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countrygirl · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject:

Barrow white Question

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munstyman · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject:

Barrow whites are the guardian spirits of barrows which on being released by grave robbers from the barrow roam through the mists of the moor seeking relatives of those transgressors and take their souls back to the barrow for eternity Shocked

Next time you go for a walk on the moors and the mist decends, ask yourself how well do you know what your ancesters did for a living Question

Peter

BritAnnie · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject:

Eeeeek - mine were horse thieves on the West coast Embarassed

- fleeing to and from Ireland, and across the English/Scottish Border too Embarassed

. I won't be coming down to visit, thank you very much Wink

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Helen S · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject:

I have often thought that search & rescue would be a very rewarding and worthwhile employment for a GWP Smile

But wouldn't you have to train the dog not to hunt for game? Sad

I can just imagine searching for a lost person in the bush and getting sidetracked onto a deer track or pointing a pheasant Embarassed

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Bareve · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:58 am Post subject:

It's like the people who train GWP's (and other gundogs) for working trials. They seem to manage to turn off the natural gundog instinct especially when the dogs have been sent to look in a search area, in the middle of a field, for a paper clip, or match.

I presume they must not encourage any natural instincts when doing any formal training?

I know with the drug/explosive dogs they have kicked dogs out of the training programme before because their gundog instincts do occasionally kick in and therefore they aren't deemed to be reliable.
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karenb · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject:

One of my neighbours has a young GSP that he is training for Search & Rescue (he is a long standing member of the West Pennine Rescue team) The dog is progressing very well by all accounts and I guess having been focused on "search for people scent" from a young age, once given the right cues he goes into people hunting mode without problems at all.

I guess is all about making sure following the scent for people is as rewarding for the dog as following the scent of game ???

Karen
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