Thanks for responding. Yes, I meant that it must be big bucks for the dog, but I didn't realize you could train any dog to do it.

What type of dog are you training? I could really see myself putting the time and effort into it. I am seriously considering this. Do those books tell you pretty much everything you need to know? DO you need to spend alot of time training your dog for trailing?

I am only about 55 pages into that book, and so far have found it fairly interesting. Most of the stuff I knew allready, but there have been a few things that i picked up. Sounds like the next few chapters should be pretty educational.

thanks!