Working wolfdogs

jeannie · 11-01-2012, 15:57

Hello Ina,

very good job - this motivates to continue our training!
Please go forward with your plans - you and your dogs are good enough for rescue work as it was shown last weekend. And some police was already involved

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Stefan (and please post this story in the German forum

)

michaelundinaeichhorn · 19-02-2012, 23:21

Hello,

to give some further impressions of Altai´s (Falin`s) work here is the trail of our last training of today.
Track 10 Pfungstadt 19.2.12.jpg .
It was a 7 hour old trail of a person going by bus. We started in about the middle of the trail at a very big crossing. Both dogs lost the trail at the point where the person changed into the tram and showed a clear negativ after checking the bus station there. Very interesting as trams seem to be much more "closed" than cars or busses.
6*C, snow at some parts, quite windy. Trail length was 2,64 km, average speed 5.1 km/h, time 31,22 min.

Ina

woland77 · 20-02-2012, 19:32

Super!! what is the mode tofollowing the smell of the person on the bus, from bus the person lost smell?

michaelundinaeichhorn · 20-02-2012, 22:28

Hello Alessio,

I am not sure if I got your question right so if I answer the wrong thing just tell me.
You loose thousands of skincells and other debris moving around all the time. They drift upwards with the warm air around your body and then sink to the floor. So you leave a continous trail of them everywhere you go. Cars, and busses are kind of cars, have a forced ventilation (direct translation, no idea how you call it on English), meaning even when the windows are closed and the ventilation is shut of they blow out some air and with it your debris. A well trained and good dog is able to follow this extremely small amount. To my astonishment that doesn´t seem to be the case with trams, though Altai seemed to smell some hint she told me the trail ended at the point the person changed from bus into tram. It might be that she couldn´t sort out the fact the the fresher trail was much less than the older one. I will try a tram some time in future again. But anyway this is one of the important informations you get while training. If our dogs loose the trail close to rails ist is very likely the person took the tram there. You would then continue the tram route and check at the stops if the person left there or not. The dog will find a trail or show a negative.

Ina

woland77 · 21-02-2012, 14:05

Hello Ina, yes, your answer is perfect for my question. Is very very intersting, i love all about nose perception..

11-01-2012, 15:57	#1
jeannie Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Schöngeising Posts: 133	Hello Ina, very good job - this motivates to continue our training! Please go forward with your plans - you and your dogs are good enough for rescue work as it was shown last weekend. And some police was already involved . Stefan (and please post this story in the German forum ) __________________

19-02-2012, 23:21	#2
michaelundinaeichhorn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bad Dürkheim Posts: 2,249	Hello, to give some further impressions of Altai´s (Falin`s) work here is the trail of our last training of today. Track 10 Pfungstadt 19.2.12.jpg . It was a 7 hour old trail of a person going by bus. We started in about the middle of the trail at a very big crossing. Both dogs lost the trail at the point where the person changed into the tram and showed a clear negativ after checking the bus station there. Very interesting as trams seem to be much more "closed" than cars or busses. 6C, snow at some parts, quite windy. Trail length was 2,64 km, average speed 5.1 km/h, time 31,22 min. Ina Last edited by michaelundinaeichhorn; 19-02-2012 at 23:23.*

20-02-2012, 22:28	#4
michaelundinaeichhorn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bad Dürkheim Posts: 2,249	Hello Alessio, I am not sure if I got your question right so if I answer the wrong thing just tell me. You loose thousands of skincells and other debris moving around all the time. They drift upwards with the warm air around your body and then sink to the floor. So you leave a continous trail of them everywhere you go. Cars, and busses are kind of cars, have a forced ventilation (direct translation, no idea how you call it on English), meaning even when the windows are closed and the ventilation is shut of they blow out some air and with it your debris. A well trained and good dog is able to follow this extremely small amount. To my astonishment that doesn´t seem to be the case with trams, though Altai seemed to smell some hint she told me the trail ended at the point the person changed from bus into tram. It might be that she couldn´t sort out the fact the the fresher trail was much less than the older one. I will try a tram some time in future again. But anyway this is one of the important informations you get while training. If our dogs loose the trail close to rails ist is very likely the person took the tram there. You would then continue the tram route and check at the stops if the person left there or not. The dog will find a trail or show a negative. Ina Last edited by michaelundinaeichhorn; 21-02-2012 at 00:09.

20-02-2012, 19:32	#3
woland77 Gran figl de putt Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,638	Super!! what is the mode tofollowing the smell of the person on the bus, from bus the person lost smell?

21-02-2012, 14:05	#5
woland77 Gran figl de putt Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,638	Hello Ina, yes, your answer is perfect for my question. Is very very intersting, i love all about nose perception..