Tracking comes in many different forms. There is sport tracking like that of the American Kennel Club, the United Kennel Club, and Schutzhund. There is animal tracking such as hunting bear, boar, pheasants, deer, ect.. The most popular is what I term man tracking such as Search and Rescue, tracking suspects for law enforcement, and Cadaver recovery.
Simply put, tracking is the dog following his nose, on a scent.
Any dog can track, the instinct is part of the dogs heritage. I would not train a Maltese to man track, nor would I train an English Mastiff to man track, not because the dog couldn't do it, but their size. Would I train these breeds for sport tracking? You bet I would.
The condensed version of sport tracking involves the dog following footprint to footprint, identifying dropped (placed) articles of the person being tracked. Since we at Scheurman's K9 Academy, do not do ANY form of training for hunting dogs, it will not be covered. Man tracking can be done footprint to footprint, air scenting, or a combination of the two.
Sport tracking is just that, a sport, time is not that important. Man tracking is life or death, the dog must work quickly but more important accurately. An air scenting dog is faster, then a footprint to footprint tracker, but only if the dog accurate.
As for our training programs for tracking, we offer group classes, private lessons, and board and trains. Whether you are looking to teach your dog to track to an AKC, UKC or Schutzhund title, or to find a lost or missing person, Scheurman's K9 Academy can help you achieve your goals.
A1 Group Lessons Beginning Tracking: Seven week program: Establishing a scent pad, article detection, temperature and its effect on tracking dogs, corners, laying the track, reading the dog. Prerequisite Intermediate class, possess a CGC+ $300.00 enrollment fee. Extra tracks $50.00 per occurrence for a twenty minute session. (paid by the group or individual).
#E1 Group Lessons TRACKING: Ability to follow a stranger's scent over a not obvious trail of from 100 to 200 yards, which has aged from 15 minutes to not more than 45 minutes old. With NO cross tracks On natural grass. Prerequisite Intermediate class, possess a CGC + A1 + Four week class. $250.00 enrollment fee + Extra tracks $100.00 per occurrence. (Paid by the group or individual).
#E2 Group Lessons TRACKING II: Ability to follow a stranger's scent over a not obvious trail of from 300 to 400 yards, which has aged from 1 hour to not more than 1 1/2 hours old. With one cross track cross tracks On a variety of surfaces. Prerequisite Intermediate class, possess a CGC+ A1 + E1. Four week class. $250.00 enrollment fee + Extra tracks $100.00 per occurrence. (Paid by the group or individual).
#E3 Group Lessons TRACKING III: Ability to follow a stranger's scent over a not obvious trail of from 400 to 600 yards, which has aged from 2 hour to not more than 3 hours old. With two cross tracks cross track, and two 90o right turn, a variety of surfaces. Prerequisite Intermediate class, possess a CGC + A1 + E1 + E2. Four week class. $300.00 enrollment fee + Extra tracks $100.00 per occurrence. (Paid by the group or individual).
#P4 a Seven week program: Ability to follow a stranger's scent over a not obvious trail of from 100 feet to 1000 yards, which has aged from 3 hours to not more than 5 hours old. 3 right turns of 90o With cross tracks on a variety of surfaces. Prerequisite Intermediate class, possess a CGC + A1 + E1 + E2 + E3 $300.00 enrollment fee + Extra tracks $100.00 per occurrence. (paid by the group or individual).
#E4 Group Lessons TRACKING IIII: Ability to follow a stranger's scent over a not obvious trail of from 700 to 1000 yards, which has aged from 12 hour to not more than 26 hours old. With two cross tracks cross track, and three 90o right turn, a variety of surfaces. Prerequisite Intermediate class, possess a CGC+ A1 + E1 + E2 + E3 + P4. Four week class $300.00 enrollment fee + Extra tracks $100.00 per occurrence. (Paid by the group or individual).
#P5 Trailing: Seven week program: 3 mile trail aged for not more than 36 hours, with cross tracks Prerequisite Intermediate class, possess a CGC + A1 + E1 + E2 + E3 +P4 $300.00 enrollment fee + Extra tracks $100.00 per occurrence. (paid by the group or individual)
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