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Useful books about tracking

Tracking! A Practical Guide for TD and TDX   - NEW EDITION 
Author: the Tracking Club of Massachusetts 
Purchase: to purchase a copy, contact Karen Westerfield Tucker or Martha Campbell.

Tracking Dog: Theory & Methods
Author: Glen R. Johnson
A classic. While tracking and the teaching methods for it have changed greatly, there are still nuggest of great information to be found in this book. 

Fascinating Scent
Author: Susan and Orrin Eldred
An excellent book using a different approach (scent circles) to teach the dog to follow a scent trail; also full of problem-solving ideas and lists of experiences the dog should have before entering trials. 

Fascinating Scent Training Workbook
Author: Susan and Orrin Eldred
A companion workbook to Fascinating Scent by the Eldreds. 

About Tracking Dog Training: Creating a Problem-Solving Partnership
Author: Betty A. Mueller 

Enthusiastic Tracking, the Step-by-Step Training Manual
Author: William R. Sanders
A very useful book for those who train alone; great schedule of tracks that one should run to gradually build your dog's skill set. 

Try Tracking! The Puppy Tracking Primer
Author: Carolyn A. Krause 

Scent and the Scenting Dog
Author: William G. Syrotuck
Somewhat outdated as much new information is now known about how dogs process odors, but, nevertheless, a useful guide for the human end-of-the-leash to understand how odor is dispersed in the natural world and how winds, temperature, and terrain affect its dispersal. 
About Track Laying
Author: Betty A. Mueller 

​Tracking from the Beginning
Authors: Gary Patterson 

​Mastering Variable Surface Tracking: The Component Training Approach
Author: Ed Presnall 

Following Ghosts: Developing the Tracking Relationship
Authors: John Rice and Suzanne Clothier 

Tracking from the Ground Up
Authors: Sandy Ganz and Susan Boyd 

Practical Scent Dog Training
Author: Lou Button 

Practical Tracking for Practically Anyone
Authors: Julie Hogan and Donna Thompson 

Novice Nosework: A Primer for Beginning Trackers
Authors: Ed Presnall and Lois Ballard 

Smellorama - Nose Games for Dogs
Author: Viviane Theby 

Fun Nosework for Dogs
Author: Roy Hunter 

Training to Track, Search and Rescue
Authors: Milo Pearsall and Hugo Verbruggen 

Ready! - The Training of the Search and Rescue Dog, 2nd Edition
Author: Susan Bulanda 

Building a Basic Foundation for Search and Rescue Dog Training

Author: Christy Judah 
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