rexhavoc Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 This is my prospecting dog Dasha, yesterday. After detecting a good spot she often helps by dropping big yellow nuggets in my pan. Now if I could only adjust her discrimination for sticks and tennis balls.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madtuna Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Bringing Dogs to the WA gold fields is fraught with danger. Wild dogs are an increasing problem and your pet dog can attract them into your camp. 2 years ago a prospector on this station was badly mauled requiring evac to a major metro hospital via the flying doctor. They say if you see one wild dog, you have a dog problem. I whack about 5 a week and usually see up to 10. I also get about 5 a week in the traps. Baiting across the entire goldfields is done periodically where they are dropped by air with no telling where they land. We have some control of where we bait as it is done by hand. We also use traps at scent spots that are laced with Strychnine. Baits are like schmacko's, I've never met a dog who could resist them. Your dog will also sniff out the scent spots and risk stepping in a trap. There is no coming back from 1080 or strychnine and it is an agonizing way for any creature, domestic or feral to die. Under the Pastoral act, you can't bring a dog onto a pastoral station without the pastoralists permission. Something we rarely give except under exceptional circumstances. People continue to do so though. I've had to put down a number of pets for distraught owners and we've also had death threats if "my dog takes a bait". If we find someone on the station with a dog without permission, they are made to leave. This is a working cattle station, dogs chase cattle. Yours may not but we don't know that. The below short video may be upsetting to some but unfortunately people are just not getting the message out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwz-dOczHDo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Idaho Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 yes...they break our hearts in the end, but all we can do is give them the best life possible, and then say "goodbye". then go get another. I'm on my 14th now. God, I pray they'll be waiting for me when I pass. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madtuna Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Miss Elvis as a pup...with playmate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Trent King said: My assistant Jaffa ? He doesn’t wander away at all, always by my side trying to get me to throw a stick. He drops it on my coil while detecting to force me to stop and throw it . That will keep your coil low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majuba Man Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 My best friend Hank, they always leave to soon..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I like detecting solo and to ensure that happens I take my "Drop-Bear" along but if there is no trees. I take Tassy instead. As you can see they have suitable claws to do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Scott Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 This is about the finest detecting dog around. Rooster is his name. He is my eyes and ears when my head is down concentrating on signals. He never strays far at all. He works for jerky, ham sammichs, and water. And even the grumpiest prospector I know, the infamous Klunker, even let's him ride in the front seat. ??⛏️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Thats one fine canine specimen you have there Scott... Hopefully there is still some room for you in the Jeep strick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 This is the most spoiled detecting dog there is..My son named him Buddy...We got him at around his 12th week...I was told he was born in the slums of Stockton Ca...When I first saw him he was in a pen with 5 other pound pups. The other pups were all Pitt bull/Lab cross's and Buddy was about less then half their size...He was getting into fights with them and holding his own... I said I'll take him ...Problem is he still thinks he is bigger then he is and therefore daddy has to bail his butt out from a fight once in a while otherwise he would have been dead by now. I knew it would happen some day and it finally did a couple months ago. He got tagged by a rattle snake right on the kisser... messed him up for a couple days..but thats about it...The money I invested in rattle snake vaccine was well spent...the money I invested in rattle snake training when he was a pup was well wasted..I think he knows what they are now but I'll not be taking him in the low foot hills during snake season any more...Did I tell you that one day a golden eagle was making a bee line for him while out detecting? wings cupped full speed from a half mile away...I was able to wave it off before it got too close. Merton was with us that day...Buddy goes to work with me every day and is sort of my Siamese twin...he's always getting into trouble but I wouldn't have it any other way. strick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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