06-18-2008, 04:43 PM
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Hello line_dangler,
Let me introduce myself;
I am a Biologist (a real one - with several university degrees) and, I have spent years doing research as well.
I am also a dog trainer (specifically tracking dogs) My hounds track wild life and look for dead things that were the result of predatory kills - specifically Mountain Lions but not limited to them. I have decades of experience doing this. I have also worked with hounds on man tracking.[/#008000]
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[#008000]And finally, I am an obsessively avid outdoorsman and for decades now I have spent 100 to 200 days per year in the outdoors - a lot of which is in very remote areas with my tracking hounds.
Here are a few photos of just some of my animals: (I've had lots more than these)[/#008000]
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]The psycho twins: Circa 1988[/#008000][inline relaxing.JPG]
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]400 lbs of hound on a scent pad 06/2003:[/#008000]
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[#008000][/#008000][#008000]The new pups 02/2008 @ 8 months[/#008000]
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You wrote: "I have personally trained my two German Shepherds and know for a fact that you just can't teach a dog to trace anything. They have to be preexposed from puppyhood ..."
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Really ? Care to share some photos of you and your dogs and details of that training ?[/#008000]
You wrote: "... so just go speak to any k-9 officer if you don't believe me."
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Really ? I have worked and trained with a number of them. Why don't you just clarify what it is you mean here. [/#008000]
You wrote: "The gorillas especially know well in advance of their presense and get the heck out of there real fast."
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Really ? How exactly would that be ? Are you suggesting that gorillas can detect dogs from a distance better than Mountain lions ?[/#008000]
You wrote: "And, when a dog does catch up (very rarely) ..."
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Really ? How is it that gorillas (primates) are faster than a Mountain lion ?[/#008000]
You wrote:"How do you train a dog to search for Bigfoot scent?"
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Huh ? If you really knew as much as you seem to be suggesting in your posts about dogs and/or tracking, that would be apparent.[/#008000]
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]It seems that you might be barking up the wrong tree here when you start to pontificate on subject with which you appear to be somewhat unacquainted. You should probably try not to use words that convey that you think you have certain knowledge that you most likely could not. Words like "all, absolute, overwhelmingly indicative, unquestionable" seem inappropriate given the subject at hand. [/#008000]
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]A side note for you to ponder. Wyobraz mentioned he ran across a dead [/#008000][#008000]cinnamon black bear and I do believe he did, and, that he has the knowledge and experience to differentiate between a cinnamon and a grizzly - any idea how rare a cinnamon is ?
[/#008000][#008000]One last observation.[/#008000]
You wrote: "One of them consumed some poisen or chemicals and I did not find it until 4 days after it died. It had hdt under a stack of old tires in one corner of the yard. The other one dug a den in a place alon the fence of the yard and I found it 1 week later."
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]How is it that it took 4 days to a week for you to find your beloved companions that had passed away in your yard ? Didn't you notice that they were sick and didn't you frantically seach for them when they turned up missing ? [/#008000]
[#008000]" The invisible and the non-existent look virtually indistinguishable."
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Let me introduce myself;
I am a Biologist (a real one - with several university degrees) and, I have spent years doing research as well.
I am also a dog trainer (specifically tracking dogs) My hounds track wild life and look for dead things that were the result of predatory kills - specifically Mountain Lions but not limited to them. I have decades of experience doing this. I have also worked with hounds on man tracking.[/#008000]
[#008000][/#008000]
[#008000]And finally, I am an obsessively avid outdoorsman and for decades now I have spent 100 to 200 days per year in the outdoors - a lot of which is in very remote areas with my tracking hounds.
Here are a few photos of just some of my animals: (I've had lots more than these)[/#008000]
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]The psycho twins: Circa 1988[/#008000][inline relaxing.JPG]
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]400 lbs of hound on a scent pad 06/2003:[/#008000]
[inline "scent pad.JPG"]
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]The new pups 02/2008 @ 8 months[/#008000]
[inline "feb 2008.JPG"]
You wrote: "I have personally trained my two German Shepherds and know for a fact that you just can't teach a dog to trace anything. They have to be preexposed from puppyhood ..."
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Really ? Care to share some photos of you and your dogs and details of that training ?[/#008000]
You wrote: "... so just go speak to any k-9 officer if you don't believe me."
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Really ? I have worked and trained with a number of them. Why don't you just clarify what it is you mean here. [/#008000]
You wrote: "The gorillas especially know well in advance of their presense and get the heck out of there real fast."
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Really ? How exactly would that be ? Are you suggesting that gorillas can detect dogs from a distance better than Mountain lions ?[/#008000]
You wrote: "And, when a dog does catch up (very rarely) ..."
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Really ? How is it that gorillas (primates) are faster than a Mountain lion ?[/#008000]
You wrote:"How do you train a dog to search for Bigfoot scent?"
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]Huh ? If you really knew as much as you seem to be suggesting in your posts about dogs and/or tracking, that would be apparent.[/#008000]
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]It seems that you might be barking up the wrong tree here when you start to pontificate on subject with which you appear to be somewhat unacquainted. You should probably try not to use words that convey that you think you have certain knowledge that you most likely could not. Words like "all, absolute, overwhelmingly indicative, unquestionable" seem inappropriate given the subject at hand. [/#008000]
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]A side note for you to ponder. Wyobraz mentioned he ran across a dead [/#008000][#008000]cinnamon black bear and I do believe he did, and, that he has the knowledge and experience to differentiate between a cinnamon and a grizzly - any idea how rare a cinnamon is ?
[/#008000][#008000]One last observation.[/#008000]
You wrote: "One of them consumed some poisen or chemicals and I did not find it until 4 days after it died. It had hdt under a stack of old tires in one corner of the yard. The other one dug a den in a place alon the fence of the yard and I found it 1 week later."
[#008000][/#008000][#008000]How is it that it took 4 days to a week for you to find your beloved companions that had passed away in your yard ? Didn't you notice that they were sick and didn't you frantically seach for them when they turned up missing ? [/#008000]
[#008000]" The invisible and the non-existent look virtually indistinguishable."
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