Is pig blood ok to train with?

[bowhunterhelm]

I am out of blood and the local slaughter house isn't slaughtering and cattle this week. They do have pigs though. I read on here one time not to use pig blood. Doesn't make sense to me but I am no expert, this is all new to me. I want my pup to track deer and pigs. Does anyone know if I shouldn't use pig blood and why?

Otherwise I will be getting 5 gallons to work with tomorrow.

Thanks,

[hoyt21]

I'd say no I've never used pig blood for fear of turning my dog into a hog dog. I've only used deer and beef blood. But red has tracked hogs before. I would just hate for my dog to be tracking a deer and trash on hog scent

Hoyt21

[bowhunterhelm]

Will it hurt to use it for a few weeks until I can get beef blood? We haven't been tracking in over a month. I want to keep him going.

[hoyt21]

Will it hurt to use it for a few weeks until I can get beef blood? We haven't been tracking in over a month. I want to keep him going.

I'd be lying if I said yes it would hurt him. I'd at least make a liver water blend instead till they start slaughtering cattle again.

[Patton]

Not an expert, but for hunting circumstances I would say pig blood is better to use than beef blood. I shoot and track more pigs than cows, maybe its just me. As far as if the consistency of the pig blood not being good for laying a track- that I don't know.

[HunterBug]

Blood is blood it does not matter where it comes from. It will be perfectly fine to use.

[Playa]

According to Jeanneny dogs can identify the difference in blood from different animals and that it can lead them to track specific animals.

I'm more interested in how you are getting blood. I thought it was illegal for slaughterhouses to supply blood of any type?

[Deer Tracks]

The source doesn't matter from a training standpoint, however, a lot of people are afraid of exposing their dogs to pseudorabies by contact with feral hog blood or meat.

[hoyt21]

According to Jeanneny dogs can identify the difference in blood from different animals and that it can lead them to track specific animals.

I'm more interested in how you are getting blood. I thought it was illegal for slaughterhouses to supply blood of any type?

I'd say this is true cause red is very cautious when tracking a hog. Compared to a deer when we track a deer he hauls balls. When it's a hog he's pretty slow specially when we are with in 40 yards of it.

[Buff]

Bagley will and has tracked, whitetails, red deer sika deer, fallow deer, axis deer, black buck, sheep , goats and hogs.

Blood is blood

[Hunter Todd]

I trained my pup using pig blood only. Last season she trailed 8 deer and 0 pigs. Blood is Blood.

[bowhunterhelm]

That was my thought that blood was blood. I just remembered someone on here specifically said not to use pig blood.

[AntlerCollector]

Blood is blood

[SaltwaterSlick]

ANY blood will work. We also even save the "goo" from the cavity of gut shot animals too. Turkey blood, javelina blood, it don't matter. You can get the big coagulated lumps of blood out of the cavity of downed animals and freeze it in ziploc bags, then when ready to use it, thaw and add saline solution to reconstitute it to make it easier to distribute on trails. My dad and uncles used to do this when I was a kid... they'd put me in rubber boots and an old cheese cloth bag with a big ol clump of blood in it and set me off on my bicycle. Told me to just squeeze the bag as I rode or walked along, then drop the bag when the blood was all squeezed out... didn't matter what kind of blood... That was over 50 years ago, and I have carried on the tracking traditions using any kind of blood... Had some great dogs... were trained to track blood, not animals.

[Playa]

ANY blood will work. We also even save the "goo" from the cavity of gut shot animals too. Turkey blood, javelina blood, it don't matter. You can get the big coagulated lumps of blood out of the cavity of downed animals and freeze it in ziploc bags, then when ready to use it, thaw and add saline solution to reconstitute it to make it easier to distribute on trails. My dad and uncles used to do this when I was a kid... they'd put me in rubber boots and an old cheese cloth bag with a big ol clump of blood in it and set me off on my bicycle. Told me to just squeeze the bag as I rode or walked along, then drop the bag when the blood was all squeezed out... didn't matter what kind of blood... That was over 50 years ago, and I have carried on the tracking traditions using any kind of blood... Had some great dogs... were trained to track blood, not animals.

Just a tip, you can take that coagulated blood and run it through a blender (just don't let Ms Saltwater Slick know about it) and then strain it thru a pair of panty hose (again, don't let Ms. SS know). it will be perfectly liquefied blood once again.