gettin a hound to not backtrack

[monkeyface]

All that scent of a fresh crossing coupled with letting them out the box (if they are not on the ground already) its almost a certainty one dog will want to backtrack. Much different than a dog starting cold and warming up the track, he 's now immediately in the "hot zone and doesn't know where it came from. So you need to control the situation.

In similar situations I have let the scent "settle" for about 20 mins, and make sure one older soldier gets going pointed the right way before cutting others in. No need to rush, that cat isn't lilkely to get away..lol