Thanks mate, I'm always keen to learn more!
She loves the free fresh wind in her hair; Life without care. She's broke but it's oke; that's why the lady is a tramp.
Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
i use scents on tennis balls...... for young pups to find, they soon learn to find them after they roll into the rubbish.
fresh tennis ball rubbed over a dead rabbit or pheasant, it only really shows me a pups level of drive over it's siblings, but is fun to watch.
i do buy into the german methods of bloodtracking/finding and reporting with aged tracks and it's something i wish to learn more about in the future.
next litter i have i will get it for you on video, the scent helps, i'm looking for the instinct on game scent not tennis balls.
no ya not.
I can post more info or we can just do the yes I am , no I'm not, thing for a while.... LOL
Dangerous Dan, to me getting the youngster out in his hunting environment as often as possible is the best way for him to figure out what scents are what (not formal hunting, just getting his nose in places)...be it hedgehog poo, an old pheasant roost site or whatever...but the idea of wings on dummies is good...a good squishy aka foam dummy is better than a more solid one as it more emulates the 'feel' of the bird and, oh, do not use rubber bands to keep the wings in place...some good kitchen string is much better OIMHOOC!!!
I actually do not like dead as in thawed frozen pigeons for retrieve work...just imagine being sent away to fetch a gob full of tacky awful soggy rancid pigeon...the best way to get a youngster retrieving is on hot birds which he has pointed, when he is mature enough to handle the rigours of the outing, has manners, is under control, and has had good gun initiation. And if he has been exposed to as much scent as possible, he will have it worked out very quickly...but then there is the hare who is so tantalizing to any dog even one with half a nose and a eighth of a brain...
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My dog learnt what I wanted him to hunt through me showing no interest in things I didnt want him to be interested in and shooting a few of the things i wanted him to find for me, kept it pretty simple although knowing what scent he was working was something to be mindful of so was certainly easier in a controlled situation. If things were to deteriororate and he began hunting for himself I would expect to see him hunt any scent that met his nose. There may be some intricacies in there i missed but its been working thus far
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