Just the rejuvinative shot the doctor ordered.

Just did some checking on BFRO. Under a FAQ section where they go in depth on explaining why nobody has shot and killed a sasquatch, they mention the difficulty of using bloodhounds and coonhounds to pursue Sasquatch: According to the site, the dogs have to be trained from puppyhood to go after certain scents. So if you want a Bloodhound or coonhound to hunt Sasquatch, you have to expose them to pieces of bodies of the beasts in order to get them to pursue them as adults. It says they are usually trained as such to avoid other scents but that of their targets. However, it does not rule out the possible effective use of the dogs to track a Sasquatch: just states it is unlikely to work (unless of course you train it from puppyhood to go after the scent. But what would you use to aquaint them with the smell? And of course if you had a bodypart, you can already forgo dog training and go to the local newsstation or perhaps a newspaper building).

However, Brazilian Mastiffs are not mentioned in the piece, and they may or may not be more suitable to such a sudden change of scent and prey. Plus, If perhaps you have a large collection of hairs that the animals could be allowed to sniff as puppies, you might be able to train such animals and others to hunt Sasquatch.

This is the Link. You have to read it a while before you get to the references on dogs and Sasquatch hunting.

I’ll probably have to look up another site for a second opinion on this factoid to see if it holds up to scrutiny, but I do know that on the Swamp Ape episode of Monsterquest that a real life story of Bloodhounds tracking a Sasquatch was shown: the dogs tracked the animal successfully into the deep woods, before something stopped them (either they lost the scent or they suddenly got afraid or couldn’t stand the smell. After all it is called a Skunk ape down there lol.).

One way you might train puppies to go after Sasquatch is to get them aquainted with other ape smells collectively, i.e. have them smell humans, body parts of Orangutans, Chimps, Bonobos and Gorillas, Gibbons: such dogs might just latch on to a Sasquatch scent and run with it, due to a possible similarity with the other primates in question (it would be a member of the apes). If the Theory that the Sasquatch is a anthropoid monkey (monkey that has evolved to become giant, bipedal, lacking a tail) that has in the deep past migrated north, then howler and other monkeys could be used for scent training instead (Jimmy Chilcutt, the Conroe Police fingerprint expert, noted an odd similarity between the tracks (specifically the patterns of the dermal ridges) of Bigfoots and Howler Monkeys!

Its a thought.

I think all ‘believers’ agree that Squatch has a fine tuned ability to avoid being caught or captured, whether through years of heredity and training or just plain more highly evolved mentally than us homo-sapiens.
I hope that someone is able to pick up on the initiative mentioned in possibly locating one with the Brazilian Mastiff.

Hapa, I would appreciate any references you might have regarding the use of dogs pursuing a Squatch.

“Smithsonian Handbooks: Dogs” by David Alderton, page 243.

These animals (part bloodhound, pat Mastiff) were bred to hunt down big game like Jaguars, And I’d hate to think what an escaped slave would be thinking when he heard these big jokers barking and drawing ever closer to him.

Big dogs with super noses bred for hunting big game. Sasquatch is a big animal that has proven quite elusive. Imagine the results.

The reasons people find little on these expeditions is that one, many are not out to shoot or capture one, two, some of the areas they go to are not always likely habitat for such a creature (Such as Illinois and Missouri, though there has been some compelling evidence found in the eastern US), three, what is needed is a months to years long stay in remote areas of North American Wilderness, not just a few days to few weeks stay, four, most expeditions are not heavily funded by universities and or manned by a majority of knowledgeable, open minded academics, five, once it is proven some people might not have the group initiative anymore to use Sasquatch hunting as an excuse to go do something fun in the wilderness or to make money and publicity (mystery sells), and no doubt other reasons as well.

Now Hound dogs have been used before on some hunts (including once by police to find whatever it was that was hit by a car in the south and managed to walk away deep into the woods anyway, presumed later to be a Sasquatch), but in those incidents, obviously nothing was found (sometimes the animals might cross a stream and mess up the scent, or maybe they leap into trees and use them to climb away, perhaps thwarting the scent of a hound dog (don’t know if that would work), or in some cases the dogs where frightened by the smell).

One type of dog that could be useful in tracking Sasquatch are Brazilian Mastiffs, or Fila Brasilieros. These are hound/mastiff hybrids that are noted for their aggression, size and strength, and scent. They where used to hunt down escaped slaves in Brazil. Perhaps a pack of 120 lbs Brazilian Mastiffs afraid of nothing might not only track down a Sasquatch, but perhaps take it down and kill it (depending on how many you use).

I believe serious questers would use hound dogs on their near encounters as their reported ‘stink’ would be easy to follow. While they might outrun the hounds initially, they would howl and stay on squatches’ tail until he was found. If the hounds outrun the questers they could follow them with a radio collar and/or helicopter.

Come on guys, someone get serious about finding one!!

And of course, no proof comes from these field investigations. Folks, film, footage won’t work, tracks won’t work. Major biological remains or a live Sasquatch will.