http://bestamericandog.com/blog/how-do-you-train-a-standard-poodle-to-track The #1 Dog Lovers Website! Tue, 02 Feb 2016 05:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/how-do-you-train-a-standard-poodle-to-track/comment-page-1#comment-5474 super_goofychick Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:13:44 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=1277#comment-5474 poodles lack the drive to track. they're companion dogs... not scent hounds. they're not natural trackers and will never perform like a scent hound that has been bred for years to track. you have to start by associating a scent with a reward. make your dog understand that this equals that... teach your dog to alert you to that scent... either by sitting when he smells it, pawing the source, etc.. then give him a treat poodles lack the drive to track. they’re companion dogs… not scent hounds. they’re not natural trackers and will never perform like a scent hound that has been bred for years to track. you have to start by associating a scent with a reward. make your dog understand that this equals that… teach your dog to alert you to that scent… either by sitting when he smells it, pawing the source, etc.. then give him a treat

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