How to Train Your Dog to Hunt Truffles - Masterclass
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- čas přidán 26. 03. 2023
- For your free copy of The Real Truffle Hunters' Guide to Truffle Dog Training go to realtrufflehunters.com/
This video shares the method we professional truffle hunters use for training our dogs. In this video we start with off with five-month-old Allan. Follow us as we take him through the steps from novice all the way to prized white truffle hunter. - Jak na to + styl
I live in Western Washington in the Pacific Northwest of America and recently learned that we have truffles here.
I have 3500 acres of uninhabited forest land out my back door and a smart, aware Husky who loves to track things. Mika and I spend a lot of time in the forest, so it's a place where he's comfortable and familiar.
We are going to start training this evening. Because I always have truffle oil in my kitchen.
Postscript: As I watch this, I'm enjoying the delightful Chantrelles we found in the woods yesterday.
A great tutorial 👌 many thanks
Nice! Thank you for such a detailed video.
Hi! I have to thank you for your training videos, as i trained my dog with your help and she turned out amazing
Great to hear!
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Unde mergi ptr cautare?ce tara?
Howdy. Well I'm back in hospital, they removed a big toe, Diabetes. Not to worry. I'm encouraged even more to get my dog and get it trained. Great video. Would love to be eating something with truffles about now. A week of hospital food will do that to a man😂. Have a great day.
Sorry to hear that you are in hospital Victor. That must have been a really frightening experience. I hope that, despite the awful food, you are able to get some quality rest and recovery time. Take care now!
Get well soon friend!
@The Real Truffle Hunters so here's the funny thing, the food has been rather good. Just not much varietie. So for example I've been eating salmon and chicken dishes. But God how I would kill for a big plate of seafood pasta. Hmmm.😁😆😅🤣😂
@@victorbenner539 How much longer do you think you will be in there?
Hope you are doing better Victor. Are you out of hospital yet?
Very informative, thanks for sharing it with us!
And thank you for taking the time to comment!
Lovw your channel thanks for all the helpful tips 😊 ❤ much love !
Thank you, it is always lovely to get feedback, really appreciate this David!
very nice presentation
Thanks !
Thank you from the PNW, US. I really appreciate your way of explaining it. I've got a very similar looking hound that is one and plenty of land. Again, thank you. Cheers.
Thank you for your kind words and good luck with the hunting, you are in the place for it this year!
Great thank you
You don’t want to encourage biting or digging as that will mark the truffle and down grade the quality. If you can teach them to sit when they find it or look at you or one light scratch it’s much better. I guess it doesn’t matter if your hunting wild truffles for yourself. Also dogs will find truffles at any stage and it’s good to teach yourself what a perfect truffle smells like as you don’t want a rotten or under grown one. Thanks for the video very helpful to see other techniques.
Hi..... it's funny you should say that, I made a video about why we train dogs to dig czcams.com/video/O4djWG1ITYE/video.html, it's a trickier process as they have to be taught to stop before they reach the truffle and there's a few scratched truffles along the way but it is achievable
@@TheRealTruffleHunters that was fascinating thankyou for linking your video! We grow black truffles on our farm in Australia and I have never looked into other types myself, I had no idea white was buried so far down. I feel a bit foolish about that. I’m helping train a new dog now as our first passed away this year. He was an absolute dream dog. This new one is causing me a bit more trouble with some behaviour issues. But I hope to get him excited about it soon! He so loves to please. It’s the best part, working with the dogs.
@@dropbearzzz Oh wow, how old is your truffiere?
@@TheRealTruffleHunters about 15 years old. We have had very poor luck and haven’t found any yet. Though people down the road had so many our old dog found them rotting in the ground, without a dog for themselves at the time ours worked at their place as we don’t have any truffles.
@@dropbearzzz Did you find out what was to blame? I have seen a few orchards do a full 180 degree turnaround but that was usually with soil adjustments
Hi I have dried slices of the black truffles in this area (Leucangium carthusianum). What would be the best way to use these? Should I use directly in the cotton ball / foil packet or make into an oil? Any information would be great and your video is great!
Hi - I would wrap the slices directly in the foil and use that. Your dog usually doesn't like chewing aluminium and you don't want to encourage chewing truffles. If chewing is not an issue then maybe use an old sock as long as the dog doesn't want to play tug with the sock. Good luck and let me know how you get on!
There are truffles at my city park. I'm worried about the pesticides that they might spray getting into the truffles. Do you know if they would absorb some, making them toxic? ❤
I would also be very cautious about hunting truffles where pesticides have been sprayed. \unfortunately I don't have any data on how much they might absorb, I suppose it would depend on numerous factors like how much pesticide was used and at what time pf year it was sprayed etc.. Out of interest what species of truffle grow in your park?
great video :) tnx.... pls can you tell,all dogs can be teached to hunt truffels or must be specific sort of dog :) tnx
All breeds of dog can be taught to hunt truffles, it is more to do with the individual dog. I think though that the various pug breeds are not very well suited to scent work!
@@TheRealTruffleHunters thanks for the answer,i have another one :) what kind of oil you can recomendet to me for training dog
I recently adopted a 3-year-old Rottweiler from a dog shelter. He is very friendly and quickly masters obedience training. What do you think? Does a Rottweiler have a good enough sense of smell to regularly look for truffles? (it is said to be a typical working breed) I became very interested in the topic. I'm from Poland. There is no tradition of collecting truffles here, only a few people do it. It was only a few years ago that information appeared that several species can be found here :) Today I received truffle oil and I'm starting to teach my dog. I'm full of hope :)
You must give it a try as all breeds of dog have a good enough sense of smell to find truffles. Whether he is the best dog for the job is a different matter as, generally speaking, the younger you start the better and other breeds are more closely suited to the task of truffle hunting. Having said that, it is always down to the individual dog and you mention that he is a quick learner so I would go for it. As you say, Poland is still very much undiscovered territory as regards truffles and seems to have a great deal of potential - I hope you do well!
@@TheRealTruffleHunters Thank you for your answer. I'm very pleased. My dog is making amazing progress. I'm at the stage of keeping him a truffle ball indoors. In a few days I will try to bury it for him in my parents' garden. This dog has incredible energy and a willingness to learn new things. I feel that he can be a good collaborator :) When it comes to Poland, he may actually have a lot of potential. It is also worth mentioning Ukraine, which has very high-quality black soil.
Sounds like you are doing really well and as I said, Poland will be an exciting place to explore , I am told there is a lot of uncharted truffle territory
works good. but my friends dog likes the truffle more than snacks.
On the one hand this is good, a dog that likes eating truffles is usually really good at finding them. On the other hand, it's bad as the dog can eat as many truffles as it finds. Maybe try raising the snack game?
Can any dog breed be trained to find truffles?
Yes it is more down to temperament and of course the trainer. The most important factor is that dog and owner are a good fit. This video talks about what characteristics a decent truffle dog will have czcams.com/video/PHYjbzMG3zs/video.html
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Before I find them I have to establish a buyer 😅
where are you based?
Do i detect a wirral or Liverpool accent great video by the way
Well spotted, originally Liverpool!
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Hello there!
Hi, what breed of dog is Alan? Thanks
Hi. Thanks for asking! Allan is mixed breed, the son of two of our older truffle dogs, His mother Jane is a rescue dog and Reg, his dad, is an English pointer/bracch pointer mix - both excellent truffle hunters. Some trainers swear by a particular breed, we prefer to look at the individual dog and chose to train Allan as he was always nose-driven and seemed to enjoy learning with us!
Thank you, what country are you based in? We are embarking on a large commercial project in NZ and I am researching into the dog side of things md trying to work out how many dogs we would need per hectare of orchard? Thanks Rob
@@Rob-dunk, I am from the UK but hunt in the south of Europe, we move around a bit depending on the season. As well as the size of the orchard, the number of dogs you need will depend on the number of dog handlers you plan to have when you are harvesting. I find that 2/3 dogs is the maximum I would have out at one time. Also once you have one good-natured, well-trained dog, s/he can act as teacher to other dogs you train yourself. If you have the patience, teaching your own dogs can often turn out better results than buying pre-trained ones.