Kevin Zito
KNIFE MAKER
Talkin’ Bout dogs....
When I went to the prison to pick up Agnes (bloodhound) as a 9wk old puppy, I asked the guards who train the dogs how difficult it would be to train her to find a wounded deer. They literally laughed and said “take her home and try it, it’s already done.” I tied a piece of meat to a string and drug it probably 100 ft. That was easy. Next I moved on to a 10 acre patch of woods and played hide and go seek with meat on a string again. She nailed it! We never trained again lol. She found deer, people, whatever. I would simply slap the ground where there was blood or hair and say “where’s he at Aggie?” She would drag me along the path that the target took and normally within minutes we were done. I used to always say, “she might smell bad, but she smells well!” I miss my dog.
When I went to the prison to pick up Agnes (bloodhound) as a 9wk old puppy, I asked the guards who train the dogs how difficult it would be to train her to find a wounded deer. They literally laughed and said “take her home and try it, it’s already done.” I tied a piece of meat to a string and drug it probably 100 ft. That was easy. Next I moved on to a 10 acre patch of woods and played hide and go seek with meat on a string again. She nailed it! We never trained again lol. She found deer, people, whatever. I would simply slap the ground where there was blood or hair and say “where’s he at Aggie?” She would drag me along the path that the target took and normally within minutes we were done. I used to always say, “she might smell bad, but she smells well!” I miss my dog.