There is only one method for training a dog to track a human scent.

A dog that tracks depends heavily on the handler’s directions and verbal commands.

Your dog wears a non-restrictive harness and you use a 20 – 40 ft. lead for tracking.

You must have an area of land that has no other scents on it to begin training your dog.

You may occasionally have to back up on your tracking training to help your dog master a particular skill.

You may leave the harness on the dog all the time.

Interest in the end article by the dog – usually a glove – should be started when you begin training.

The role and skill of the tracklayer are very important to help your dog be a successful tracker.

It is important to train yourself and your dog to get used to a test situation early on in your training.

Learning to read your dog’s signals on a track is very important so you will know when he is on the track or when he has lost the scent.

You and your dog need to get used to persons following behind you because the judges and tracklayer will be there in the test.

It is important to introduce many different kinds of terrain to the tracking dog in order to be fully prepared for a test.