Im new to this group and dont hunt... but i am a dog trainer and have recently dabbled in SAR with a hound i work with anyone else do this? and have better results im around 50-60% success rate ... finding lost dogs.. My main issue is i have hard times when there is no collar or bedding etc etc for him to know what to find... if i dont have an example of the scent he just goofs around im used to somebody bringing me a dog to meet and greet with olaf or us going to the dog then rehabing then getting it healthy and then rehoming ... my failure rate was 10% or so... they die on me or be too violent to be turned around and need a female or a professional behaviorist foster ... now I lose %60 of the time so far cause we flat out cant find the dog.. and we found a corpse the other night and we found a hypothermia victim dog other night too that didnt even make it to EVS more or less... im not sure im built for this stuff i thought it be rewarding but its very depressing tbh.. i liked it better how it used to be less disappointments if that makes any sense... I trained him enough to try 2 weeks ago +/- but we been out 6 times so far... found and saved 2 dogs found one extra half alive.. and been out 3 times and never even saw a dog at all.. Im not entirely sire im good at this idea i had and went after because my results reflect failure ... just thinking too much maybe i dont like loses i always get upset and tonight i just failed the same dog twice in row.. last i went for it i never saw it i brought rebel so called terminator he could even find anything to follow looking at me like im stupid the whole time and we never got on trail like he did before.. and never even saw a dog... im not sure im the right guy for what i wanted to do ... i was better and at 90% sucess rate at just private rescue of dogs in terrible conditions.. but going after the lost I feel like i suck at it.. i have a very low success rate compared to before... thinking out loud i guess probably make no sense.. but its like really hard because i care a lot i do.. but im failing at what i care about... sux lol resceu work is never easy never get a break... i am used to that though lol ugh.. I bought him a sweater its not that big im pulling on it for the pic... i was excited because it worked in the beginning idk if this is positive for us or not.. RANT OVER...
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 03:22:39 +0000
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