Do you want an Enthusiastic Tracking Dog?

Sil Sanders has trained dogs in tracking since 1980. His own dogs are Westies. Four of them earned their TDX and one also earned his VST and CT.

Sil has had Westies since 1960. In 1984, his Alicia became the first Westie to earn a TDS and in 1991, Mr. Q became the second. QT earned his TDX in 2002 at just 17 months of age and then Sil and QT took several years of enjoyable training experimentation to learn how to successfully negotiate a VST track.

He once had the privilege of handling a Golden to her TD while her owner and trainer recuperatd from surgery. He has coached to a TDX dogs from five of the AKC groups, including the first Bernese Mountain Dog, three Newfoundlands, and several dogs that everyone had given up on but their owner.

In 1998 he published Enthusiastic Tracking, the Step-by-Step Training Handbook, 2nd Ed. which collected together the training wisdom of numerous tracking trainers into a coherent training process which is widely used in the tracking community today.

In addition to tracking, Sil and his Westies participate with some success in Obedience, Rally, Agility and Earthdog. With his wife, Anne, he has bred over 30 breeder-owner-handled Champions.


Private Video Consultations:                                                                                

Sil will diagnose your dog's training issues via your video and telephone.


Sil's dogs speak out...

Q.T. - Ch CT CKC-Ch Camcrest-Rime Q'd Up for Trouble VCD1 RAE TDX2
           AX OAJ MXP AJP NF OFP ME GAME2 MV4 CKC-TDX SE

Mr. Q - Ch. Rime's Quonquering hero VCD3 UDX TDX JE