Marking Dog?

[kyboy44 11]

I have been doing some readying and wanted to ask a few ? has anyone heard of use a pointer or setter for marking as they are bred to show were the game is and for you all that go after fox have you ever find them out of the dean and if so do the dogs do after them I ask because we can only hunt fox in the winter and around here they don't use a den much that time of year and last have anyone had a one that would find game in a tree because we have coon that dens in trees and I would kind of like to try on for coon if it could worke

[wi11ow 2,657]

had dogs mark in log piles up felled trees rubbish tips once they learn that scent they will find the game and tell you its home

[nothernlite 18,089]

Part of a ferreting team a marking dog wouldn't be without one a must

[leethedog 3,071]

brian is a good marking dog ,will mark rabbits to ground all day but will never enter,,will enter on charlie only.

 

also Brian is a fecking nice dog foxpack

[Truther 1,579]

I have been doing some readying and wanted to ask a few ? has anyone heard of use a pointer or setter for marking as they are bred to show were the game is and for you all that go after fox have you ever find them out of the dean and if so do the dogs do after them I ask because we can only hunt fox in the winter and around here they don't use a den much that time of year and last have anyone had a one that would find game in a tree because we have coon that dens in trees and I would kind of like to try on for coon if it could worke

 

You can't train a dog to mark mate, by encouraging it at dens,earth's or warrens you can teach one to false mark, encourage them and a pup will mark to please you. Tricky with a coon in a high den in a tree, but a dog should be able to pick up the scent on the tree for a good while after a coon climbs it, my bitch marks trees for squirrels the same way, she's never wrong, if she indicates its always up there somewhere, even in the drey, when they mark the best encouragement is results, if she marks i do my best to nail the squirrel, i don't see why the same approach wouldn't work for coon's?

[comanche 3,061]

Its true that a lot of dogs who get to know the ferreting of foxing game will start to mark inhabited burrows with little encouragement ,others will show a natural interest in inhabited burrows by catching an interesting scent from a subterranean animal.

Its up to the owner to read the signs and work on the partnership from that point.

But ,it is possible to teach a dog to mark, and very reliably. If you doubt this ask yourself how sniffer dogs are trained to mark the most unnatural of items.

[leethedog 3,071]

Just let a young dog play.with dead prey if you can I find this the best way of teaching a pup what it should be looking (smelling) for and pay attention to your dog all dogs mark different some are very subtle some are mad I had one as a kid that would pee on a rabbit burry

[Truther 1,579]

Its true that a lot of dogs who get to know the ferreting of foxing game will start to mark inhabited burrows with little encouragement ,others will show a natural interest in inhabited burrows by catching an interesting scent from a subterranean animal.

Its up to the owner to read the signs and work on the partnership from that point.

But ,it is possible to teach a dog to mark, and very reliably. If you doubt this ask yourself how sniffer dogs are trained to mark the most unnatural of items.

 

Ok mate i should have said, "you can ruin a dogs marking on game to ground by encouraging it to much" seen it done. You can train a sniffer dog, but you know 100% the "item" is there, if you're bringing a young dog on on its own you don't know anyone's at home 100% unless you watch it go to ground that is, but either way i don't encourage a dog at all, ill draw its attention to an entrance, but that's it, things should gel with a half decent nose without much encouragement. I fed the bitches litter on game, including squirrels, took all the claws/guts/heads off first, and froze the squirrels for a few days to kill off any fleas, she knew what the scent was from the off, took to it very easily, and she gets lots of practice, she marked everything else in her own time, again with plenty of oppertunity, but very little encouragement from me, i just put as much time in as possible.

[matt1979 766]

If a dog gets out enough on scent it soon clicks on in my experience. Never trained a dog to mark but they all seem to take too it naturally, it's about getting out with your pup and learning alongside it as it develops and giving it plenty off opportunity to learn ie walking in the right spots, learning what scent is what etc. got a pup on at the minute marked first time out clear as you like, not learned just natural nit all are this quick but I think sometimes things that are natural are sometimes complicated by us humans, a dogs sense of smell is obviously top notch they have to use it and we have to learn to trust it and work it to our advantage atb

[wi11ow 2,657]

 

 

 

young dog learning and was spot on every mark was right