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- From: "Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>
- To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:46:03 -0700
The horse/mule actually trained to air scent and alert I see as
a specialty for MSAR. Terry was the originator of that type of training for
equine a decade or so ago, and still teaches around the country. www.airscentinghorse.com (I can
recall discussion on this forum years ago when certain people openly disagreed
that a horse can be trained for this. At the time I believe I suggested the
nay-sayers go talk with some working cowboys about how repetition trained their
ranch horse to consciously look for cattle. Since horses can scent discriminate,
it doesn’t take much of a mental step to figure out you can also train that
horse to consciously look for people, or even for a specific scent.) While I don’t see all riders trying to train their horse
to air scent and alert, understanding how the equine is your search partner - and
how to effectively use that search partner - I see as being fundamental knowledge
for all MSAR riders. “Look where the horse looks” should be basic
training. Riders and management interested in the subject of the air
scenting horse should be aware that the “natural alert” from your
equine search partner may involve clue detection using of the nose, eyes, ears,
or a combination. You may find my 2006 article on that topic to be of
interest - www.ceoates.com/msar on
Mounted SAR: Equine Clue Detection If you don’t already know the basics of scent theory and
how it relates to the equine, make a point of gaining that knowledge. There are
riders around the country who are now training with local SAR Dog handlers on
more effective use of the equine as a natural search partner. Keep in
perspective how sometimes K9 has the advantage, and other times Equine has the
advantage, so partnering K9 and Equine can be very advantageous. |
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[MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's,
ALLEN SNYDER, 03/16/2010
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Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's,
Irvin Lichtenstein , 03/16/2010
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Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's,
Jorene Downs, 03/17/2010
- Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's, David leadbetter, 03/17/2010
- Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's, Irvin Lichtenstein , 03/17/2010
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Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's,
Jorene Downs, 03/17/2010
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Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's,
pennbo, 03/17/2010
- Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's, Jorene Downs, 03/17/2010
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Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's,
Kerry Savee, 03/18/2010
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Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's,
Irvin Lichtenstein , 03/18/2010
- Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's, Kerry Savee, 03/18/2010
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Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's,
Irvin Lichtenstein , 03/18/2010
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Re: [MSAR] Fw: Air Scenting Horse's,
Irvin Lichtenstein , 03/16/2010
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