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Weather conditions and ground surface play a
significant role in how well and successfully a
dog will trail.
Either path is acceptable for a mantrailing
dog since the goal is simply to get to the end
quickly.
If there is a scent to follow, a mantrailing dog
will work it, even if it is several days old. There
have been claims of dogs working trails that
are several weeks old, but I have not seen proof Urban trailing with possible distractions.
of this. I can say, with certainty, that my dogs
have successfully worked a woodland trail that
was 24 hours old, an urban trail that was 48 Dogs also vary in their individual technique.
hours old, and an 8-hour urban trail that was This is what makes mantrailing so much fun.
heavily contaminated with exhaust fumes and Even though my girls are both Jack Russells,
people walking the pavement after the trail- their approach to trailing is completely
layer had walked the route. different. One is very “gung-ho” and likes to do
everything at top speed. The other is a much
more methodical, steady worker.
Until recently, most mantrailing classes were
for people wanting to train their dogs to work
operationally, with little opportunity for the pet
dog to get a chance to benefit from this activity.
Mantrailing Global (formally Mantrailing UK)
is filling this gap very nicely. The training is
specifically designed for the pet dog. In cases
where a dog is nervous, frightened, or in
some other way reactive to their environment,
that dog, and sometimes its handler, would
not be suitable as an operational dog/team.
Mantrailing Globals’ training, however, is
dedicated to finding the best way to help all
Success! Located the ‘find’. dogs and handlers succeed by individualizing
the training.
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