hawaiihoghunter
08-16-2009, 12:14 AM
I normally start my dogs on a scent drag early on as soon as they can eat a dog treat. I would get a trapped hog spray it down with some water and throw in a rag with a rope tied to it. and leave it for a while then spray it down once more pull the rag out and put it in a bucket and use it for a scent drag later. to train the dog i take the scent drag and trail it for about 10yds and put a treat at the end. As the dog starts to catch on that the scent leads to a treat i can make the drag trail longer and longer. After the dog gets pretty good at following the trail. I make the scent drag one day then wait until the next day to put the dog on it.
afterdoing this with about 10 dogs only about 6 of them became great trackers the other4 are okay but seem to be more of a back-up then a lead.
it seems to work for me but have any of you done this or do you all think im wasting my time?
afterdoing this with about 10 dogs only about 6 of them became great trackers the other4 are okay but seem to be more of a back-up then a lead.
it seems to work for me but have any of you done this or do you all think im wasting my time?