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beginning tracking?
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:23:48 -0400 elegy whittled these words:
can anyone here suggest books or websites that would help me start tracking? i am a totally clueless newbie with tracking and i haven't been able to find anybody locally to start me in the right direction. Hmpf http://dog-play.com/tracking.html -- Diane Blackman http://dog-play.com/ http://dogplay.com/Shop/dogplayshop.htm |
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:08:29 -0400, elegy wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:04:19 -0500, diddy wrote: Get thee to a local tracking club yeah, the problem is i haven't been able to find one. my trainer doesn't know of anybody who tracks and i haven't been able to locate one online either :-/ You know, I think the first question I'd have is what kind of tracking you want to do? For SAR work? Schutzhund? Or AKC-type tracking? Each is different. SAR work is trailing and often uses air scent. Schutzhund is mostly a game of style, where the dog must methodically track with his nose in the footprint. AKC is also scent (hopefully nose down) tracking but it's not scored nearly as critically as schutzhund. In the midwest there are several tracking seminars per year. I have no clue where you live, but I have friends who go to Camp Jigsaw almost every year: http://www.campjigsaw.com/index.html If you can find something like this, it will be a huge help. I personally think tracking is one of those things that you just need to do, yes, you can read books but it just won't translate well. So I'd suggest trying to find a seminar. |
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elegy wrote:
can anyone here suggest books or websites that would help me start tracking? i am a totally clueless newbie with tracking and i haven't been able to find anybody locally to start me in the right direction. I like "Tracking from the Ground Up." IIRC, the authors are Sandy Ganz and Susan Boyd. Beth |
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From: can anyone here suggest books or websites that would help me start tracking? Enthusiastic Tracking by Sil Sanders if you're wanting to title in AKC. www.dogwise.com Get the cards that go with it, and you should have no trouble getting through the TDX. If your goal is to eventually get a VST, then you'll probably want to go as far as necessary to find an instructor. I enjoy tracking, especially learning how scent is laid and carried. Fun stuff. Debbie |
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:07:21 -0700 Debbie S whittled these words:
From: can anyone here suggest books or websites that would help me start tracking? Enthusiastic Tracking by Sil Sanders if you're wanting to title in AKC. www.dogwise.com Get the cards that go with it, and you should have no trouble getting through the TDX. If your goal is to eventually get a VST, then you'll probably want to go as far as necessary to find an instructor. I enjoy tracking, especially learning how scent is laid and carried. Fun stuff. I did some tracking with Oso - he was great at it, very methodical. My instructor was SAR (Search and Rescue) oriented but taught AKC style tracking. It was very cool. ******* blatent self promotion warning ********** if you don't like self promotion skip the remainder of this post. If anyone is planning on ordering from Dogwise I'm a Dogwise affiliate, which means I get a commission from sales made via links off my web page. I picked them as an affiliate because of the pleasant dog related chats I've had with them on the phone. Plus they allow linking directly to the product instead of just a banner. (I'm getting ready to dump my other affiliate because they don't provide that ability) Proceeds are modest but they do help pay the web bills. -- Diane Blackman http://dog-play.com/ http://dogplay.com/Shop/dogplayshop.htm |
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I ditto the Sil Sanders recommendation. You really can't go wrong
following his step by step program. There's also a great article by Anne Hershey in last Sept. "Aussie Times" (the issue covering the Paso Robles national) that covers working serpentine tracks from the very beginning. |
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