Try Tracking!: The Puppy Tracking Primer [Paperback]

Carolyn A. Krause (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 90 pages
• Publisher: Dogwise Publishing (June 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929242182
• ISBN-13: 978-1929242184
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for puppies! Get your older dog started too., May 2, 2006

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Tami M. Hawes "tamikat" (Hillsboro, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Try Tracking!: The Puppy Tracking Primer (Paperback)

Want to do something with your puppy or dog that makes use of their natural talent? You'll want to do tracking and Carolyn has made it easy for you to try it out! She tells you what you'll need for equipment, how to draw a track diagram, and how to keep a diary and why. She addresses when to start with your puppy and how your pup can have a title before it's a year old. Don't have a puppy but still want to try? No problem she covers that too! Get hooked on tracking!

Carolyn was a guest member in February 2006 on CSDogBookReview (YahooGroups). After reading her book and listening to her discusions I've started tracking with my two four year old dogs. They're loving it!

Thanks Carolyn!

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book to start working your pup in tracking!, June 18, 2005

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This review is from: Try Tracking!: The Puppy Tracking Primer (Paperback)

This was a easy-to-follow guide for me to start training my puppy to track, and her methods are working well on my 5 year old dog as well. I would without hesitation recommend this book for anyone considering starting their puppy or dog in tracking.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book for beginner trackers!, July 4, 2008

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K. M. Pickar (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Try Tracking!: The Puppy Tracking Primer (Paperback)

I purchased this book as I wanted to learn about tracking and also teach my year-old basset/coonhound mix about tracking.

While the title says it's for "puppies," the cover also has a blurb saying it works with adult dogs, too--which is what caused me to pick it.

Well, this is a fantastic book. The author lays out very clear and easy steps for the beginner to follow and also offers suggestions on how training a puppy would be different from training an adult. The author also precisely lays out what is needed, in terms of gear, for both the dog and the human, for summer tracking vs. winter tracking, suggestions on how to be allowed to use a neighbor's unused farmland for tracking, and so forth.

The author also points out how tracking, as both a sport and a casual exercise, builds the relationship between you and your dog. My basset mix and I have always been close; he bonded with me on the drive home from the "breeder's" (long story). We've been inseparable since. Learning and practicing tracking, however, has brought our relationship to another level. We respect each other and he *really* listens to me now, thanks to the tracking exercises we're doing. I can even call him off a prey scent--which I could never do before!

So I highly recommend this book for all beginner trackers and also for anyone wanting to do a sport other than agility--or even for anyone wanting to improve their relationship with their dog(s).