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Sport & training Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs as working dogs - how to train, how to teach new elements, information about competitions and training seminars... |
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Marcy, that's so awesome that you're getting into tracking! That's actually what I was looking up when I was on the site.
![]() Since you're already training your dogs, do you have any advice on where to start? I'm kind of at a loss at how you'd initially get a dog to start following a particular scent or trail. I've seen there are books on the subject, are there any you would recommend? Also, that's very exciting about one of your babies! ![]() ![]() |
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That puppy is going primarily as a companion, and he seems like a very nice person (I will meet him in person when he flies out here next weekend); I'd imagine once everyone is settled, he'd be fine with you visiting.
My tracking club suggested "Tracking from the Ground Up" (Susan Boyd, I think?) as a book to get started - it was very helpful, but you have to keep in mind (for distances, especially at the beginning) that the authors specialized in Shelties. You use "food drops" - hot dog - at intervals in the beginning for motivation, gradually these are phased out. It's amazing how dogs "get it". Tracking is...like meditation. If you can find a good club even better, trackers are some of the coolest, most down to earth people ever - they - we - really enjoy nature and the elements. Good luck! Marcy Quote:
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We're already planning on obedience (and other) events with this. If you want to talk to a club that has been rather active with this (and is the breed of the first FSS dog to get titled) - speak to the ABLA (American Belgian Laekenois Association). (Laekenois in all other clubs are a "varitey" of the Belgian shepherd (along with the malinois, tervuern, and groenendale (sheepdog)) yet AKC sees them as 4 breeds).
Form what it looked to be the club was quite proactive to get their dogs out in the working field. I think my wife plans on having Luna out on the shutzhund field this weekend (for puppy play with the helpers).
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