Prepare to find loved ones with your dog ahead of time
by gathering scent articles.
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| Blue Boy Homer by A.Higgins |
One of the easiest ways to find a lost person is to give a dog the person's scent and watch him find the scent.
The dog is only looking for the smell and not for the actual person.
The dog dose not necessarily associate the scent with the person unless the person is somebody they know with that scent.
To a dog, a scent is a scent.
Therefore, the fastest and surest way to teach or ask a dog to find a person is to use the person's scent to show them who we seek and no two people smell alike. Everybody smells different and we smell different at various times during the day or if we are sick.
To teach your dog to search for a lost or missing family member or friend you have to prepare first by gathering a "scent article". Click to Read more about Scent and how a dog follows its nose.
Also you can collect a item from each family pet as well, a old collar or brush would do. Store this item as outlined below use it as a scent article for a dog to find the missing pet
For now and for training;
Place one dirty sock from each family member in a one freezer bag each sock. Do Not Mix or touch the sock to anything, only the bag, use a hanger or stick to pick it up.
Warning:
DO NOT touch the sock yourself, have the person drop the sock from their foot to a new brown paper bag (lunch bag size) or a plastic freezer bag ( zip lock natural non chemical bag is best).
You will learn more about scent article collection at a scene in other articles.
This is the most important part of using a search dog.
Do Not Contaminate that sock.
Reminder, Do Not Put 2 socks from different people together, each sock gets its own bag.
Store sock in the freezer until a few minutes before use.
This is called the "Scent Article"
The “scent article” tells your dog who they are looking for.
Handle with Care.
Keep one for each family member for use if a disaster ever strikes.
This is the most important part of using a search dog.
Do Not Contaminate that sock.
Reminder, Do Not Put 2 socks from different people together, each sock gets its own bag.
Store sock in the freezer until a few minutes before use.
This is called the "Scent Article"
The “scent article” tells your dog who they are looking for.
Handle with Care.
Keep one for each family member for use if a disaster ever strikes.
Amber and Bo getting ready to train to find a Lost Person.
Bo was 5 months old at the time of this picture in 2001.
He later went to volunteer in California and then Georgia with his half sister Sambo.
Side note:
As a parent I use to remind my teenagers if they stayed out to late or ran away from home, the dogs could find them...smile and ya know,,,it worked too,,, wink to other parents, mine are all grown now.
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