Swamp Donkey Deer Recovery

06/30/2025

This is a major win for every American. Whether it’s hunters and fisherman or non-consumptive users going for a hike, every single American benefits in one form or another with our wild spaces!

06/29/2025

Thank you to the Michigan community for the warm welcome! This has been a jam-packed weekend FULL of learning, hands-on classes and drills, and building camaraderie with one another. This is a strong community of amazing trackers!

06/28/2025

Our photogenic little girly is enjoying her hotel stay. She thinks it’s spa day tomorrow but really it’s dog event day tomorrow!

06/26/2025

06/26/2025

Congratulations to Michigan trackers Travis Conner, Charlie Conner and their sleek and petite year and 4 month old Black Lab, Zoe, for successfully earning their ABTA Started level certification today. Zoe was handed by Travis and was in complete command of the track.

06/22/2025

Took and passed an ABTA started test with Zoë. It worked out that I had a mount to pickup from my taxidermist on the way to the test and I thought, what the hell if we pass I should take a grip and grin with it! To start the test Zoë took a couple minutes to take the line but once she did she marched her way hard to the end. Next up is a seasoned test.

06/17/2025

Went for a hike in an area we laid a practice line for a friend on Saturday. Just for sh*ts and giggles we decided to walk Zoë over to the start just to see what she did, and she took the line. The scent was very intermittent and degraded. In the spots where there was sunlight shining through the canopy the scent appeared to be gone and was clinging to vegetation 20-50 yards off the line. This made things very difficult for Zoë to advance but with a little help she was able to complete this 62 hour old track! All of this aside, in a real world setting this would probably be a non-recovered deer but it was incredible watching the dog navigate an extremely challenging line and be able to interface with the line, I say interface because tracking is probably not the correct term. All in all not something I would tell someone to go do but it was an excellent display for us to see where the scent stayed after an extreme age and where it was degraded to the point of being “gone”.

06/09/2025

The real reason labs are the superior tracking dog!

06/08/2025

Finally all rested up from the Illinois Deer Tracking Symposium!

03/22/2025

Biiiig stretch!

03/15/2025

We might need to get one of these things for tracking! All jokes aside it’s always a good time to stop by PridePup K9 LLC. Definitely a first to be voluntarily bit by a dog lol. 😂