I have a 7.5 week old catahoula that is off field trial hog dog stock, but I'm going to use him as a pet, camp buddy, and blood dog. 20 minutes after I had him a friend shot a doe behind my house and we brought the pup to it. This puppy went nutts licking the blood biting and pulling at the bullet hole. He loved it. I saved some blood and also the liver and heart. Any tips on training him to track? Also what age to start?

I started my lab at about seven months. I put her on tracks I knew where the animal was. Then progressed to animals I knew were hit good but ran out of sight. Then a couple I wouldn't have found without her. One still alive. She wasn't sure what to do on that one. But now she does fairly well.

I started my Lacy the day that I got her. She is 11 months now. I had HUGE plans for deer season....but...Ive shot 2 deer in TX and one was DRT and the other fell in within my sight.

I would start as soon as you can. You don't want to over do the training. 2 tracks a week would be fine until he gets really good and then back it down to once a week. Remember when it is hot outside to make the tracks short. Always have a special treat at the end, something that you NEVER give him such as a piece of that heart or liver that you saved. When you run out of deer blood, substitute beef blood. I always put a deer leg at the end of my tracks and let Sadie chew on it for about 5-10mins before taking it from her.

Everything that I mentioned was told to me by other blood trackers. I am no expert as this is my 1st blood dog.

My border collie is 11 weeks old and he tracked his first deer today it was only
about 125 yds but he did a pretty good job for the first real time. I started him at 8 weeks
on deer blood I keep in the freezer just practice in the back yard a few times a week.