Harold, can you see a big difference in your dog's noses? Can Shelby track as old of a trail as otis?
It’s really hard to say right now…... I’m just now about to start running Shelby by herself. She’s 2 years old now and beginning to mature out of her wide open puppy stage. She’s really progressing this year and starting to get out in front of Otis and take the lead on some tracks. She’s just always been really timid and afraid to get out of my sight like she’s worried about losing me. She’ll start tracking it away from me and then stop to come back and make sure I’m there. That’s getting better and better as she matures though. We went on a 24 hr old track the other day and she didn’t seem to have any issues smelling it just like Otis was doing…She's never had any issues on overnight training tracks…If I had to guess I’d say that Otis could probably track an older ground scent than she could but if she can run them out to 18-24 hrs then that’s all I need her to do. One thing she does a lot more than Otis is air scenting. I see her putting her nose up and checking the air a good bit.
