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EQIDIUSKENNEL · SLOVAKIA

Guide

How to start tracking with a German Shepherd

For Ján Sudimák tracking is the “royal discipline”: it takes time and cannot be hurried. He starts while the dog is still a puppy, builds the work in small steps so that the dog succeeds and enjoys using its nose, and never uses pressure or punishment.

By Ján Sudimák International judge for conformation and performance, breed survey commissioner (Körmeister), with German Shepherds since 1963, founder of the Eqidius kennel in Bardejov, Slovakia.

What the book covers

Chapter XIX of the book takes you through his stages from the first search game to a full track, with diagrams, his week-by-week training cycles, how he teaches articles and the signs that tell him a dog is under stress on the track.