TimSkells Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Does any one have a dog that is accualy trained to help find a cache? Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Well, my Casey isn't trained specifically to find one, but she comes with me and is actually very well trained at just finding random stuff, she did find one for my uncle once, nothing for me though... Quote Link to comment
+Enspyer Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 My dog found me a cache just today, but that was because there were favorable dog smells there, not because of training. At first we just kept him off the leash, but then one time he ran off, although he came back (when we were looking for him we found a nice easy route to the cache, and later went back and found it). Now he just comes on a leash, which can be a bit of a hassle when we're in lots of brush. And he is always covered in burrs. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 We're be getting a Golden Retriever puppy in February. We'll have to train her to do that... Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Our old German Shepherd, Sheba, had a chip implanted by the US Army so that she could be tracked by satellite. Yes, that's a true story, not at all related to the "Budweiser pin" tracking chip story in another thread. Sheba was a retired MP dog. Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Here is how my dog Molly finds a cache: Yank on the leash to the point where Carleen is about to be thrown off a cliff or at least break an ankle. When Carleen gives in and takes the leash off (I try to only take Molly to caches where it is OK for her to be off leash), run ahead, stop and look back as if to ask "what is wrong with you? Why are you so slow?" Continue running ahead until she runs past the cache. Later come back and sniff the cache, then lie down and look bored. Sometimes she just goes to sleep, even when stitting out a hail storm under the trees: Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Which one went to sleep? Or are you just blinking your eyes? Quote Link to comment
+gallahad Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Which one went to sleep? Or are you just blinking your eyes? I just read her profile. This lady doesn't sleep. Just reading the list of what she's accomplished (not to mention what she's working toward) makes me tired. Great job carleenp !!! Quote Link to comment
+gallahad Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Which one went to sleep? Or are you just blinking your eyes? I just read her profile. This lady doesn't sleep. Just reading the list of what she's accomplished (not to mention what she's working toward) makes me tired. Great job carleenp !!! Besides, I"m pretty sure that carleenp is the red headed lady smiling in the background. Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Besides, I"m pretty sure that carleenp is the red headed lady smiling in the background. Well yes, but I do change my hair color from time to time (that is natural in the pic though). It is not necessarily the same now and since I hated that cut, I grew it out! Also, I bathe whenever I can (almost all the time), but hadn't there, condsidering the camping trip! Ok, maybe I am way too self conscious about bad photos. Look at Molly, not me! PLEASE! Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Does any one have a dog that is accualy trained to help find a cache? No, but I have one who was actually trained to read. Big mistake...now the son of a bitch tries to bite me every time I reply to one of these..ow..ow..bad dog! Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Our old German Shepherd, Sheba, had a chip implanted by the US Army so that she could be tracked by satellite. Yes, that's a true story, not at all related to the "Budweiser pin" tracking chip story in another thread. Sheba was a retired MP dog. Do the chips transmit? How do satellites pick up chips from so many miles away? Are the chips for local receivers? Alan Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Darby the Wonder Pup is not trained to find caches, but she has stumbled on a few while I was searching. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Does any one have a dog that is accualy trained to help find a cache? No, but I have one who was actually trained to read. Big mistake...now the son of a bitch tries to bite me every time I reply to one of these..ow..ow..bad dog! ROFL!!!!!!! Alan2: I think the chips were designed not to be picked up by satellite as I originally stated, but on a hand-held unit, much like a distress beacon in airplanes and boats. She was trained as an attack dog, and also a rescue dog, so I'm thinking the chip was to locate her if she got trapped in a building or other structure during a rescue. I always wondered, now that she's dead, if her chip is still active, and if you could find her "final resting place". Quote Link to comment
+sarpedon Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 My dog has one of the BIO chips. It is not read by GPS, it simply contains a unique number that is read by a hand reader. Her (Charlotte the wonder pup) number is registered with the AKC that links her to me. Most kennels and vets have a reader. The idea comes into play when, if, she gets lost. To get back on the original thread, I would like to start taking my dog with me GeoCaching. She loves being out in the woods. If someone does have some training methodologies, please let me know. I would love to utilize her capabilities on some microcaches yet to be found! Thanks, Sarp Quote Link to comment
+sbukosky Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 I've been trying to get Kanook to respond to the caches as I find them but so far he sniffs up everything but caches. Once, I think he zeroed in on one but I think that was just a coincidence. Quote Link to comment
+SixDogTeam Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 I cache with a Jack Russell Terrier, and his nose is constantly on the ground, but there are too many cool smells in the woods, mostly squirrel or deer scent, to distract him. He could care less about the caches...As for training, he's too independent and has his own doggy agenda when in the woods, to bother listening to MY wants... Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 I cache with a Jack Russell Terrier, and his nose is constantly on the ground, but there are too many cool smells in the woods, mostly squirrel or deer scent, to distract him. He could care less about the caches...As for training, he's too independent and has his own doggy agenda when in the woods, to bother listening to MY wants... You may not have noticed, but the pooch in your avatar looks like he'd rather eat that little yipper-yapper than worry about your wants. Quote Link to comment
+PSUPAUL Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Chloe the Lab loves to go caching, but she is too busy running around to find a cache. I heard of another cacher in NE PA that has a dalmation that has found a few. Chloe just keeps running up the trail then back to see if we will go any faster! I would love to know what her total hike is at the end of any hunt, it has to be at least twice what any human member of the team hikes. Quote Link to comment
dead_white_man Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 In my oppinion, nothing beats an OLD dog. One who will walk at your side, stop when you stop, sit when you sit and wants nothing more than to please me. Now if I can only get my wife to do that! Quote Link to comment
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