Need some dog blood trailing expertise
Need some training advice. My dog Camo is a catahoula and is almost two years old. He is a HUGE ball of energy. He has a great nose and is a working fool. He loves to trail and can cover some ground. Sometimes he works so fast that people think no way he is on the trail but next thing you know there's the deer. I think he uses a combination of the wind as well as smelling the blood which I'm sure a lot of dogs do. For example I was taking him to trail my wife's doe last night and he and I were riding in the back of the truck. When we got about 200 yds from where we were going to park the truck he started straining against the leash and staring straight into the darkness in the direction the doe had ran. When we stopped and I let him out before I could get him on the blood he took off in the direction she had run and in less than two minutes he had found her.(I could tell because my Garmin had told me he had stopped and if he stops he has found the deer.) Now comes my problem. He is getting to where once he finds a deer he is not stopping very long. He spent about 30 seconds on the doe and he was off running again as if to say "ok found that one, let's find another". Last week we were looking for a good buck my buddy had shot and according to my gps he never slowed down more than a few seconds. After about a 20 minute search for the buck he comes back to me with blood on his face and chest so I knew he had found the deer. We went and looked all over but couldn't find the deer. Today my friend called and said he found the buck in the area the dog came from so there was no doubt in my mind he had found him the day we trailed him.
Is there anything I can do to get him to stay with the deer. He used to stay with them but now he seems like he wants to keep looking and running.Like I said earlier he has a huge amount of energy but he gets regular runs and has a big backyard to play in. We go the lease every weekend and he gets to run there as well so I don't think it's a lack of exercise. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. It sems like its getting worse and I don't want this to continue.
Is there anything I can do to get him to stay with the deer. He used to stay with them but now he seems like he wants to keep looking and running.Like I said earlier he has a huge amount of energy but he gets regular runs and has a big backyard to play in. We go the lease every weekend and he gets to run there as well so I don't think it's a lack of exercise. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. It sems like its getting worse and I don't want this to continue.
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