamesfountain98 on 11 March 2011 - 02:03

lol, my bad Don. As you can see from my response I was totally off. I am interested in learning more about the use of scent pads to teach trailing/tracking.





 


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