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Dog training for shed hunting
« on: December 09, 2008, 12:53:14 PM »
Does anyone use dogs for shed hunting? If so do you have any tips for training?
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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2008, 02:26:48 PM »
This will be a great discussion if we can get one going. I would love to train a dog for shed hunting. I heard that labs work the best. I have been talking to a few buddies and they have it figured out. I will keep you posted if I hear any good tips. One thing he said is that you have to wear a rubber glove when handling the shed, you dont want your scent on it.

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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2008, 03:52:56 PM »
yep i have 3 dogs one is a cow dog and she's been picking up sheds for 5years now. my other two are labs the male is a year and a half and he is all about the sheds now on the other had im training the female and shes not even a year yet. you don't want any other dogs around when training them thats a given fact.

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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2008, 04:22:46 PM »
I don't know if scent on the shed would matter.

When I was younger we found a wandering lab at a ball park. The dog would chase balls. When we through one in the woods it came out with a different one. We continued to "throw" rocks/sticks/etc. and the dog would search until he found a ball. Throughout the park we found enough to fill a 5 gallon bucket with baseballs. We sold them to a coach for a quarter each. My point is, some of those balls were very old and none of them had the same scent as the first one.




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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2008, 04:29:06 PM »
my german wirehair pointer finds sheds.   I replaced his favorite fetch toy with a deer antler shed.   we practiced blind retrieves until he could find it every time.  then started hiding multiple sheds at once.   when he brought one back I would tell him  "FIND MORE!" and he would continue finding them till he got them all.   Do not let your dog have a shed all the time.  he will chew it down and then loose interest.  treat a shed antler as a reward for the dog to play fetch with!!  last year he found me a matching bull elk set 6x6!!   its lots of fun.

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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2008, 04:37:07 PM »
I have a couple Magazines with articles on Shed hunting dogs.  I will have to find them.

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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2008, 04:50:36 PM »
no tips but I ran into a young man and his dog found them,thats what he used him for

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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2008, 08:50:07 AM »
You guys think an English Pointer could be trained?
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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2008, 09:08:12 AM »
Cool topic.  I never considered using a dog, BUT our neighbors dog used to wander and often would leave toys in our driveway.  One winter she dropped sheds in our driveway  :dunno: it was pretty funny never knowing what we would find in the mornings.  She stays home now so no new stuff.

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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2008, 09:16:41 AM »
I could sure use one right now!!!
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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2008, 11:40:23 PM »
I live close to a canyon where deer winter and my dog brought a shed home once along wiht many other animal parts......veyr gross dog that insisted on eating her own kills and roadkill she would find......

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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2008, 06:47:05 AM »
A buddie and I were out looking for the sheds of a few local bt bucks near home, we found a small spike that was fresh. When we got home I threw it in a big pile of sheds in the corner of the room, later when I let my lab come inside her nose hit the flore and she ran to the pile of sheds and pulled out that fresh spike shed. From then on I was a believer and take her every time I go!
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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2008, 01:44:16 PM »
Oh boy, can't wait to see the look on my wife's face when I tell her I'm taking HER bassethound out shed hunting. :chuckle:

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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2008, 07:08:44 PM »
You guys want a dog that will go all day and then some?
Work sucks!!!! I should be shed hunting

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Re: Dog training for shed hunting
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2008, 07:12:05 PM »
 Australian Shepard's.  those dogs will go all day.  and are very smart/trainable.  or Blue Healers
Work sucks!!!! I should be shed hunting

 


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