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Re: A dog or pig for mushroom hunting: good idea or bad idea? [Re: dOseDidontknow]
    #9486635 - 12/23/08 11:34 PM (15 years, 2 months ago)

i wonder if dogs could recognize psilocybe by smell?


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Re: A dog or pig for mushroom hunting: good idea or bad idea? [Re: notorius gib]
    #9486764 - 12/24/08 12:09 AM (15 years, 2 months ago)

The right dog could.


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Re: A dog or pig for mushroom hunting: good idea or bad idea? [Re: dOseDidontknow]
    #9486902 - 12/24/08 12:44 AM (15 years, 2 months ago)

What is the best breed of dog to use for finding things like mushrooms?

What kind of dog is that in the video?


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Re: A dog or pig for mushroom hunting: good idea or bad idea? [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #9486906 - 12/24/08 12:47 AM (15 years, 2 months ago)

From the videos I've seen, they seem to use a variety of breeds...mostly terrier types.


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Re: A dog or pig for mushroom hunting: good idea or bad idea? [Re: Bobzimmer]
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Re: A dog or pig for mushroom hunting: good idea or bad idea? [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #9493334 - 12/25/08 12:52 PM (15 years, 2 months ago)

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What is the best breed of dog to use for finding things like mushrooms?





IMHO Labs have the best noses around.

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Re: A dog or pig for mushroom hunting: good idea or bad idea? [Re: Ice House Shaman]
    #9493341 - 12/25/08 12:56 PM (15 years, 2 months ago)

wow those pheasants are beautiful. bet they tasted good too


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Re: A dog or pig for mushroom hunting: good idea or bad idea? [Re: 2859558484]
    #9493362 - 12/25/08 01:07 PM (15 years, 2 months ago)

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wow those pheasants are beautiful. bet they tasted good too




Yes they are delicious with Chanterelles or Black Trumpets in a cacciatore.

Maggie sniffed out over thirty of them for me this past Fall.


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Re: A dog or pig for mushroom hunting: good idea or bad idea? [Re: Ice House Shaman]
    #9495042 - 12/25/08 10:06 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

My terrier/mutt sniffed out a squirrel yesterday and unfortunately before I could stop him snapped his little neck :/ 

There's a few coyotes where I live though, so I'm sure it wasn't wasted.

Anyway, here's an interesting link on truffle dogs
http://publications.royalcanin.com/renvoie.asp?type=1&cid=126611&id=102434&com=2&animal=0&lang=2&session=2278731


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Re: A dog or pig for mushroom hunting: good idea or bad idea? [Re: dOseDidontknow]
    #9495139 - 12/25/08 10:23 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Not sure if this was mentioned in this thread at all so I'm just throwing in what I know.


Supposedly pigs are the best simply because truffles produce a similar chemical trail that's similar to a pheromone that attracts pigs.

The switch to dogs was made because owners of said pigs would lose fingers on occasion while actually having to fight the pig for the find.

So in closing, I do believe that pigs are still the absolute best at finding them.


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