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Written by André Brun
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"Tracking, of all dog sports, is the most mysterious to trainers while,
seemingly the most natural to working dogs."
Østpå satt den gamle i Jernskogen og fødte der Fenres unger;
blant alle disse skal én bli en soltyv i trollham.
Ancient poem: Eddadikt, Voluspå
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From a hunting trip to Sweden: Ulv is on the blood track of a roe-deer.
One of the hunters was unlucky and hit the roe-deer a little too far back. We try to be extremly carefull not to wound any animal, but it happens - occasionally to all of us.
You'll find more on training a blood tracking dog on the menu on top/left on this page.
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Ulv, André and Gunnar Kjellin
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Main page on blood tracking |
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| Ulv is carrying some of the reindeer down from the mountain, on this picture around 12-14 kg.
He enjoys to work and carry loads in his backpack, and it's great excersise for him aswell.
One should be careful not to put too much weight into the backpack, but as a general rule: A dog with a healthy body/structure can carry half his body weight.
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Training the new pup. On this picture I am training him on his first track ever! More on the new pup: Click here |
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| The dogs are with us everywhere - this picture is taken after a 7-8 hours mountain trip and we've just established the camp.
Jappe, Ulv, André & Hege.
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| Hege and Ulv carrying meat down from the mountain Gråhø/Findalen. This day we saw between 1000-1200 reindeers. |
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| Ulv has just retrieved a grouse on the top of Fuglhø. Nice to have a dog that both retrieves and carry the grouses. |
And here he's retrieved a mountain hare.
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