So my daughter got my wife a yellow lab for Christmas. Hes 8 week old. My wife is determined to train him to track. At what age would be best to start working him? Thanks for any response.

Now start playing with him with a piece of hide doing lil short 20 yard liver drags

Appreciate it

My dog was 5 months old when he ran his first live track on a deer I shot.
I started him on short liver drags and hide drags playing with him and teaching some obideince( some my not have took like I wanted ).
Save you up some deer blood and a couple livers and get you some feet
Most professors will save you a liver and feet but you want feet off deer that ran atleast a 100 yds after there shot

Don’t know your situation, but if you hunt at home or have access to your puppy every time you kill a deer, put it on all of them. I had a blue heeler I trained this way. Shoot a deer DRT in my greenfield and I would let it lay. Obvious there was not a blood trail. I would go to the house and get the puppy and bring back to the field and put her down as far away from the deer as possible. I would let her sniff and play and lead her closer and closer to the dead deer and she would eventually wind it and find the deer. Of course, nothing beats a good bloody trail. Over the years this dog tracked and winded deer for me. Dang I miss that dog.