Thread: Training scents

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dan

Horses for courses. Does your dog point possums and rabbits when you are hunting deer, maybe that's what you want?

Yes he does point possums and rabbits that's why I want to reward him for pointing or scenting my target species in training . Am confused now . How else do you reward , if you hunt a area it's got 50 possums and 1 covey of quail say . You have trained to find dummy with quail wings is that going to encourage the dog to work the feather not the possums.?

Originally Posted by Munsey

You have trained to find dummy with quail wings is that going to encourage the dog to work the feather not the possums.?

No.

Breaking a dog of working possums is a separate issue