Blood Trail Dogs: Buying and Handling Finished Tracking Dogs and 30 Years of Breeding 7 Generations

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Buying and Handling Finished Tracking Dogs and 30 Years of Breeding 7 Generations

Often times, I don't hear about my dogs after I sell them, but I make every effort to communicate with people and make sure everything is going smooth after a sale because that can be a big adjustment for a finished dog who has been with me and his family for years and literally ALL of his or her life, and it helps the dog and the new owner to bond and adjust, if I can explain what is happening to the new owner and be there to train the new owner to properly handle and 'be trained' to the dog.

Think about it, if you are buying a trained started or finished dog,

shouldn't you 'be trained' to the dog, so you can at least know the verbal commands?

There are no rules carved in stone when it comes to dog training methods, and there shouldn't be because breeds vary and individual dogs vary within the breeds.

Remember, somebody else trained that dog, and unless you know the breed, 'how it was trained', and the dogs peculiarities, you cannot get the same level of performance out of the dog as I did, because you don't know how it was trained, and are not 'working within' the the dogs training program and natural abilities, and then doing your part as a team player to keep advancing the track.

Tracking wounded deer and hunting wild hogs with cur dogs are dangerous activities and because the dogs natural abilities of well bred dogs are so high performance, you need to as much as possible encourage and motivate your dog and 'allow' them to do their job.

And... sometimes tracking is a process of elimination, and that means you need to trust the dog and not interfere with the dogs natural movement and processes.