I have watched a tone of these training videos, and not one mentions mixing the deer liver and a little blood with their food, that sounds brilliant. I’m surprised more people don’t try that.
Thanks, he seems to like it. I was worried that rewarding him like this might encourage food aggression so I mess with him and interrupt his eating after a track to test. He has been good. I am sure this could vary from animal to animal.
A blood hound is a "Trailing dog " not a tracking dog. I've trained both to track men. That's a awful lot of nose for a deer dog. A trailing dog tracks off of skin drafts which is the dead cells that continuously fall from our person. A tracking dog tracks the disturbance made by crushing vegetation like blades of grass. Adrenaline smell plays a part for sure. Its not unusual for a blood hound to be 30-40 off of the actual track( but paralleling it) because they are winding the scent instead of footstep tracking. I will be interested in how this turns out. You can have too much nose on a dog. That's why so many municipal Law enforcement Agencies use herding dogs for tracking.
Appreciate your input and expertise on the subject of tracking humans. I appreciate that certain breeds of dogs are intended for one purpose because of traits that lend them selves greatly to one particular task. I am following the teaching of several experts on the subject of tracking wounded game animals. Specifically, John Jeanneney, who wrote the "tracker's bible" - 'tracking dogs for finding wounded deer'. Context is important here because my bloodhound is not a man tracker, he was introduced to deer at a week old and has a good understanding of what his "job" is. He might wind or "trail" a wounded deer, but his default will always be tracking using interdigital scent because that is what he was trained to do. I was in the Marine Corps and firmly believe that good, repetitive training trumps most inherited traits. With all due respect, I appreciate your saying that the breed has a tendency to use their powerful nose to get downwind of whatever they are tracking rather than stay directly in its tracks but that has not been my experience in this case. Thanks again for your comment!
lets say i wanted to start training my Plott Hound in blood tracking this summer when there is no hunting no blood and feet, Is there anywhere to buy training material- blood feet?
Has he done any real deer tracks yet? If so, how did he do? I have a bloodhound that turns 2 in November. Last hunting season i took him on 5 live tracks. He recovered 3 of 5. And the 2 he missed im almost certain 1 deer wasnt even shot. Never a drop of blood once. And the other he tracked to an empty bed. I also trained him very similar to how you have done with Copper.
Awesome man, that is encouraging! He has just turned 1 year old so last year he was only a couple of months old and I shot a doe, he was still on liver drags at that time but I took him out there and he went right to her. She was hit good and there was tons of blood so it was a good 1st track for him. I have not had him on any other tracks since. Will definitely have some coming for him soon. Good luck this season, let me know how yall do!
@@richiebailey282 I actually took him on two tracks in the last 4 days. We found one and the other jumped out of a wound bed and was not hit vitally. He has some issues with paying attention, especially because i didn't train him to ride in the truck, he hasn't practiced in many new places, so his anxiety is high I think. I try to be patient with him. We had to restart lots of times because he kept wanting to get in the creek or chew on sticks...just young I guess.. Good practice, hopefully he gets better at that stuff. All in all, I'm not upset with the results of those 2 tracks.
@@shareTNT Jaeger did the same thing last year. We had to restart several times also. But it worked out good. I think the more they do, they will recognize when they get in the truck, get the harness put on, they will eventually realize what theyre about to do. I always tell him over and over " lets go to work " as im prepping him to get in the truck, and on the way. Hioing he starts putting it all together. Great to hear he is doing well!
To test your dog for real you want to have one of your friends put them shoes on and walk around the woods and so you don't even know word actually is and then you definitely would know your dog isn't picking up your scent off your legs and things that are getting brushed against
Good job! Well documented and laid out
Good video 👍
I have watched a tone of these training videos, and not one mentions mixing the deer liver and a little blood with their food, that sounds brilliant. I’m surprised more people don’t try that.
Thanks, he seems to like it. I was worried that rewarding him like this might encourage food aggression so I mess with him and interrupt his eating after a track to test. He has been good. I am sure this could vary from animal to animal.
Good boy!!!!
A blood hound is a "Trailing dog " not a tracking dog. I've trained both to track men. That's a awful lot of nose for a deer dog. A trailing dog tracks off of skin drafts which is the dead cells that continuously fall from our person. A tracking dog tracks the disturbance made by crushing vegetation like blades of grass. Adrenaline smell plays a part for sure. Its not unusual for a blood hound to be 30-40 off of the actual track( but paralleling it) because they are winding the scent instead of footstep tracking. I will be interested in how this turns out. You can have too much nose on a dog. That's why so many municipal Law enforcement Agencies use herding dogs for tracking.
Appreciate your input and expertise on the subject of tracking humans. I appreciate that certain breeds of dogs are intended for one purpose because of traits that lend them selves greatly to one particular task. I am following the teaching of several experts on the subject of tracking wounded game animals. Specifically, John Jeanneney, who wrote the "tracker's bible" - 'tracking dogs for finding wounded deer'. Context is important here because my bloodhound is not a man tracker, he was introduced to deer at a week old and has a good understanding of what his "job" is. He might wind or "trail" a wounded deer, but his default will always be tracking using interdigital scent because that is what he was trained to do. I was in the Marine Corps and firmly believe that good, repetitive training trumps most inherited traits. With all due respect, I appreciate your saying that the breed has a tendency to use their powerful nose to get downwind of whatever they are tracking rather than stay directly in its tracks but that has not been my experience in this case. Thanks again for your comment!
He’s beautiful
Thanks!
lets say i wanted to start training my Plott Hound in blood tracking this summer when there is no hunting no blood and feet, Is there anywhere to buy training material- blood feet?
Has he done any real deer tracks yet? If so, how did he do? I have a bloodhound that turns 2 in November. Last hunting season i took him on 5 live tracks. He recovered 3 of 5. And the 2 he missed im almost certain 1 deer wasnt even shot. Never a drop of blood once. And the other he tracked to an empty bed. I also trained him very similar to how you have done with Copper.
Awesome man, that is encouraging! He has just turned 1 year old so last year he was only a couple of months old and I shot a doe, he was still on liver drags at that time but I took him out there and he went right to her. She was hit good and there was tons of blood so it was a good 1st track for him. I have not had him on any other tracks since. Will definitely have some coming for him soon. Good luck this season, let me know how yall do!
@@shareTNT Awesome! Glad to hear it, and I will let ya know. Good luck
@@richiebailey282 I actually took him on two tracks in the last 4 days. We found one and the other jumped out of a wound bed and was not hit vitally. He has some issues with paying attention, especially because i didn't train him to ride in the truck, he hasn't practiced in many new places, so his anxiety is high I think. I try to be patient with him. We had to restart lots of times because he kept wanting to get in the creek or chew on sticks...just young I guess.. Good practice, hopefully he gets better at that stuff. All in all, I'm not upset with the results of those 2 tracks.
@@shareTNT Jaeger did the same thing last year. We had to restart several times also. But it worked out good. I think the more they do, they will recognize when they get in the truck, get the harness put on, they will eventually realize what theyre about to do. I always tell him over and over " lets go to work " as im prepping him to get in the truck, and on the way. Hioing he starts putting it all together. Great to hear he is doing well!
@@richiebailey282 thanks for the confidence. We will keep getting after it. I look forward to hearing how it's going for you two.
To test your dog for real you want to have one of your friends put them shoes on and walk around the woods and so you don't even know word actually is and then you definitely would know your dog isn't picking up your scent off your legs and things that are getting brushed against