willie-pete Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 https://www.clickorlando.com/news/weird-news/2020/12/16/good-boy-floridas-new-python-sniffing-dogs-track-down-first-snake/ " Truman, the python-sniffing black Labrador retriever, recently tracked down his first snake in a new program Florida is using to eradicate the invasive species. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently began training Truman and another dog named Eleanor to detect a python's scent and alert handlers when they've come across one. The first success was last week when Truman found an 8-foot (2.4-meter) Burmese python in the Rocky Glades Public Small Game Hunting Area in Miami-Dade County. " 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Good start! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 i`d like to know the Dogs Training to deal with the Snake Constricting it after the Dog Catches one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Ryan Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, holyjohnson said: i`d like to know the Dogs Training to deal with the Snake Constricting it after the Dog Catches one. I would imagine they just point it and stay clear. Second sentence in the article... "training Truman and another dog named Eleanor to detect a python's scent and alert handlers when they've come across one. " Edited December 16, 2020 by Jack Ryan 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, Jack Ryan said: I would imagine they just point it and stay clear. Second sentence in the article... "training Truman and another dog named Eleanor to detect a python's scent and alert handlers when they've come across one. " that's what i was figuring but if the Snake is in a hole or Brush or Tree. but then using a Retriever threw me off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 38 minutes ago, holyjohnson said: i`d like to know the Dogs Training to deal with the Snake Constricting it after the Dog Catches one. These were the first three dogs when they heard what the job was. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Nice! Between this, and that cancer-sniffing ****-zu, we should have a GREAT 2021!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Ryan Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 My own dogs have tended to find snakes and then stand there on point for a long time looking at them. If I didn't call them off or go over there they would eventually kill the snakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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