Finding a trained blood tracking dog for sale is about like hitting the lottery and you will need to hit it to purchase one. I have seen a few advertised but they were 5,000 to 10,000. Very few individuals are willing to part with their trained dog for any amount of money, I know I would not. You are talking about a minimum of a 2 year comitment and countless hrs training to get a dog to a high degree of capabilities. With that much time and effort put into training people just do not want to part with them. It is as much training for you as it is for the dog. You have to learn to read you dog. You become a team. So even if you get a trained dog it will take at least a whole season before you get to were the two of you work together as a team.

Now you might find what I call a started dog. One that knows what blood tracking is allabout but just needs to mature and gain confidence. I know of one that is being trained right now till it is 6 months old and the cost was $3500 and that included the cost of the pup and all vet bills and up keep for the 6 months.

As Bryant stated, it is not that hard to train a dog. It just takes a couple of hrs 2 or 3 times a week to work the dog. An evening to lay trails and another to do the tracks, 1 or 2 times a week.

United Blood Trackers is actually owned by United Blood Trackers a(Not For Profit organization) not the Jeanneney's. Now John is the V.P. of the organization and Jolanta is the membership director. I am the Tres. for the organization.

Most breeders of tracking dogs have a waiting list. I know Kevin in Texas has a 2 year wait. Mine is about the same. I know John and Jolanta usually have a wait but do have 1 pup now they are working with. I do not know about its availability. But other than that I do not know of any litters at present time. Some of the others might. one thing to consider is that a majority of tracking dogs are inside dogs. This helps form the bond in the team. There are some kennel dogs that track but most are inside dogs. The breed of dog alsoneeds to be chosen according to how you are going to us it. If you are looking at getting on the tracks in under 12 hrs then many breeds of dogs will work. Over 12 hrs then you will need to lean toward one of the specialty breeds. Also how many tracks a year do you think you will be able to get a dog on? You will need to average around 20 to get and keep a dog in top shape.

As Wildflugel mentioned Thetroutbum message board is a good place to get answers. If you are not satisfied with what is on that board then going to one of UBT's tracking seminars, joing the organizationor getting with a member in your state to train with is a good place also get info. We have a member in Perrysburg. I do not know how far that is from you. If you want his info send me a P.M. and I will get it for you. I am sure he would be willing to give you training advise and help you in any way he can. The members of this organization are some of the best people I have every had the pleasure of being around. They are willing to share their knowledge with anyone who wants to learn.

I know this was long but I hope it helped some or at least pointed you in a direction.

Ken