Canine Tracking Guide: Training the All-Purpose Tracker

by Don Abney

Overview

Canine Tracking Guide details the two most common uses of the canine nose: following blood trails for wounded game and tracking humans (from lost children and missing hikers, to escaped convicts). The author explains the concept of human scent and how the amazing canine nose functions and then elaborates on the basic training principles, commands, exercises and patterns used in tracking work. Whether a reader is working with hunting dogs, police dogs, cadaver dogs or competition dog, this guide offers the correct information needed for every tracking pursuit.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781593786540
Publisher:	CompanionHouse Books
Publication date:	04/10/2012
Series:	Country Dog
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120
Sales rank:	997,690
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Author Don Abney (New Orleans, LA) is a court certified-expert in the field of canine training and tracking. Abney has been a master trainer in obedience, search and rescue , tracking, hunting and detector dogs for over 25 years.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Chapter 1 The Dog's Nose 7

Chapter 2 Scent 17

Chapter 3 Selecting a Tracking Dog 25

Chapter 4 Scent: Sources, Handling, and Storing 39

Chapter 5 Training Preliminaries 45

Chapter 6 Tracking Lessons 57

Chapter 7 First Aid for Tracking Dogs 101

Glossary of Commands 113

Toxic Substances 116

Acknowledgments 118

About the Author 119

Index 120