SCHUTZHUND - Schutzhund Training
Litter Tracking Imprinting
I take my litters out in the yard in an ex pen when they are 4-5
weeks
old, and let them see me take their food dish with me. I plant a
flag,
stomp a little " scent pad," and dribble kibble around. Then I scuff
my
feet and walk through the grass , laying a simple "track," about 40-
50 feet
long, dribbling food as I go, and place a pile of kibble at the end.
The
puppies are very excited by all this activity, and before I let them
out, I
return to the " start" and drop some more food. ( Otherwise they
would
likely run to the last place the saw me.) I talk them up " Want to
track?
Want to find it? And then I open the floodgates and lead the furry
swarm to
the flag with a " Let's Suuuuuuuuuuuuuch!" I leave them to their
business
and watch which ones seem most intense and which ones wander off. I
especially note which ones stay the longest and which ones return
hours
later to search the same track. When this is the same puppy, I know I
have
a star.( Note to Peter M.: Your Nadya was this puppy) After just a
few
days of this, I actually start throwing in a gentle turn and watch as
the
little ones figure it out and find their food. What I end up with is
a
bunch of strongly imprinted puppies who love to track. Franz does
this too,
and when I saw how [his] 7 month old "Harry," was intense and calm
in his
5-600 pace tracks with turns, I realized its a universally good
idea. "
- Julia Priest www.sontausen.allk-9.com
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