Thread: First Hunt - GSP/Lab

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Try and discourage ground scenting
Wind scenting is a must
It also puts you in the correct downwind approach (be careful though - as its a recipe for getting bush disorientated and with today's GPS gear - you will prob see you are doing loops not straight line advances)
A young Dog will mostly start with ground scenting which is normal and all good
But try and limit as time goes on and eliminate it fully unless tracking a wounded/shot animal
Limit it by pulling the Dog off the scent and moving in a circle and eventually the smart ones will also put it together that ground is history and wind is ahead and there - not now 2 gully's away that you unknowingly scared 10 mins prior :-)

Yeah good call. I don't want to actively discourage it because it's pretty useful in plenty of situations. But I'll definitely put emphasis on encouraging wind scent. And will continue concentrating on wind scenting in training.