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    Blood Trail Dogs Best in Breed: Blood Trail Dogs, #2
    Blood Trail Dogs Best in Breed: Blood Trail Dogs, #2
    Blood Trail Dogs Best in Breed: Blood Trail Dogs, #2
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    Blood Trail Dogs Best in Breed: Blood Trail Dogs, #2

    By C.V. Conner

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    When people learn that I train my own and write about blood dogs for big game recovery, there is one question that always follows, "What is the best breed of dog to train for blood trailing?"

    It's doesn't usually take too long after that question for the asker to start telling me how someone else told him that one or the other pure bred dogs is the only dog that will make a professional blood tracking dog. So let's start right there and take a look at the dog breeds most often promoted as the very best for blood trail training. After that, I'll give you my personal and professional picks that make the best dog for the job. And keep in mind that each of the breeds I'm about to discuss are unique in many ways.

    Personally I love and train only Black & Tan coonhounds for tracking, but I am not prejudiced to that breed when it comes to selecting a blood tracking dog for someone, because Black & Tan coonhounds are not for everyone, and I will do some writing on the breed in time. But right now my goal of writing this book is to help you the deer hunter get to a point where you have a blood tracking dog working for you either this or next deer hunting season.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLakeside Press, NY
    Release dateOct 7, 2018
    ISBN9781386222538
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      Blood Trail Dogs Best in Breed - C.V. Conner

      Most Popular Blood Trail Breeds

      1. Wire haired Dachshund

      The Dachshund actually come in six different breeds and three different coat types, smooth, long, and wire, and two sizes, standard and miniature. Now the standards weigh between 25 and 30 pounds in practice although the breed standard actually says up to 26 pounds while the miniatures weigh around 10 to 11 pounds.  There are three main colors in the breed, black and tan, red, and chocolate and tan. There's no real big difference between a dog and a bitch in this breed either in terms of size or temperament, the bitches tend to be just slightly smaller than the dogs but not always and they all need the same amount of grooming, exercise, and attention.

      The Dachshund was originally bred for hunting badger and Fox and rabbit. They were also used for tracking and they are still used to this day with much success for tracking wounded game. The Dachshund has a very strong sense of smell because in fact they are hounds. That also means they will get distracted when

      They’re out and some of them will go off hunting on their own so it's essential that you teach them how to come back off the lead when they're young puppies.

      This breed is very intelligent and lively and they can be quite noisy at home. The Wires are probably the most extrovert of the Dachshund breed. They do make good family companions provided you give them plenty of exercise and mental

      stimulation. They're very affectionate dogs and want to be with you and involved with what you're doing all the time so they don't like to be left on their own for a long period of time. They're good with children especially if they've been brought up with them from

      puppies. They're generally fine with cats and other pets as long as they've been brought up with them from puppyhood but an adult dachshund probably won’t tolerate a cat. Also if you have pet rabbits or squirrels they will more than likely chase and kill

      these.

      As I have stated, the wires all need a decent amount of exercise as they're an active breed they're got a keen sense of smell and some of them will go off hunting and doing their own thing given half a chance. Since this breed is quite strong-willed but highly motivated by food rewards and lots of praise, they are manageable for blood trail training, but don't expect instant

      obedience when you've got them off the lead or on a walk. One great thing about this breed is that they will eat most types of food

      and when it comes to teaching them reward-based training is the way to do it.

      In finality, I would say that more important than coat and appearance when it comes to this breed is the inner dog. To make a good tracking dachshund he/she must be one that checks things out first with their nose. He is, after all, a scent hound; so he knows instinctively that a scent line leads somewhere that is worth following. With some experience, a good tracking dachshund learns to stay on the scent of a deer, wounded even the day before. He will ignore the hot scent lines of deer that have just crossed ahead of him because he has pure stubborn patience and at the same time a readiness to cooperate with his handler to find that wounded deer.

      As a blood tracking dog the wire hair offers several unique advantages. But also keep in mind that this small size can sometimes be a disadvantage. A dachshund is less likely to survive a rattlesnake bite than a long-legged dog. Also he’s probably not going to make a catch dog although baying a wounded deer is not a problem.

      2. Hanoverian Scent Hound

      The Hanoverian hound is a rare purebred scent hound

      originating in Europe. The dogs of this breed are on the smaller end of large sized and have short-haired low-maintenance

      coats. They're active, intelligent, and focused and are fairly low maintenance. Overall they are fantastic hunting and tracking dogs and make pretty good family pets as well. The Hanoverian is a somewhat new breed to me, but several people I know in Texas have them. Depending on where you live, the only drawback to this breed is, it is very rare, and thus hard to find one for sale.

      At any rate, the Hanover Hound is a breed sometimes referred to as a Hanoverian Hound. It descended from bloodhounds of medieval times and was first introduced into France in the 1980s and is still a very rare breed. It was cross-bred with the Bavarian Hound, and in fact has given rise to the Bavarian Mountain Hound. As the name suggests the Hanoverian make good pets for active outdoorsy families, however the adult will weigh 80 to 100 pounds and their shoulder height is 19 to 22 inches.

      The males tend to be a bit larger than females with short-haired coats in various shades of red and brown. There are note-worthy advantages and disadvantages to owning this rare breed. They are well suited for first-time owners - typically gentle and calm, they socialize well with children, has little to no grooming requirements, intelligent, have great stamina and athleticism; they’re good watchdogs, fairly easily trained to make excellent blood tracking dogs. At the same time the Hanoverian hound is very sensitive and responds extremely poorly to harsh treatment.

      They are standoffish and suspicious of strangers, and not suitable for apartment life.

      This breed has a high prey drive which means they will chase cats and other smaller pets. Known also for being very stubborn and narrow-minded, a single glance at a Hannover hound reveals a lot about the breed. Its athletic well balanced body structure is great for long hours spent in the woods, its long floppy ears are

      perfect for picking up the tiniest of sounds, and its muzzle is quite long at the end of which is an extremely powerful nose which it can use to track wounded animals for miles.

      Dogs of this breed are quite smart and are at their best when they have a task to perform. They learn pretty quickly and are normally easy to train but they have such a long history as hunting tracking

      dogs that they can be stubborn and unmanageable as they become intensely focused on one thing or another and are no good at multitasking.

      3. Blood Hound

      I hate having to say this but of all the breed of dogs I’ve seen used in blood trailing, the one with the biggest problems and the most disappointments has been the Bloodhound. They have a short lifespan, excessive health issues, and for most people too much dog in size and hunt. They were breed to chase deer, and trailing blood seems to be boring for this breed. If you use a Bloodhound to track blood I highly recommend that you keep them on a leash because if they cross a hot deer trail they are gone. In my personal opinion this breed is probably not a good breed choice for many reasons.

      For some reason a lot of people go out and get this dog without researching first, I guess they think the name says it all. And I must admit that I thought the same way before getting into blood trailing. While the Bloodhound does make a good family pet if you want a dog that may grow to over 100 pounds, personally, I don't recommend this breed for blood tracking, even though I know handlers who owns them and have had good success tracking wounded deer.

      Also known as the St. Hubert hound and Sleuth Hound, the bloodhound was bred originally to hunt deer and wild boar, and later specifically to track human beings by scent. It is famed for its ability to follow scents hours or even days old over great distances. Its extraordinarily keen nose is combined with a strong and tenacious tracking instinct, producing the ideal scent hound, and it is used by police and law enforcement the world over to track escaped prisoners, missing persons, and even missing pets.

      And while the above sounds pretty positive, we’re talking about a breed that will weigh 80 to 110 lb! I have heard of a few that weighed upwards of 150 lb! The acceptable colors for Bloodhounds are black and tan, liver and tan, or red.

      This breed is a gentle dog that has an affectionate, gentle, and even-tempered nature, so they make excellent family pets. However, compared to other purebred dogs, Bloodhounds have an unusually high rate of gastrointestinal ailments, with bloat being the most common type of gastrointestinal problem. The breed also suffers an unusually high incidence of eye, skin, and ear ailments; thus these areas should be inspected frequently for signs of developing problems. Owners should be especially aware of the signs of bloat, which are both the most common illness and the leading cause of death of Bloodhounds.

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