Recent content by Thor

Ya know what just occurred to me 5 minutes ago.... I was walking one of my dogs and she was smelling everything and anything. She also has a strong drive and literally the most confidence I've ever seen in a dog. She's a 6 months old 75% pitbull 25% Akita. Is there any reason I couldn't...

From my understanding, you're the one to talk to about a MAR/SAR type dog. I'm thinking Beauceron. They fit what you told me to look for and what I would want in a pet. Only problem is they aren't scenthounds. Would their huge drive to work make up for the fact that they don't have the...

I've been fascinated with Filas before. Thing is, I don't know how it would do working so closely with animal and human populations. I need a dog that attacks when it's being attacked or an attack is definitely going to happen. From my understanding Filas friggin hate you just because they don't...

Do you know if you can use a dog that isn't a scent hound for trailing? I know that you can use just about anything for tracking, but with trailing I'm inclined to believe you need a dog with a much more advanced sense of smell. The difference is in tracking, you send a dog into a burning...

Just realized I should have put this in dog breeds..... mods feel free to move it for me. Sorry.

Hi, I've been doing a lot of research on MAR as I would like to get involved with it. I'm looking to get a scent hound. For those of you who don't know what MAR is, it's Missing Animal Response, I'm going to specialize in dogs. What happens is the MAR dog is given something that smells...