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Tracking wounded game with a dog is a requirement of animal welfare and hunting ethics. Blood tracking is one of the most difficult tasks for a hunting dog and requires thorough training. In this standard work, renowned tracking expert Hans-Joachim Borngräber describes the step-by-step training of young hunting dogs to become perfect bloodhounds. He also thoroughly explains how to train the dog with a tracking boot. Comprehensively and with an unparalleled wealth of experience, the author, using examples from his own work, conveys what is important for blood tracking in the rough and ever-changing reality.

The Basics: Anatomy of wild animals, shot placement, tracks, signs of game, and equipment for bloodhound training.
The Dog: Scenting ability, commands on the track, young dog training, indicating and training with a tracking boot, baying and tracking in snow.
The Tracking Team – Bloodhound Handling in Practice: Equipment for the bloodhound handler, behavior after the shot, marking, from the chase to the coup de grâce, injuries to the dog.

Hans-Joachim Borngräber's book has been considered the standard work in expert circles for two decades, both for bloodhound training and for the practice of "red work." With the collaboration of Ingeborg Lackinger Karger, the renowned expert now presents his comprehensive work in a completely updated and in many aspects expanded version. Among other things, the presentation of various bloodhound handling techniques has been added.


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