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02-09-2013, 03:33 PM
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Can you train a dog to sniff out sheds?
Alberta Bigbore's posts had me wondering.
Can you train a dog to sniff out sheds?
What do you think?
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02-09-2013, 03:36 PM
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Of course.
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02-09-2013, 03:38 PM
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I haven't really tried training mine to sniff them out but I let her chew on them constantly and we also play fetch with them. Now when we are out she will often come trotting in with a shed. I think she has found about as many as me when we have gone out in the last couple years.
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02-09-2013, 03:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greylynx
Alberta Bigbore's posts had me wondering.
Can you train a dog to sniff out sheds?
What do you think?
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You can train a good dog to sniff out danged near anything! 
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02-09-2013, 03:40 PM
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Yes definatley
My girl is hit and miss, but she does add the odd one to the pile
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02-09-2013, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by catnthehat
You can train a good dog to sniff out danged near anything!
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Your right Cat. The five watt bulb between my ears started flickering..There are even "corpse dogs" sadly enough to say.
I was just wondering.
Take care.
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02-09-2013, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by greylynx
Your right Cat. The five watt bulb between my ears started flickering..There are even "corpse dogs" sadly enough to say.
I was just wondering.
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The thing about cadaver dogs is that cadavers smell a lot more than sheds, so it's pretty easy to train them for that i would think, unless you are talking about water related cadaver dogs, that takes a lot of time !! 
I've had two different dogs on my boat on recoveries, simply amazing that they can smell and even track a body that is moving in a river but submerged!! 
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02-09-2013, 03:51 PM
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My pointer will find every pile of deer chit in the vicinity. He thinks it's popcorn, really likes the frozen stuff. As for antlers I think if the dog was rewarded well, they'd have a hay day.
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02-09-2013, 03:55 PM
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From a dog's viewpoint , a shed is just another bone.  Shouldn't be hard to train em.
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02-09-2013, 04:22 PM
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The dog in the bow of my boat in this pic has one of the finest noses I have ever seen, she is a S.A.R. dog that specializes in water rescues and recoveries .
She can smell a person in the woods or a body under the water at depths that are not readily believed unless you have seen her work! 
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02-09-2013, 09:20 PM
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If your willing to put in the time it can be done. No different than training a pup for pheasants or ducks. One time while walking the edge of a field my lab took off on a dead run and pulled a 70 inch whitetail shed out from an oat swath. I never would have spotted it. The shed was very fresh and still had blood on the pedicle. They have an incredible sense of smell.
February 23 2010.jpg
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02-09-2013, 11:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by catnthehat
You can train a good dog to sniff out danged near anything!
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X 1 million percent for sure you can
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02-10-2013, 02:10 AM
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Looks like Tom Dokken wrote the book on it (and the DVD) and hosts the World Shed Dog Championships http://www.sheddogtrainer.com/index.htm
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02-10-2013, 07:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pikergolf
My pointer will find every pile of deer chit in the vicinity. He thinks it's popcorn, really likes the frozen stuff. As for antlers I think if the dog was rewarded well, they'd have a hay day.
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My dog is the same that way. Her treasures! YUCK!
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02-10-2013, 04:23 PM
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When you reward a dog for finding what you are looking for it will find it. Look at a customs dogs or a police dogs. There is a company in Edmonton using dogs to find bed bugs in an apartment buildings.
One thing I wonder. If dogs have a sense of smell 3000 times better then humans, why do they put their nose right against other dog's rear end.
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02-10-2013, 04:44 PM
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Yeah, I saw a program on TV a while back where they had trained a dog to sniff out cancer in people.
I wouldn't be surprised if you could train a dog to sniff out gold and diamond.
Mmmmmmmmmm gold and diamonds, , ,, ,, Mmmmmmmmmm I wonder, , , ,
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02-10-2013, 05:03 PM
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Not sure if its scripted or not but the show Mountain Men...........the gent that lives in northern Montana takes his dog shed hunting. I'm assuming you can train a dog, either that or the dog is a good actor 
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