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Old 01-31-2012, 05:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Have any of you morel hunters out there taught your dog to find morels? Did it work? How did you do it?
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Old 01-31-2012, 06:27 PM   #2 (permalink)
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lol this is too funny! My parents saw how great Jinx is at finding things and using her nose and asked me to teach her to find morels for them!
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Are you going to give it a try?
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probably not I have no clue where to even attempt them here in NC however they grow in my parents yard in MI
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probably not I have no clue where to even attempt them here in NC however they grow in my parents yard in MI
Um...where do they live?
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will your dog find things you hide?
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I could teach him to. He is an amazing tracker.
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well, why don't you teach him to find the morels??

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Um...where do they live?
lol you are gonna need something more then a couch to hide behind if you get between my mom and her morels lol.

I would think simple imprinting like putting a morel in your hand let him smell it then praise/reward.. keep doing it then place in an open box let dog sniff/reward put few empty boxes around when dog sniffs box with morel in it praise/reward then make it a bit harder to find the right box and keep working it then maybe line up some other mushrooms with a decent space between them and when he scents the right one HUGE reward and build off that?

I dont know for sure I'm just assuming and thats how Id probably try starting if I did it. Of course theres always a chance Id probably screw it up lol
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OMG!! I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo slow.. I just realized who you were lmao Hi amy I'll go back to my corner now.. such a dunce lol
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