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Post by miaoulie on Jul 17, 2011 22:39:29 GMT -5
Hi
I'm training my female since last year for Sch sports. She's good in protec, obedience too and she as a really good nose.
But we have some problems in tracking. She in interrested in doing the whole track, but she's not looking for articles...
For those who trained some, can you tell me wich technique you use for tracking and espacially for training objets.
thanks véro
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Post by ed on Jul 18, 2011 9:43:39 GMT -5
There are a number of books that address this(Check Tom Rose, Gary Patterson, Susan Barwig) with that said I had good luck with a Dale VPG3 and FH(tracking title). Initially taught this as a two step process 1) Down on articles....obedience 2) then to track...instinct and food drive...uses same canine hunting skills but different motivation Then put it together
I differed from Mal trainers since I did NOT correct on the track...it was always fun...He blew through the FH including crossing a 2 hour old track across an asphalt road that cars had run over. I like a dog high and confidant ....keep sessons brief fun and with frquent rewards, Airedales thrive on this.. Gradually make tracks more difficult more turns sharper turns take very long steps jump off track and start again 2 or three feet ....increase distance between food...if he tracks to fast to be precise put more reward near the start
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Post by rickyjames on Jul 18, 2011 13:23:55 GMT -5
good advice given by ed. the patterson book was a favorite with the group i used to train with. tracking was my least favorite part of training. my dog could track but wasn't interested in all the stops and starts and finding articles either. food and fun are the 2 biggest training aids. for articles i would reward with food after the find. for tracking bait your track, if your dog is going too fast try using more bait to slow it down so it doesn't over run the articles. bring your dog to training HUNGRY, don't feed before hand. some of the "best/most serious" trainers don't feed their dog from a bowl. they make the dog earn their food by working and rewarding them by hand. if they don't work well they don't eat well that day. the next day they usually pay more attention. i'm no expert with all these training methods but i have seen them work. good luck and have fun.
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Post by miaoulie on Jul 20, 2011 9:12:48 GMT -5
Thanks !
So I'll continue doing what I was doing with my girl. I'll just try to have more patience.
I trained my other dog (a show one) in about 6 weeks when she was 10 months and she makes better track than my working dog... I took the same method with both, food for tracking and obedience with clicker training for articles but it didn't work the same for both. I also tried making round track with her food from the whole day after not being feed for 2 days. It didn't worked either. (a skunk was doing the track more seriously than my dog). She is able to make tracks with a lot of corners and about 400 steps but she doesn't eat on the track. It's worst when I put food, she puts her nose in the air and follow the highway. So she doesn't even pay attention to articles. And I managed to make it that long in no time. So I stopped and put time only on articles and we are stocked there since last summer.
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