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 NOTE: Some articles on this page use aversive methods.
AUSTRALIAN TRACKING CLUBS
Tracking Club of Victoria Welcome to Australia's first tracking website !!*
Evergreen Tracking Club
... Evergreen Tracking Club - Gympie. Ms. D. Sunners. 24 Cremin St. Upper Mt Gravatt.
4122. (07) 3349 2233. d.sunners@mailbox.uq.edu.au ...
Tracking and Rescue Dog Club of NSW.
Contact the Secretary Anne Howard Email: anniedonh@bigpond.co
Age of the Track Varying trail age - Here is Jonni's theory of why hot tracks are similar, in the scent amount present, as very aged tracks
Aging Tracks by Craig Green
AKC Tracking Tests
A love Affair by Ed Presnall
Articles - Teaching a puppy articles off the track
Articles and Stories by Ed Presnall
Search Part II
Articles Restraint, tapping, sniffing, platz, reward. by Armin Winkler
Bloodhound FAQ's
Books
Books
Books and Videos About Tracking The following books will help you get started in tracking
CANINE SCENTING ABILITY MAKES TEACHING TRACKING A TREAT by Julia Priest
CLUB Golden Retriever Club of Victoria
CLUB Tracking Club of Victoria Australia's first tracking website !!
Conditioning your dog for tracking
Contamination We used the term "contamination" to have a different meaning than "scent discrimination
Direction - Dogs can determine the direction of a human odour trail.
Direction How Many Footsteps Do Dogs Need to Determine the Direction of an Odour Trail?
Doing It Right ... eh? by Ed Presnall
Drive Tracking Thru Drive in America vs. Canada
Early Life Management of the Tracking Dog summarizes proper selection of the right dog and preparing the young dog for future tracking success. -
Endurance overtraining an especially low-energy dog can create many problems
Endurance training for Tracking
Equipment
Tracking Equipment, Part Two
Tracking Equipment, Part Three
Tracking Equipment, Part Four .
Excellence in Working dogs
Five Golden Rings by Ed Presnall
FLoyd Wilson on the FH Tracking Dog by Moc Klinkam
Glossary of Tracking Terms
Glossary Human Scent etc.
Gun dogs A well-bred spaniel will learn tracking fairly quickly, but it is not automatic
Hard Surface Tracking Another point that needs to be determined in a potential hard surface tracker, is the dog's ability to ignore distractions and focus on the work
Hard Surface Tracking With the Rotterdam Holland Police
Hot Dog Tracking Club The purpose of tracking is to demonstrate the dog's ability to recognize and follow human scent.
How Do Search Dogs Work
Hydrated Footstep Tracking by Steve White
Ibizian Hounds Tracking Most people associate the Bloodhound with tracking and trailing search work.
Man tracking dogs The Bloodhound has been recognised as the premium tracking dog for
several hundred years
Nature and the Vagaries of Scent Does the scent vary for different parts of the foot?
Overtraining by Craig Green
Presnall Ed Website (Sandhill Farm)
Proving a Point by Ed Presnall
Puppy Tracking Part 1 Introducing the young pup to his first tracking experiences should be a positive, rewarding experience
Search and Rescue (some great tips for tracking)
Search and Rescue Melbourne
Search and RescueTasmania
Search and Rescue SARDA - Search
and Rescue Dogs Australia (SARDA) is a volunteer organisation based
on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria
Arda Search Dogs
A Nose for Trouble Police Dogs in Training
Bacteria : Most of the microbes commonly found on the skin are gram-positives which settle in across the landscapes of the body seeking moist, nutrient-rich, protected crevices.
Building Hunt Drive in Search Dogs It also increases the concentration or quality of the dog's search.
Canine Companions for Independence
Cavader: The Importance of Foundation Work in Cadaver by Joni Joyce
Cavader Work The Importance of Foundation Work in Cadaver
DAWG Disaster and Wilderness Ground Searches FAQ's
Drowning Victims:
Utilizing Air-Scenting Search Dogs
Forensic Dog Forensic does not mean human remains. Forensic means the application of science to law
Horse - a sort of equine bloodhound
International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
Integrating Air Scenting and Trailing Dogs Together
Melanomas Dogs able to sniff out cancerous melanoma
National Disaster Search Foundation
North American Police Work Dog Association
"Nothing's better than a live find" Handlers often comment that they're the stupid part of the team.
Outdoor Emergency Care, Avalanche Fundamentals and Rescue, Mountain Rescue and other courses
Pools
scent pools Most handlers have run into the dreaded - - scent pool.
Probability
of Detection for Search Dogs or How Long is Your Shadow?
Reading
The Dog - The number one complaint I hear from handlers in water
search is their inability to "read" when their dog is in scent and when
it is not
Puppy Tracking
Royal
Dutch Police Dogs
SARDA Search and
Rescue Dogs Australia
SAR Dog Evaluation Checklist
for the German Shepherd Dog.
SAR Groups Online directory
of worldwide SAR groups
SAR
Dog Handlers in Court Keep in mind that only the naive believe that
what goes on in court is a search for truth. Keep in mind that only
the naive believe that what goes on in court is a search for truth.
SAR K-9 training calendar
page
Scent Debris piles and
brush can act like a dam. Hollows and low shady spots may have scent
pooling in them
Scent
Articles Selecting
Search and
Rescue Dog Training lots of stuff!
Search and Rescue Search
and Rescue -- Program review by Barb VanEseltine
Search - How
Do Search Dogs Work Advantages Of Using Search Dogs
Sense of Smell
Steve White (a large parft was taken from Syrotuk with permisson).
September
the 11th Search and Rescue Tribute
Tracking Notes
Tracking Trailing Seach and
Rescue
Trailing
Off Lead -it is the best method she has used so far to train both
dogs and handlers in the trailing discipline.
Victim Rules
for Establishing Victim Loyalty
Weak
alert - what happened?
Reading
and Understanding negative indications
Reading
the dog "Describe to me what your dog is doing physically, from
head to tail, when he is in scent." and "What changes do you see when
your dog goes out of scent
Retrieving and Scenting Folder
Rockingham Tracker
dogs WA
Scent and Forensic Evidence
Scent K9's Reason for Being by Steve White
Scent in a Bottle
Scent in a Bottle Steve White (Conrad Most)
Scent in a Bottle How to apply it
Scent In a Bottle clicker training steps further down the page
Scent in a Bottle Steve White
Scent in a Bottle Tracking SIAB - A MODULAR APPROACH by Steve White
Scent Smell The Mystery of Smell: How Rats and Mice-and Probably Humans-Recognize Odors
Scent What is the difference between .live. scent (living person) and .dead. scent (deceased person)?
Scent
Movement - It is important to realize that the scent leaving the
body under water
behaves just like scent leaving a body on land
Scent
Pherenomes and Odour by Bill Syrotuk
Scent Debris piles and
brush can act like a dam. Hollows and low shady spots may have scent
pooling in them
Scent
Work THERE ARE GENERALLY THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCENT WORK
Schutzhund
Tracking, articles are an obedience exercise and should be taught
separately`
Sense of Smell
Steve White (a large parft was taken from Syrotuk with permisson).
Sensory Overload
by Ed Presnall
Serpertine
Tracks For this class, we will be trying a new approach to introducing
dogs
Skin Rafts
by Ed Presnall Several theories have evolved with most discussion being
separated into two groups. The dog is tracking "broken vegetation" or
the dog is tracking skin "rafts" or shed body cells
Slowing
Down A dog Hopefully you have already put a "slow" command in the
dog in another aspect of his training (obedience, agility
Smell The Mystery
of Smell: How Rats and Mice-and Probably Humans-Recognize Odors
Smell
Dogs experience the world nose-first
Surgical Precision
she and our grandson Carl had their tracking degree!by Ed Presnall
TD Training: Part 1 by
Craig Green
TD Training: Part
2
TD Training: Part 3
TD Training: Part
4
The dog Nobody
Wanted by Ed Presnall
The Thief by
Ed Presnall Like many who are born on the wrong side of the tracks,
he had an attitude. Sickly from birth, he carried a chip on his shoulder
The Search Dog
Tracking Tracking training requires two things: Scent
and Motivation
Tracking line
When your dog will do at least 150 paces of straight track, keeping
nose down.....with you up close on tracking line
Tracking Links
The Tracking
Page TRACKING WITH YOUR BERNER by April Rifenburg
The Tracking
Philosophy Part One by Craig Green - Small Successful Steps
Tracking Philosophy, Part
Two by Craig Green - Goals and Priorities
Tracking Philosophy, Part
Three by Craig Green - Motivation and Observation
Tracking Page Daniel E. Tratnack.
The Truth about
Tracking by Ed Presnall
The Versatile
Parson Tracking is a fun and challenging sport with Parson Russell
Terriers
Tracking Over training
Tracking and Trailing
by Tim Tieken - I personally do not believe true tracking is the best
way to catch crooks.
Tracking Fields
by Ed Presnall Scent and its lasting effect is affected by weather conditions
Tracking Sense
WHAT'S THE BIG STINK ABOUT THE DOG'S NOSE?
Tracking Philosophy Part
One by Craig Green - Small Successful Steps
Tracking Philosophy, Part
Two by Craig Green - Goals and Priorities
Tracking Philosophy, Part
Three by Craig Green - Motivation and Observation
Tracking Tips
When your dog will do at least 150 paces of straight track, keeping
nose down.....with you up close on tracking line......begin moving back
on line....
Trailing
Dogs What is it that the dog is smelling when he is trailing?”
Trailing
Off Lead 11 Articles, scent pools etc,
Training
Tips Questions and Answers
Variable
Surfaces Getting Started by Ed Presnall
Variable
Surfaces GETTING STARTED TRACKING VARIABLE SURFACES
Variable Surface
Tracker by Ed Presnall
Variable Surface
Tracking Inaugural VST test for the Moraine Tracking Club by Ed
Presnall
William Syrotuk
A person who weighs the same and has the same shoe size can cross the
suspects footprints and confuse the canine
William Syrotuk
He may be following a raft scent until he comes to a roadway where he
suddenly loses it.
William
Syrotuk: Excerpt from "Analysis of Lost Person Behavior"
William Syrotuk
General Aspects of Behavior by Lost Persons
William
Syrotuk Theory of Scent
William
Syrotuk Scent - Pheremones and Odor
Winkler
Amin Only the NOSE really KNOWS Part 1 (Scent commitment,The first
thing we have to teach in tracking training is scent association)
Winkler
Amin Only the NOSE really KNOWS Part 2 ( do not believe in double
laying a corner, because as the tracklayer I will deposit an unusually
concentrated pool of air scent around the corner).
Winkler
Amin Only the NOSE really KNOWS Part 3 (The smell itself becomes
a command to the dog. Sounds simple, now that I figured it out).
Winkler
Amin Only the NOSE really KNOWS Part 4 (Articles)
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