GeckoTree Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 What do you fellow dolers think about using snake skin shedings for avoidance by scent in Australia ? Quite a few people I have talked with who live in the US do this with rattle snake avoidance training. I have had a couple skins I have found and my dog automatically did not go near them when I laid the out. her reaction was keeping a distance and actually jumping backwards in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 oooh no! Send it again send it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheena Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 What do you fellow dolers think about using snake skin shedings for avoidance by scent in Australia ? Quite a few people I have talked with who live in the US do this with rattle snake avoidance training. I have had a couple skins I have found and my dog automatically did not go near them when I laid the out. her reaction was keeping a distance and actually jumping backwards in the air. My dog freaks out when she finds a bit of gecko skin in the house, so not sure if it has a similar smell to snake, but normally live lizards don't scare her. She is very wary of anything snakeish. Next time I find a snake skin I will have to see what her reaction is. You could also pick up the next freshly run over snake you find on the road, & put it in the freezer for training. Might be an idea to carefully remove the head & discard it so the dog can't get to the venom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 What do you fellow dolers think about using snake skin shedings for avoidance by scent in Australia ? Quite a few people I have talked with who live in the US do this with rattle snake avoidance training. I have had a couple skins I have found and my dog automatically did not go near them when I laid the out. her reaction was keeping a distance and actually jumping backwards in the air. My dog freaks out when she finds a bit of gecko skin in the house, so not sure if it has a similar smell to snake, but normally live lizards don't scare her. She is very wary of anything snakeish. Next time I find a snake skin I will have to see what her reaction is. You could also pick up the next freshly run over snake you find on the road, & put it in the freezer for training. Might be an idea to carefully remove the head & discard it so the dog can't get to the venom. In SES tracker training we were told that suicides are hard for dogs . . . the dogs follow the track ok, but can't associate the smell of the dead person with the smells that the live person left on the trail. I wouldn't assume snake skin or a dead snake is going to produce a snake que for a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheena Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Sis has come up with some good ideas on how she is going to make the "snake trainer"...but don't hold your breath, she can be a bit slow. In the meantime she sent me this....maybe we should get ourselves a mongoose or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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