Tracking question - Page 4

I dont know that much about joyce beside seeing her trials, and a few of her pups come out of there. Sent one of them to SAR. but I havent taken her up on the invitation yet to watch them work.

Its always good to make good with all people in protection sports as good helper/decoys are hard to find in these parts.
I will probably email you privately here soon if thats ok.

Yep, sounds good! Theresa

The temps here in Minnesota this week have been between -10 to -20 in the day but no wind.  We have tracked our Zidane von has Sevens male Vox in the deep 2 1/2 feet snow and we've all had a great time.  The new game is placing his articles under the snow and the new game is tremendously exciting to him.  We've never seen him so wired to track as he is in this cold and deep snow.  We often see more endurance in the 0 degree range and below because our dogs don't overheat while tracking in drive.  Our philosophy is if we are aclimated to the weather and the dogs are aclimated then we all work.  If we can't take it, them we put the dogs up.  The key is the dog must be aclimated to the cold - just like their handlers.   Try to avoid the wind and not the cold per se.  That's what affects man and dog a lot more than extreme cold.  Our dogs love cold, snow, and beaking paths in heavy snow.  They love digging 3 foot by 3 foot grids for their ball that disapear in the snow.    As for scenting ability, we notice no difference in ability.  They appear the able to scent very well in cold, especially under snow.  Obviously, they aren't scenting crushed vegetation so the dog is relying on more air scent patterns. 

You guys are nuts training in single digit weather. LOL

SS

I like to track in all weathers, it gives the dog experience, you never know what it might be like in competition.

I live in the UK and where I live it has varied between -1 and -8.5 all last week, we have been tracking in the snow every day, using it as an opportunity to observe what the dog does when he can see footprints but has to differentiate between previous walkers (and their dogs) and mine.

dog loves it.