Canine Tracking Guide: Training the All-Purpose Tracker

by Don Abney

Book Overview

Canine Tracking Guide details the two most common uses of the canine nose: following blood trails for wounded game and tracking humans (from lost children and missing hikers, to escaped convicts). The author explains the concept of human scent and how the amazing canine nose functions and then elaborates on the basic training principles, commands, exercises and patterns used in tracking work. Whether a reader is working with hunting dogs, police dogs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621871029
• ISBN13: 9781621871026
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Companionhouse Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7