Working Class Canine

04/11/2024

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This is a very common hit

Please give it a watch

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=msw5K11YOoE

04/11/2024

Opening weekend of muzzleloader was insane

We got 29 calls/texts/messages

We took on four tracks each day (8 total) which took us 12 hours each day.
Tracks back to back with a 1/2 hour break to stop at house and lets dogs out and swap bullet for Zeus

Three tracks over the weekend had 800-1000 yard uphill walks in ,one had a 1.5 mile uphill walk

I’m not sure I’ll get through the maps anytime soon so wanted to post some pictures anyhow

01/11/2024

2024 track # 37
Zeus
Doe
Bow
just under 10 hours old80 miles deer travel we tracked plus hunter tracked an additional .5 miles before the point we started.

Doe was arrowed in am and bedded a short distance from hit site. Hunter waited two hours but then bumped her. After tracking a bit backed out another 2 hours and then started again. They bumped her again and watched her walk down through brush limping.

We started the track in a parking lot. Yup this is an urban track.
Followed her down through the brush to the point hunter had last seen her (and their extensive search area) and then Zeus acted like he was in a giant scent pool.
This was a brushy hillside sloping down to a fast river.
Much hunter patience and Patience from Rob and Zeus finally found the exit path.
He tracked down towards the river and in the middle of an incredibly dense Buckthorn patch Zeus actually jumped right on the doe who was trying to not be seen.
She tossed Zeus off and bolted uphill. She then went up a steep hill and banged a right.
At the top of the hill we shut lights off and sat down for 20 minutes assuming we'd catch up to her in her next bed.

we were wrong

Doe ran across a flat area then down a vertical ravine. Across a brook, then SCALED two 4' high boulders like a mountain goat (blood to confirm!) and then up another vertical hill.

She then got back to the parking lot and ran across it right behind our truck.
She crossed a road and a big yard and then into powerline hell we went. Multiflora, brush, blackberries etc etc

The blood lessened dramatically and she just kept going. Finally she scrambled up a steep muddy hill into a yard and that's where we called the track
holy geez

ps hunter's son accompanied us on about 1/2-2/3 of the track barefoot before going home. Not a mark on his feet. Now that's badass

01/11/2024

2024 track # 36
Bullet
Doe
Crossbow
18 hours old84 miles

Went to track for a lovely family we know. Doe had been arrowed the night before.
Not much blood once you got out of the hit area, no bolt found

We tracked down through open woods, then through a grassy swamp and then found two beds close together with blood.
After that she climbed a hill and started curving back towards the food plot she started in.
One spot of bloody water on a leaf after a brook crossing but that was it.
We called the track when we could see the food plot again

01/11/2024

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Results from 2024 AVMA Pet Ownership and Demographic survey showed the percentage of U.S. households that own dogs and cats have increased steadily.

29/10/2024

Nh tracking dog Elmo is facing a $12,000 surgery
He is done tracking for the foreseeable future but is a very loved family member
If you are inclined to help his family the link is at the bottom of this post

Thank you

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29/10/2024

29/10/2024

2024 track # 35
Bullet
Doe
Bow
21 hours old

No pics no map
Quick trip a few towns away to confirm a non fatal wiff

Arrow had a single pink streak on vane and broadhead had short body coat and a small piece fat a little fat on shaft

Hunter description indicated probable marginal very high hit

Single tuft of the same body coat at hit site
Zero blood anywhere

Doe ran out 103 yards, stood briefly then sharply turned in direction her friend had run, it appeared they reunited in an overgrown orchard, fed around a bit and then crossed the road to a big field

469 yards in total tracked

Peace of mind to the hunter was accomplished

28/10/2024

Tips for choosing a dog show or dog trial handlers

Let's talk seriously now!

IMPORTANT things to think/ask about when hiring a handler...
...regardless of if it is me or someone else, do your homework!!!

Important top 20 things to ask:
1. Do you have care and custody insurance?
- If yes, request policy number.
- If no, why?
2. Do you have a first aid kit for dogs?
* AND know how to use it?
- If yes, is it up to date?
- If no, why?
3. Do you have a bloat kit?
* AND know how to use it?
- If yes, do you have a tube size appropriate for my dog?
- If no, what would you do than?
4. How are they cared for?
- Who? Leash protocols? Access to rig?
5. Do you have monitoring devices; waggle, smoke detection, carbon monoxide detection?
- If yes, ask to see them.
- If no, why?
6. Do you have a fire extinguisher?
- If yes, are they up to date, not expired? Location.
- If no, why?
7. What crates do you use?
* Crash rating? Are they previously damaged? Have they ever been in a wreck?
8. How are crates secured?
* Are they bolted down to the frame?
9. How many dogs are in each crate?
* This answer should always be 1.
10. Is the crate size appropriate for the breed?
- If no, how is my dog being housed?
11. Who is showing the dog?
* If conflict who?
12. Are you associated with a professional organization?
* Are you in good standing?
13. How are dogs cared for at home, if taken home?
* DO you have a kennel? LEGAL?
14. Are you a real legal business?
* Registered with the state of residence?
- If yes, under what name?
- If no, why?
15. Do you have a rate sheet?
16. Do you have a handling agreement?
17. How do you do billing?
18. What form of payments do you accept?
19. Can I call you when at a show?
- If yes, when/what time?
- if no, why?
20. Do you actually LIKE my dog?
- if no, why?

Again, I am trying to educate people on selection process for a handler. This is not a bash or attack on anyone or team.

Choose someone or team that really wants you to be successful, not just blow smoke in creative places....

Find a genuine person!

[Photo credit Sandy MacArthur, outtakes are the best]

28/10/2024

Resolution!
Track # 29
Buck is back on camera! (10 days later)
He’s fine
Quartering away little pe*******on

Track story here

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28/10/2024

2024 track # 34
Bullet
buck
bow
17 hours old

Hunter arrowed this buck last night. Buck carried arrow several hundred yards and had blood all the way up arrow.
They had easily trackable blood a ways and each time buck stood still there was a good amount.
At one point buck stood still and lost a large clot quarter diameter and 6" long. After which the blood slowed significantly and they finally backed out to await help
This was hands down the best marked track I've had this year. Great job guys!

We started at the start and Bullet breezed through the known track pretty fast. He was incredibly accurate and motivated so I had hope. But then I started noticing that some of the blood was waist high which is rarely a good sign
After the blood clot the buck sharply turned and eventually picked up a woods road which he stayed on. Blood sign was very small.
At a three way intersection in the sun Bullet took some time to work out the track but got it and we were heading down another woods road. Buck stayed on the road a long ways and then turned off into woods as we neared a neighborhood.
We had occasional small blood until we got to an area behind 3 -4 homes where the deer obviously stayed for hours. He NEVER laid down but stood in several different spots obviously licking his wound. He eventually headed out through a yard. With no blood to confirm I made Bullet reconfirm MANY times and he kept going to one yard, so I knocked on door and got permission to wander about yard. We got to the driveway across the yard and Bullet declared not dead

1.17 miles of deer travel
Bullet walk 1.59 miles

25/10/2024

2024 track # 33
Bullet
Doe
Bow
15 hours old
480 yards doe travel

Went on an early morning track for doe arrowed last night. No arrow and very little blood, what blood there is is fingertip size.
After grid searching at their last blood the three friends went to walk out and saw a large bear that they yelled at to chase away hoping he would not eat the doe
I arrived early am and tried to start Bullet at last blood but he was unsure so we hiked to the start which is my preference anyhow and Bullet locked right on and yanked my arm off down the track.

At last blood he milled about a bit sorting through the grid then headed down the path the bear had gone but then locked back on the track and found new blood.
Down a hill into a gully between two knolls we found a very very bloody bed and some blood out of it. Took Bullet a bit to find the exit from this massive scent pool which lead to an area where a bear had grabbed the doe and knocked her down (bear track, bare rucked up spot and blood)
The doe had gotten back up and made it another 20-30' where the bear took her down again (zoom in on pic to see claw marks on face , shoulders and ribs) and opened up abdomen.
Luckily for the hunter while they were noisily searching last night the noise bumped the bear off the doe and when they saw him he was exiting the area.
Luckier still he did not return last night
Doe had a high double lung pass through hit, but was bleeding internally mostly
Bullets confusion at first was because the bear had also tracked the doe , but rockstar that he is, once started at the start he was totally locked onto the doe

24/10/2024

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Nh deer take as of 10/20/24
Very very average numbers overall

23/10/2024

The best dogs just don’t live long enough

23/10/2024

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21/10/2024

Dog breeders know your standard breed towards your standard
On the radio today a news story about a newly released Duke university study from their dog cognition lab (they study both dogs in the lab and participating owners citizen science submissions)

Talks about how humans are now selecting dogs to be friendly and quiet and a breeds original purpose has no bearing anymore. That the only thing you can determine from a breed is looks and size.

While I call BS on this (and this study confirmed breed behavior differences https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/does-dog-breed-affect-behavior/ )

This is an alarm call to breeders

Are you breeding towards your breed standard in form, function and temperament?
Or are you breeding dogs that fit the visual standard type but temperament wise are breeding for the friendliest easiest dogs that anyone can own even if that is opposed to the breed standard and description?

Not all breeds can or should be suitable to every home and breeding a temperament vastly different than the standard does the breed no favors

Prior studies using foxes found that breeding mainly for friendly outgoing temperament as the primary concern led to visual changes in coat quality, colors and even ears

Yes! Current society won’t tolerate the sharp Rottweilers of the past (liability wise or socially) but you can still breed mentally correct dogs without that dangerous sharpness

20/10/2024

Authorities and the husband of Carol Gemmiti are hoping that money talks.The 66-year-old Florida woman has been missing since Sept. 27 from a camp on Ossipee Lake. Searchers are hopeful

19/10/2024

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19/10/2024

The London, Ont., owner of a guide dog trained by a certified training program says the proliferation of service dogs is causing her problems accessing public spaces.

18/10/2024

2024 track # 32
Bullet
Buck
Bow
15 hours old73 mile

Went on a track for a buck arrowed quartering towards. Arrow only had 4" pe*******on and had fallen out of deer in under 30 yards.
Hunter had some blood between hit site and last blood but I never saw it so did not mark on gps.

Bullet took a bit to figure out the last blood area and then decided on a path. I made him restart several times to make sure he was sure. He was.

We then followed the track a long way without ever seeing blood
We came to a dry bed that Bullet spent a lot of time on and still no blood. We continued on until the hunter and I agreed to call the track

18/10/2024

2024 Track # 31
Zeus
Buck
Bow
3 hours old
741 yards

Went on a night track for an experienced hunter. Buck was arrowed and as he ran off he wobbled but no blood to follow

After orienting to the hit site, Zeus took off on the track and never wavered. A very small amount of blood was found along the way, none of it big. Mostly on the ground but a few spots waist high on beech leaves.
Eventually the buck veered left and went downhill and we found him in a multi bed area with the only real blood amount we'd seen the whole track.

Great job Zeus!