can dogs be trained to find beetles?

[LarvaHunter]

I was wondering if anyone has heard of training dogs to smell for beetles?

[Hisserdude]

i have not, but that would be awsome!

[Bill Myers]

I haven't heard of that, but I'm fairly confident it can be done! After all, dogs are being used to sniff out bedbugs, so beetles shouldn't be a problem!

 

Cheers

[Acro]

That is such an amazing idea! Good job on the creative thinking!

[stagtacus]

i am going to look at this in a positive way, i hope so.

[Ryan Minard]

My cousin had this idea before. It COULD work.

[LarvaHunter]

Good, I will try to train my dog to be a beetle sniffing K-9!

Or to find larvae.

[hardshell]

LOL that would be cool

[Lucanus]

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who thought of this. lol

 

I've seen a video of researchers using dogs to locate rare box turtles to survey the size of the population (that's where I got my inspiration from) so perhaps this method can be used for locating rare bugs too!

Oh and if I get a chance to do this, I would get a bloodhound since I've read that they have amazing tracking ability.

[Amici Con Coleotteri]

It's definitely possible. There's actually a breed from Italy (I think) that sniff out truffles (those really expensive mushrooms that grow under the soil)....I bet they could smell Bess Beetles.

[Greatwun]

A few beetle emit a strong musk like P. truncatus and this could be used by the dog to locate the species.

[LarvaHunter]

My next dog is going to be a hunting dog, I want it for a deer dog, hog dog and most importantly I want to train it to find D. tiytus, P. truncatus and a few other beetles.

I want to thank everyone who answered, I feel like this is great!

I believe my decision was completed after I read all these positive responses.

Anyone have any ideas on good names to for this beetle hunting dog? Also what breeds do people think are best suited for my needs?

I want to avoid beagles because I heard they howl, I also need a dog that can handle a large boar.

Here in Florida, boar hunters that I've been with use dogs called cur dogs.

Also I prefer two syllable words for a dog name, they are supposed to be the best to use for working dogs.

[Amici Con Coleotteri]

My next dog is going to be a hunting dog, I want it for a deer dog, hog dog and most importantly I want to train it to find D. tiytus, P. truncatus and a few other beetles.

I want to thank everyone who answered, I feel like this is great!

I believe my decision was completed after I read all these positive responses.

Anyone have any ideas on good names to for this beetle hunting dog? Also what breeds do people think are best suited for my needs?

I want to avoid beagles because I heard they howl, I also need a dog that can handle a large boar.

Here in Florida, boar hunters that I've been with use dogs called cur dogs.

Also I prefer two syllable words for a dog name, they are supposed to be the best to use for working dogs.

I think you should look into "truffle sniffing" dogs. Their is a wide variety of breeds that can learn, like retrievers and all. But there are definitely a few breeds that excel at it (I don't know what breeds though).

[LarvaHunter]

True, plus I could use them to find truffles!

[Amici Con Coleotteri]

True, plus I could use them to find truffles!

 

Better yet...find truffle eating beetles!