Blood Tracking

This is a video of Mariel taking the Deer Search artificial blood tracking test back in May. Taking the test is not a requirement for Deer Search dogs and handlers. However, if you have a dog that is a good tracker, it is better to certify it. That way the dog's and your hard work dosen't goes to waste. Once a dog has been certified and has recovered a number of deer, she can then enter the Deer Search Hall of Fame.

Any breed of dogs is permitted to enter the test. In order for a dog to be admitted to...

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On September 15th the whole Shero family, including baby Dea and the dachshunds Mae and Mariel, drove to JFK to pick up our new puppy,  Achilles of Trace-ja. After a year and a half of correspondence with Dragutin Milosevic of Jagodina, Serbia, the moment we were all waiting for had come. Achilles journey lasted 48 hours. He flew from Belgrade to Moscow and from Moscow to JFK. He had to stay in Moscow for 10 hours which made his journey even harder. In the end Achilles made it to New York safe and sound.  At first, we did not know...

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The tracking and hunting season will be here before we know it and we are all eagerly waiting for it. In the meantime, reading tracking and hunting stories builds the momentum and it is entertaining as well. Today we have two short reports from the 2010 von Tierspur wire-haired dachshunds. The first on is from Abby von Tierspur aka Blue, and the second one is from her sister Ava von Tierspur aka Millie.  Blue is owned by Bob Davidson of Katy Texas and Millie is owned by Jesse Reece of Dawsonville, Georgia. 

This is what Bob wrote to us about Blue's dove...

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