Day 3 to Trial ...

Following A scent is a natural behavior for a dog. Following THIS PARTICULAR scent (that I want you to follow) is a learned behavior. Day 3 to Trial... will teach you how to instruct the dog to keep his nose deep in the footsteps of the tracklayer (follow the ground scent). The dog is learning to smell body odor, crushed vegetation and crushed organisms. Following the GROUND scent only is not as natural to the dog because he also wants to air scent. After attending any seminar from which we want to incorporate the methods presented, we try to generalize what we learned to adapt that into what we are presently doing or want to do. We are rarely able to discuss with the presenter how we adapt the seminar methods in order to be sure exactly how that person would handle a situation that wasn't covered during the seminar. Day 3 to Trial... is a dog tracking method for beginners and experienced dog trainers. One can start with a puppy or an adult dog. It is suitable for people interested in AKC (American Kennel Club) tracking as well as Schutzhund tracking. The books starts with the dog-tracking seminar presented by Glyn Clayton, who was a well-known, admired, successful dog trainer. The book continues as Glyn guides you from her seminar, teaches you the fundamentals of tracking and supports you as you train your dog and "problems" crop up, as you get ready for your tracking trial, and then encourages you to continue tracking and developing the dog's skills. The book includes many illustrations to ensure that the explanations are clear to the reader. All of the terminology used is defined to ensure that the novice people, as well as those who are experienced, understand the dog training idioms. This method will help you and your dog to be successful in the exciting dog sport of tracking where your dog is constantly fascinating you with his/her amazing scenting abilities.