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Post by smokeybear on May 2, 2005 9:45:51 GMT 1
Twiggy qualified and won the Open Stake and qualified and was placed 3rd in the Tracking Stake yesterday.
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Post by Irena on May 2, 2005 9:56:29 GMT 1
Congratulations!
I'm wondering now, how did you teach her to track? Which method did you use, and how does she track - does she do "footstep" tracking as in Schutzhund?
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Post by smokeybear on May 2, 2005 10:52:33 GMT 1
I don't think you teach dogs to track, they all do it naturally, all you do is shape the dog to track more accurately and to ignore cross tracks, cope with the wind direction and lots of experience on differing ground eg plough, stubble, crop, grass and differing weather conditions. I think Weims track for a past time!  When the Foot and Mouth problem was rife I used to lay tracks on an asphalt car park, and my dog will track on variable surfaces. She only footstep tracks on rolled plough, the rest of the time, if growth is good, you can see that the smell of the crushed vegetation must be overpowering for them most of the time. |
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Post by Sylvia on May 4, 2005 8:54:16 GMT 1
Congrats with the result
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