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Practical updates, student stories and field notes from truffle dog training.
Dougie's First Week during his Truffle Dog Training journey.
This is the next installment of Dougie’s truffle dog training Journey where he starts week 1 which involves 3 tasks: 1. Teaching “Show” 2. Increasing focus with distractions 3. Working on marking accuracy.
Simone Thomas
Dougie the Kelpie First Video and assessment for truffle work.
This is the first instalment of my most recent truffle dog student, Dougie's, truffle hunting journey.
Simone Thomas
Searching 2 rows at a time: The 9 conditions which had to be met to allow for this search.
Searching 2 rows at a time is a rare event for me as the conditions of the farm must be perfect along with a whole host of weather conditions. Here I explain the important reasons why I could search two rows at a time at a farm in Sale, Victoria.
Simone Thomas
Session 2: Finding the best truffle dog?
Watch my youtube video answering "Finding the best truffle dog" in the link provided in this blog or read the full answer here. A truffle hunters and trainers opinion on what kind of dog to get to train as a truffle dog.
Simone Thomas
Session 1: When to get a truffle dog?
Watch my video explanation answering "When to get a truffle dog?" in the link provided in the blog. As a professional truffle harvester and truffle dog trainer, I often get a lot of reoccuring questions. This blog answers the question: When do I get a dog to start training to search for truffles?
Simone Thomas
Truffle Dog Training and COB's (Change in Behaviour)
Truffle Dog Training and the importance of COB's (change in behaviours')
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Truffle Dog Training
To start with the length of time for training sessions should be short. I would recommend no more then 10 minutes to begin with. Search stamina is something...
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Successful rehoming of a truffle dog: Who? Why? How?
The successful rehoming of Jasper, a 2 year old English Springer Spaniel who is already trained to find truffles.
Simone Thomas
Importance of adapting training to your dog’s personality
After doing a summer truffle hunt in Korumburra we received some summer truffle. I wanted to get a video to show some of my current clients who are doing the truffle dog training course how I have two dogs of the same breed, similar age, trained by the same person however different personalities.
Simone Thomas