cardeer

My pass dogs were good at finding anything dead and boney.

DoctorDeath

I imagine you could find a shed hunting dawg on Ebay

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bigcountry

Stut, pretty awesome dog. 11years is good long while for a rotti.

I guess it boils down to the work you put into dogs. There ain't no free lunch. I know people with birddogs that they never had to teach anything. They would bow shoot a deer. And can't find it, get the dog, and he would be on it in no time. does anyone know of any good dog training books on blood trackign dogs? I would like to use him for finding wounded deer. I had a few mags several years back that discussed it.

Here they are. I call em manic depressant. Manic is the nutjob on the right that won't settle but has amazing smell. The one on the left is old and grumpy and does a good job at protecting a house or anything else.

StrutnBPS

You can buy scents that smell like animals. Like deer scent and duck scent. They have more also. I am not talking about like deer urine. They are scents made for training a dog. I know that BassPro has them and Cabelas might.

Pretty dogs. One of my old friends has/had some Dobi's. Two of them, they locked up in the kennel outside NO MATTER WHO came over. That way they wouldn't get used to strangers. The other, was the older one and they let her out with everyone else.

StrutnBPS

Oh yeah, I forgot. If you look at that pic of her on my truck, thats a bag full of mallard decoys besider her. I also used her to fetch my ducks. People thought I was crazy when they seen me in the swamp with a Rottweiler.

bigcountry

No kidding. Thats pretty wild. Never thought of Rot's being water dogs. But I bet she didn't like 38 degree water.

Champlain Islander

I feel for you strut. I had a couple of Dalmatians and one died 2 years ago and the other died this last summer. Both made it to 13 and were part of the family. I went 6 months without a dog and still get choked up when I think of those boys. I was feeling like I really needed a dog and then it just happened. My daughter went to NOLA for humanitarian pet rescue due to Katrina. The vets brought back some pretty sick and abandoned dogs. When I returned from my Newfoundland hunton the first of NovI had a new addition. Her name is Fanny Mae and she is truly a wonder dog. She is a black and white mutt and is as smart as all heck. She was 6 months old when we got her and she fit right in. I think she is the best dog I have ever seen. I hope your day will come when you are complete with another dog. Good luck.....CI

coyote170

my hunting partner is a Shid Zu he is the best in a ground blind and
never scares deer,turkey,anything.lives to ride our honda great pal!
Sorry for your loss,great looking dog!

Oneshot7

my best friend finds most of his shed by his dogs but it died so now he is training a new one the best thing to do is to find a fresh shed and train him with it in teh yard and every time that he brings the shed to you he gets a treat and then carry treats in the woods so you dont cheat him out of some

Finch

Here is my shed hunting partner, Sandy. She really enjoys going out in the woods and seeing where her nose takes her. Sandy hasn't found me a shed but she does keep me company.