Trailing, Canine Behavior

[Tickle Tickle]

Could anybody put me on the right track pardon the pun lol.

I am currently trailing the love of my life and need some more clues on where to go from a 1.2km non visual cold scent.

Trailing not tracking as there is a difference.

If there are any recomended books on the subject I would be intrested.

Also if there was any information regarding SAR ( Search And Rescue ) accreditation, is there such a thing? If anybody has a contact number or any information regarding SAR I would love to hear from you.

warmest regards to all.

[Diva]

your post caused me a lot of trouble, I went to the back of the bookcase you find my old books and the shelf collapsed on me!

I can't find the book I was looking for, I think Bulanda was the author. I have found the Sandy Bryson Search Dog Training book which is not bad. Go Find! (Davis) is more tracking, so is Scent (Pearsall and Verbruggen) and most of the others I have, except one by a US bloodhound handler, I'll keep looking for that one. I remember Glen Johnson as being not specificly trailing but very good too. There are accreditations, but if you want to be called out on searches it depends on the arrangements in the state you are in. WA's SES SAR dogs used to get called out by the police and SES a lot, but it varies from state to state I think on how much they call on non-police dogs.

I think DOLer 'centitout' trails bloodhounds, maybe PM her/him. You should also get the Syrotuck books if you're serious about SAR - they are about lost person behaviour rather than dog training but they are very useful.

As for where you go from here - I'd suggest longer, older, different surfaces and environments, hard surfaces, deep sand, different vegetation, windier, dryer, hotter, wetter, in the rain, subjects up trees and in creeks, subjects on the move, more complicated patterns, picking up a trail from the middle, etc. All the real life variations in reasonable steps.

Edited August 27, 2008 by Diva

[missmoo]

Contact Julie Cowan from SAR.

www.sarda.net.au

[Tickle Tickle]

your post caused me a lot of trouble, I went to the back of the bookcase you find my old books and the shelf collapsed on me!

I can't find the book I was looking for, I think Bulanda was the author. I have found the Sandy Bryson Search Dog Training book which is not bad. Go Find! (Davis) is more tracking, so is Scent (Pearsall and Verbruggen) and most of the others I have, except one by a US bloodhound handler, I'll keep looking for that one. I remember Glen Johnson as being not specificly trailing but very good too. There are accreditations, but if you want to be called out on searches it depends on the arrangements in the state you are in. WA's SES SAR dogs used to get called out by the police and SES a lot, but it varies from state to state I think on how much they call on non-police dogs.

I think DOLer 'centitout' trails bloodhounds, maybe PM her/him. You should also get the Syrotuck books if you're serious about SAR - they are about lost person behaviour rather than dog training but they are very useful.

As for where you go from here - I'd suggest longer, older, different surfaces and environments, hard surfaces, deep sand, different vegetation, windier, dryer, hotter, wetter, in the rain, subjects up trees and in creeks, subjects on the move, more complicated patterns, picking up a trail from the middle, etc. All the real life variations in reasonable steps.

Thankyou very much for your suggestions, i have so far covered a range of conditions but your response has given me many ideas to go forward with from here, which i do so very eagerly.

I googled SAR and found the site and have already made contact.

[centitout]

Could anybody put me on the right track pardon the pun lol.

I am currently trailing the love of my life and need some more clues on where to go from a 1.2km non visual cold scent.

Trailing not tracking as there is a difference.

If there are any recomended books on the subject I would be intrested.

Also if there was any information regarding SAR ( Search And Rescue ) accreditation, is there such a thing? If anybody has a contact number or any information regarding SAR I would love to hear from you.

warmest regards to all.

Hi Tickle Tickle,

if you want any info on trailing,i am more than happy to have a chat !! I have 2 bloodhounds in training,the main one is doing 6 day old cold trails,both urban and bush. If you are in nsw,you pretty much have buckleys about getting used on a real search at the moment,i am hoping to change that though !!

Just send me a pm and i will give you my number.

good luck and happy trailing

[Hound Lover]

Could anybody put me on the right track pardon the pun lol.

I am currently trailing the love of my life and need some more clues on where to go from a 1.2km non visual cold scent.

Trailing not tracking as there is a difference.

If there are any recomended books on the subject I would be intrested.

Also if there was any information regarding SAR ( Search And Rescue ) accreditation, is there such a thing? If anybody has a contact number or any information regarding SAR I would love to hear from you.

warmest regards to all.

Hi Tickle Tickle,

if you want any info on trailing,i am more than happy to have a chat !! I have 2 bloodhounds in training,the main one is doing 6 day old cold trails,both urban and bush. If you are in nsw,you pretty much have buckleys about getting used on a real search at the moment,i am hoping to change that though !!

Just send me a pm and i will give you my number.

good luck and happy trailing

Hey Tina I am finally on a dog site and hope there are a few people here into trailing Pagan is very exciting she is up to a 2km find 2hour old scent SAR I looked into myself they reject bloodhounds as a scent dog which I was amazed at, sort of understand it with Bloodhounds having a rep for being thick or wilful is what I am running into, though lol.

I am new here so perhaps you could introduce me to some other hound lovers or people that a trailing any other breed as I am not predudice sorry about my spelling lol, Pagan is beautiful and is well and she rocks my heart. lol

And she is not ripping me kleen off my feet anymore so that I am an exstention of my trailing lead :D I got better hiking boots.

[Hound Lover]

Could anybody put me on the right track pardon the pun lol.

I am currently trailing the love of my life and need some more clues on where to go from a 1.2km non visual cold scent.

Trailing not tracking as there is a difference.

If there are any recomended books on the subject I would be intrested.

Also if there was any information regarding SAR ( Search And Rescue ) accreditation, is there such a thing? If anybody has a contact number or any information regarding SAR I would love to hear from you.

warmest regards to all.

Hi Tickle Tickle,

if you want any info on trailing,i am more than happy to have a chat !! I have 2 bloodhounds in training,the main one is doing 6 day old cold trails,both urban and bush. If you are in nsw,you pretty much have buckleys about getting used on a real search at the moment,i am hoping to change that though !!

Just send me a pm and i will give you my number.

good luck and happy trailing

Hey Tina I am finally on a dog site and hope there are a few people here into trailing Pagan is very exciting she is up to a 2km find 2hour old scent SAR I looked into myself they reject bloodhounds as a scent dog which I was amazed at, sort of understand it with Bloodhounds having a rep for being thick or wilful is what I am running into, though lol.

I am new here so perhaps you could introduce me to some other hound lovers or people that a trailing any other breed as I am not predudice sorry about my spelling lol, Pagan is beautiful and is well and she rocks my heart. lol

And she is not ripping me kleen off my feet anymore so that I am an exstention of my trailing lead :D I got better hiking boots.

And Tickle you are on the right track with Tina she rocks lol