Teach GSD to find morels?

[Ruthie]

Have any of you morel hunters out there taught your dog to find morels? Did it work? How did you do it?

[Holmeshx2]

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!

[Ruthie]

Are you going to give it a try?

[Holmeshx2]

probably not I have no clue where to even attempt them here in NC however they grow in my parents yard in MI

[Ruthie]

Originally Posted by Holmeshx2

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?

[doggiedad]

will your dog find things you hide?

[Ruthie]

I could teach him to. He is an amazing tracker.

[doggiedad]

well, why don't you teach him to find the morels??

Originally Posted by doggiedad

will your dog find things you hide?

Originally Posted by Ruthie

I could teach him to. He is an amazing tracker.

[Holmeshx2]

Originally Posted by Ruthie

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

[Holmeshx2]

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