Tracking Education - a lesson from a wiener dog (with pics)

[Ryan Rothhaar]

OS-OK - I'll drop you a PM with breeder info.

Americanhunter - I'm in Reelsville (near Cloverdale) and my wife and I will be doing tracking on-call next year for West/Southwest Indiana and possibly IL in the Terre Haute area.  Send me a PM with your Email address and I'll forward contact information to you.

R

[BUFF]

congrats on finding her.

[straitera]

Good story. Way to hang in there. Great dog!

[Morning Star]

I can only attribute this deer living so long (around 5h) and travelling so far (approx 800 yards) to very bad luck in evidently not striking a major vessel/artery in the back of the lungs.
 

The chest wall wounds must have sealed over pretty well. Which is pretty suprising with that Snuffer.   If the blood loss wasn't enough, the sucking chest wounds should have collapsed her lungs and finished her quicker than that.   Definitely some bad luck Ryan.  Nice job with the dog!

[IndianaBowman]

Congrats Ryan on sticking with the trail. Sounds like Oskar is a great dog!

We unfortunately lost our little beagle Buddy and are thinking of getting a new dog. How is Oskar as a house pet?

Guys, let me tell you that when Ryan sharpens a Rothhaar Snuffer it is SHARP! He has plenty of testosterone and can grow arm hair, he doesn't have any for good reason!

[KentuckyTJ]

Awesome stuff way to go Oskar.

[riivioristo]

Those little fellows (Dachshunds) have a great big ego and lots of character ! Big dog in compressed pakage! Congratulations for fine job for both of you !

[Ryan Rothhaar]

Yep, Terry, makes a dandy housedog (except he DEMANDS to sleep in the bed!)

R

[Joe D]

Ryan
Love those weiner dogs! That one appears to be a smooth coat. I've been researching the possibility of buying one. Where did you get Oskar from?

[scbowhnter]

Great story, especially with the happy ending. A buddy of mine used to have a yellow lab that was just great. Unfortunately we lost her a couple of years ago and miss her in the worst way. She just took to it naturally without any specific training.

[Steve O]

Thanks Ryan, that is very interesting and great information.

[WVeer]

It's a nice feeling when you recover a animal after a hard blood trail.  You did a great job and have a good looking dachshund.  My Dad has a black and tan that looks like Oskar. His is named Oliver but was almost named Oscar.  We have a wire hair dachshund named Fletcher.  They're great dogs with keen noses.  Our's likes to dumpster dive in the kitchen trash when he thinks no one is around. I need to get him started on more nobel tasks like blood trailing.  Congrats again.

[Robert Honaker]

You ay have already stated this, if so sorry I missed it..but were you on the ground or in a tree stand?
Thanks
Robert

[fishone]

Ryan,

I'll board your dog for you this coming year from Oct. thru.  Jan. I'll bring him back to you when ever you need him to track. Great looking dog plus a great tracker. Thanks for the photos and the story. Some mature deer just have a will to live.

Craig