| Successful completion of the JGHV 20 hour blood tracking test (VsWP) Feb 2 2007 PrizeIII |
Standing left to right Judge: Leonard Chase Basco, IL Sr. Judge: Jörg Table Germany Test Director: Fred Turjan
Mifflinburg, PA Kneeling Ken Parker and Baby with our hog that was at the end of the track.
Mifflinburg, PA Kneeling Ken Parker and Baby with our hog that was at the end of the track.
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We passed our 20 hr JGHV blood tracking test Friday. There is usually only 1 of these test offered each year in this
country and less than 6 dogs take it. This time 5 tried and only 3 passed. Here are the details.
I took this test under the Southeastern hunt chapter of the Verein Deutsch Drahthaar. They are a member of the JGHV
testing organization. This is the German testing organization for hunting dogs. I will set the test up for you. It is a 1000
meters (.6 miles) with .250 ml of blood ( 1 cup) aged a minimum of 20hrs (ours was 25 1/2 hrs old when we started. The
trail was laid with hog blood and Baby had never worked a blood trail with hog blood. In fact she had never even smelt or
seen a hog. It was laid right after it had rained 3 inches and then after it was laid the rain started again and it rained
most of the evening and night for a total of about 1.5 inches more on the track.
We started off in the pines and went down hill for a long ways before breaking out into some hardwoods. Here we turned
right and worked our way down to a creek were we followed along the creek for what seemed like a very long time. About
30 minutes into this section of the track Baby was checking many crossing along the creek she indicated that she had
found the spot were the deer crossed and she went across and up the hill. At this point she was tracking but not really
pulling and that is when it happened I got a call-back for being to far from the track. At this point I was asked were I
wanted to restart as the judges can not bring you back to the trail only to a point you indicate you want to goto. I choose
to go back to the creek but remain on the new side of the creek. So we went back and started at the crossing. We did
not even make it up over the hill but at a different angle when we got our second. I was just getting ready to call Baby
back because something did not feel right but I did not do it in time. This time I choose to go back across the creek to
the original side and work the trail before the crossing. This time baby worked up to the crossing checked it and went
on. This is were I should have started over at the first time. We eventually did cross the creek. From then till the end no
problems. We finished in just under 70 minutes. I will try to take the test again next year if offered to improve my score. A
dog is only allowed to take the test 3 times and only allowed to pass 2 times. I will also take the 40 hour tracking test
then. I blame her for the first call back and I will take responsibility for not properly handling her on the second call back.
I should have taken her back the first time to the original side of the creek to make sure that the turn was correct. If this
had been a real track she would have worked out a little further and then turned back when she figured out it was not
the right track. But in the test the dog is not allowed that freedom and must stay close to the track.
country and less than 6 dogs take it. This time 5 tried and only 3 passed. Here are the details.
I took this test under the Southeastern hunt chapter of the Verein Deutsch Drahthaar. They are a member of the JGHV
testing organization. This is the German testing organization for hunting dogs. I will set the test up for you. It is a 1000
meters (.6 miles) with .250 ml of blood ( 1 cup) aged a minimum of 20hrs (ours was 25 1/2 hrs old when we started. The
trail was laid with hog blood and Baby had never worked a blood trail with hog blood. In fact she had never even smelt or
seen a hog. It was laid right after it had rained 3 inches and then after it was laid the rain started again and it rained
most of the evening and night for a total of about 1.5 inches more on the track.
We started off in the pines and went down hill for a long ways before breaking out into some hardwoods. Here we turned
right and worked our way down to a creek were we followed along the creek for what seemed like a very long time. About
30 minutes into this section of the track Baby was checking many crossing along the creek she indicated that she had
found the spot were the deer crossed and she went across and up the hill. At this point she was tracking but not really
pulling and that is when it happened I got a call-back for being to far from the track. At this point I was asked were I
wanted to restart as the judges can not bring you back to the trail only to a point you indicate you want to goto. I choose
to go back to the creek but remain on the new side of the creek. So we went back and started at the crossing. We did
not even make it up over the hill but at a different angle when we got our second. I was just getting ready to call Baby
back because something did not feel right but I did not do it in time. This time I choose to go back across the creek to
the original side and work the trail before the crossing. This time baby worked up to the crossing checked it and went
on. This is were I should have started over at the first time. We eventually did cross the creek. From then till the end no
problems. We finished in just under 70 minutes. I will try to take the test again next year if offered to improve my score. A
dog is only allowed to take the test 3 times and only allowed to pass 2 times. I will also take the 40 hour tracking test
then. I blame her for the first call back and I will take responsibility for not properly handling her on the second call back.
I should have taken her back the first time to the original side of the creek to make sure that the turn was correct. If this
had been a real track she would have worked out a little further and then turned back when she figured out it was not
the right track. But in the test the dog is not allowed that freedom and must stay close to the track.
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