NA Test
NA Test
Preparing for my 1st NAVHDA test!
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Jagerdawg
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Good looking dog. Have fun at the test and happy hunting
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High Voltage
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Looking good. Where are you testing?
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I will be testing in Ogden Utah on Sept 8th
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Looks like you are ready. The track is what gets most though. So many variables.
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Ya tracking is the only thing I'm worried about. Any advice?
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Thornapple
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Hafe4825,
After running several NA tests, tracking in my estimation is the one area where you have the least control. Let me explain. I have practiced with dead roosters dragging them around my property at all sorts of angles and conditions except one. Ultimately my puppy in very short order figured out how to track. I have used that technique over and over again and it works, where scent was left. However you have no control over what conditions the rooster will be let go. I practiced on grass, leaves, through fields. The one test where my dog did poorly was tracking over very dry dirt on a windy dry day. In fact of all the NA dogs tested this is where all failed. There was very little scent left. Only two dogs passed and it was only because they ran a wide arch in the field and bumped into the birds. I would try to find a dirt field just to practice, but again it is not as controllable as a practicing a water entry or searching for birds in a field.
After running several NA tests, tracking in my estimation is the one area where you have the least control. Let me explain. I have practiced with dead roosters dragging them around my property at all sorts of angles and conditions except one. Ultimately my puppy in very short order figured out how to track. I have used that technique over and over again and it works, where scent was left. However you have no control over what conditions the rooster will be let go. I practiced on grass, leaves, through fields. The one test where my dog did poorly was tracking over very dry dirt on a windy dry day. In fact of all the NA dogs tested this is where all failed. There was very little scent left. Only two dogs passed and it was only because they ran a wide arch in the field and bumped into the birds. I would try to find a dirt field just to practice, but again it is not as controllable as a practicing a water entry or searching for birds in a field.
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Update: Hank did great in his NAVHDA NA test. He received a prize 1 with a score of 110/112
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birddogger
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Way to go!
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High Voltage
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Congratulations! Now enjoy the hunting season.
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Thornapple
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Hafe4825.
High Voltage gave you probably the best advice anyone in NAVHDA, dog trainer, or on this forum will give you. Remember your objective is to, "Enjoy your dog!" Training is a means to an end, the testing or its preparation is not the end to itself!
Thornapple
High Voltage gave you probably the best advice anyone in NAVHDA, dog trainer, or on this forum will give you. Remember your objective is to, "Enjoy your dog!" Training is a means to an end, the testing or its preparation is not the end to itself!
Thornapple