To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Trailing dog confused(?) by MSAR team
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:52:42 -0700 (PDT)
Here's my quick answer: Might a lost person be lost in an area where horses
just went by? Might a person be lost or need help WITH a horse? Of course a
trailing dog can follow a person on, with, or near a horse. This is a
training issue for the dog handler. The dog knew where the scent was. The
handler pulled the dog away.
Lyne Peterson
Anonymous c/o Una Smith <una.smith@att.net> wrote:
The handler later said horses should never be allowed
to go ahead of any dog. This I think is wrong; a trailing dog
should be able to distinguish horse scent from human.