You need plenty of room to work with and ensure your dog can find the antlers.
Teach your dog to find sheds.
In most cases you should only need.
To get your dog excited about shed hunting you need to get him excited about the scent of sheds.
Your dog will also learn to search with the wind in its face which is important when hunting sheds in thick bedding areas or dense crp fields.
Position your dog downwind of the hidden antler and give the find the shed command.
After a few successful finds your dog will associate the smell with a shed.
Shed hunting dog training.
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Is it possible to turn your old dog into a shed dog with the right training.
To reward your dog when he gets it right.
Plenty of open space.
Take a tennis ball and rub it on a shed the fresher the antler the better.
Remember to only give your dog the antler during training and make it fun.
With time and consistency you ll soon be wandering the landscapes in spring and finding lots of sheds.
If you ve hunted for shed antlers in the past you know how difficult it can be.
Often times it requires the right conditions a good number of friends or family members and a considerable amount of leg work to find any at all.
Training your dog to find antler sheds doesn t require a lot of supplies.